Help! Dreamweaver CS6 bug makes code disappear!

I manage a dozen or so very stable websites in DW. Yesterday when I went to edit one, all the text was gone! I was able to workaround by pasting fresh text in Design mode from the web page. Today it's happening with another site. Both these sites have templates with editable regions. It's not happening in all of my sites, nor on every page of the affected ones.
Here's an example.
The web page:
The file:
It's so bizarre! Any ideas?

#1 If you're using a Mac with Mavericks, disable your system's "Dictation & Speech Recognition" features.
#2 Validate code and fix reported errors.
CSS - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
HTML - http://validator.w3.org/
#3 When DW starts acting weird for no other reason, the first thing to try is Deleting Corrupted Cache in DW
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/494811
#4 If that doesn't help, try Restore Preferences
http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver-cs4-cs5.html
Nancy O.

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