Feb 17, 2009
WASA Gets Its First Lead Lawsuit
You knew something like this was only a matter of time. The Post reports that a D.C. man who is the father of developmentally disabled twin boys has filed a class action lawsuit against D.C. WASA. In court papers, John Parkhurst says his two sons, now 8, were toddlers between 2001 and 2004, the years when elevated lead levels were eventually documented in the city’s drinking water. Parkhurst alleges that the lead left his…
Jul 29, 2008
Facebook Shuts Down Scrabulous
We first learned about it via Twitter this morning: “Scrabulous is disabled for US and Canadian users until further notice,” one friend updated, and then another, and another, each expressing escalating amounts of dread. Now, The New York Times tech blog Bits confirms it: Facebook has had to shut down Scrabulous, the Scrabble-like game that’s become wildly popular over the last couple of years. Scrabble maker Hasbro filed suit against the makers of Scrabulous in…