It has also gone through a change of Registrant as well. I don't know the facts, but this doesn't look like a domain deleted for non-payment. This could happen to anyone of us.
Story follows if anyone is interested.
PR company loses Web site. A company spokesman was confused to say the least and informed us that the legal beagles had been set loose. The current theory runs that the registrar which the company initially went through has either gone bust or been bought by someone else. However, the lawyers have warned of a spaghetti-type whirl of confusion over which company actually owns which at the moment. Meanwhile, the registered owner of the site, one M. Duane from Wisconsin is not answering her phone but does have a very nice voice.