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A local attorney is seeking a restraining order to halt unwanted delivery of the free-commuter daily to his home, the Baltimore Sun reports. While Joel L. Levin is the first to take legal action, the woes of residents attempting to stanch the flow of Examiners were recounted in an earlier Baltimore City Paper article. Examiner Publisher Michael Phelps responded to the suit this weekend with an open letter that acknowledged the complaints and conceded that "for Mr. Levin and a small handful of residents, our service has not been perfect."

Juggernaut search engine Google makes its first foray into newspaper print advertising, helping customers place both classified and display ads, Reuters reports. One hundred advertisers and 50 newspapers will participate in a three-month test of the program, which publishing insiders hope will stem the long slide of classified print advertising.