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Country-specific domain names popular (The State)The number of domain name registrations worldwide reached 138 million midway through 2007, a 31 percent increase from a year earlier, according to the company that operates much of the Internet's core address directories. Although the ".com" suffix continues to be the most popular, with about 55 million registrations, VeriSign Inc. said country-code domains such as ".fr" for France are strong. ...

Allard wants moratorium on eminent domain in Pinon Canyon (The Pueblo Chieftain) Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., sent a letter to Army Secretary Pete Geren on Tuesday, urging the Army to adopt a temporary moratorium on the use of eminent domain in the planned 414,000-acre expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. Allard did not specify how long the Army should forsake using eminent domain in the expansion process, but staff said he was encouraging a five-year moratorium. In ...

Eminent domain panel to focus on businesses (Stamford Advocate)Starting today, a task force of land-use attorneys, appraisers and redevelopment experts will meet in Hartford to take up a loose end from the General Assembly's recent overhaul of eminent domain laws.

An Introduction to Domain Names (Web Host Directory)By theWhir Simply put, a domain name is a "front" - they are word sequences users enter in their browser?s location bar to visit your site, but are not a Web site's true address.

Bodog Loses Lawsuit and Loses Domain (Online Poker News)Bodog lost its domain name earlier this week due to a lawsuit over a patent. It remains to be seen whether this will cause a chain reaction across the gambling industry.

Eminent domain in Coney Island? (AM New York)As city officials play hardball with a developer over the future of Coney Island's amusement zone, rumblings of a land takeover by the Bloomberg administration through eminent domain have surfaced in published reports.