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Rosetta Stone Suing Google Over Advertisers' Trademark Use

Cecilia Kang — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Rosetta Stone, the Arlington language-learning software firm, said yesterday it has filed a lawsuit against Google for trademark infringement, alleging the Internet search giant allowed other companies to use Rosetta Stone's trademark brand for online advertisements without permission.

District to Get $7.4 Million in Federal Funding to Aid the Homeless

Darryl Fears — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The District is receiving $7.4 million in federal stimulus money to help homeless families and families in danger of becoming homeless, and several area suburbs are also getting grants.

Leesburg Hostage Situation Ends With No Serious Injuries, Police Say

Derek Kravitz and Paul Duggan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A couple in their 80s who were held hostage for hours in their Leesburg home were freed last night, and the gunman who had held them gave himself up, authorities said.

Candidate's 'Holocaust Revisionist' Views Spark Reston Write-In Campaign

Fredrick Kunkle — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Ken Meyercord has an Ivy League education, a high-tech job at Freddie Mac, a local public-access cable television show on international affairs and a long history of writing about what he says are "myths" of the Holocaust, including a piece called "(Holo-) History is Bunk."

Investigators Suspect Multiple E. Coli Strains in Tainted Cookie Dough

Lyndsey Layton — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Federal and state investigators found two different strains of E. coli bacteria in samples of recalled Nestlé Toll House cookie dough, and neither matches the type that has caused a national outbreak of illness, suggesting that the product may have been contaminated by multiple kinds of bacteria.

Onset of Alzheimer's Forces Chief Judge of 4th Circuit Appeals Court to Retire

Josh White and Jerry Markon — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The Republican chief judge of the Richmond-based federal appeals court has retired suddenly because of illness, giving President Obama another opening to fill on what was once considered the nation's most conservative appellate court.