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Johns Hopkins' $5M center aims to prevent health...

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Johns Hopkins Medicine is opening a new center that is focusing on reducing misdiagnosis in health care. The Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence was created through a $5 million gift from C. Michael Armstrong, a former Hopkins Medicine chairman who also provided funding for the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality over five years ago. The center will be led by Dr. David Newman-Toker, an associate professor of neurology and otolaryngology. The goal of the new center…

Duke Realty starts work on sixth warehouse at...

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A speculative 169,000-square-foot warehouse broke ground in southeast Baltimore last month as part of an expansion of the Chesapeake Commerce Center off Broening Highway. Duke Realty Corp. owns and is developing the project at 5900 Holabird Ave. as part of the 177-acre industrial center located on land previously home to a General Motors assembly plant. The new warehouse will have 17 dock bays and share a 200-foot truck court and 55 vehicle parking spaces. The spec building will be called Chesapeake…

Free baby sample box, free $20 gift card from...

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Get a free baby sample box from Sam’s Club.

Sign up to get the box filled with full-sized products and samples to welcome your new bundle of joy. No membership or purchase is required.

New parents and young families can save serious cash by purchasing in bulk at the warehouse club, which also offers…

Want to live in Potomac’s Casa de Amor? Here’s...

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If you’ve driven down River Road in Potomac, Md. you’ve seen Casa de Amor. In daylight, you’d know it by the eclectic plants and white stucco exterior that contrasts the Spanish-style roof and matching circular driveway. At night, you can’t miss the fountain’s rainbow light show. The residence at the corner of River Road and Harrington Drive is a bit more grandiose than other homes along the same stretch, many set far back on large lots behind white picket fences, blending in rather than…

Spike Gjerde's Bird in Hand bookstore cafe near...

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Spike Gjerde remembers Louie’s Bookstore Cafe on North Charles Street as the “it place” for Baltimoreans before and after work or events. The mixture of literature and caffeine made for a winning formula. Louie’s closed 17 years ago, but Gjerde said he thinks a cafe and bookstore combination is still something that could work in the right location. On Nov. 7, Bird in Hand will open at 11 E. 33rd St. as part of a new residential development in Charles Village near Johns Hopkins University. The cafe…

Here's a look inside the new City Arts 2 artist...

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Nearly all 60 units at City Arts 2 in Greenmount West are leased — a month before the first tenants are scheduled to move in. The three-story apartment project at 1700 Greenmount Ave. is in the final stages of construction and will hold studio, one and two-bedroom apartments billed as affordable housing for artists including photographers, painters, writers, actors and musicians. A large dance studio with a specialized “sprung” floor is also being installed on the ground level. The $15 million…

Gannett ends pursuit of Baltimore Sun owner

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Gannett Co. Inc. is ending its bid to purchase the parent company of the Baltimore Sun. McLean, Va.-based Gannett (NYSE: GCI), which owns USA Today and more than 100 daily newspapers, had made several offers for Tronc Inc. this year. Chicago-based Tronc (NASDAQ: TRNC), which changed its name from Tribune Publishing Co. in June as part of a rebranding effort, owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other metro dailies. A deal would have greatly increased Gannett’s national footprint. Gannett…

Greenspring Associates leads $41.5M funding round...

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An Owings Mills venture capital firm is part of a big funding round in a Cincinnati-based online estate auction startup. Greenspring Associates led the $41.5 million Series C round in Everything but the House. Returning investors include Greycroft Partners and Spark Capital. The company has raised $84.5 million to date. Everything but the House is an online estate auction house. Its employees go into an estate, catalog all of the sellable items, photograph them, list them online for sale and take…

T. Rowe Price Chair Brian Rogers to retire next...

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T. Rowe Price Group Inc. Chairman Brian C. Rogers, who rose from portfolio manager to chairman over a nearly 35-year span, is retiring from the Baltimore investment firm, the company announced Tuesday. Rogers, 61, will leave his roles as both chair and chief investment officer on March 31. He will continue on T. Rowe’s (NASDAQ: TROW) board of directors and will now serve as non-executive chair. In connection with Rogers’ retirement, the firm has appointed six senior investment leaders as CIOs, effective…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, and happy Tuesday. It’s going to be another brisk fall day, with temperatures in the mid-50s. But beware, we’ll be back in the 70s tomorrow. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. Three people are reportedly dead this morning after a school bus crashed into an MTA bus in southwest Baltimore. The crash occurred early this morning at Frederick and Monastery avenues near Mt. Saint Joseph’s High School. WBAL Radio Maryland has already broken early voting records with…