Ohio

Dewey Decimal owner sues library theme hotel

The nonprofit library cooperative that owns the Dewey Decimal System has filed suit against a library-themed luxury hotel in Manhattan for trademark infringement.

The Library Hotel, which overlooks the New York Public Library, is divided according to the classification system, with each floor dedicated to one of Dewey’s 10 categories.

Room 700.003 includes books on the performing arts, for example, while room 800.001 has a collection of erotic literature.

In the lawsuit filed last week, lawyers for the Online Computer Library Center said the organization acquired the rights to the system in 1988 when it bought Forest Press, which published Dewey Decimal updates. The center charges libraries that use the system at least $500 per year.

California

Police: Elderly patient shoots, wounds doctor

An elderly patient at a Southern California hospital shot and wounded a doctor, prompting a partial evacuation and law enforcement takeover of the facility, police said.

Eugene Guevara, of El Monte, believed to be in his late 70s, was being sought for investigation of attempted murder in the Friday afternoon shooting at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, said Lt. Michael Taylor.

It wasn’t immediately determined whether Guevara knew and targeted the victim, whose name was withheld.

The wounded doctor underwent surgery at the hospital for three gunshot wounds. He was in serious but stable condition.

Police searched the hospital room by room late Friday. Authorities now believe the suspect left the hospital after the shooting.

Alabama

Motorcyclists pay tribute to Trail of Tears

Tens of thousands of motorcyclists offered a rumbling, 200-mile tribute Saturday to Cherokee families who were forced from their homes to present-day Oklahoma in the brutal trek that became known as the Trail of Tears.

The annual ride from Chattanooga, Tenn., to northwest Alabama, began in 1994. Eight motorcycles started the drive that year, but their number swelled to about 100 by the time they reached their destination.

On Saturday, the caravan stretched as long as 40 miles as it entered Waterloo, said Debbie Wilson, director of tourism in nearby Florence.

Cherokee descendant Keith Sneed said the ride was the only public acknowledgment of a shameful episode of history, when the federal government forced thousands of Cherokee families from their homes.