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8 things you need to know this morning (Video)

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Good morning, hope you have a productive start to the work week. It’s going to be hot again — temperatures will break 80 each of the next three days. At least there’ll be another cool-down coming Friday. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. The Ravens lost their third straight game Sunday to fall to 3-3 on the year, losing 27-23 to the New York Giants. Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. dominated the day, scoring touchdowns of 66 and 75 yards, the 66 yarder being the game-winner…

Podcast: Former Mayor Sheila Dixon talks about her...

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Ever since she lost to State Sen. Catherine Pugh in April’s Democratic primary, the results just haven’t sat well with Sheila Dixon. Dixon, a former mayor who left office in 2010 after she was convicted of a misdemeanor fraud charge in Baltimore City Circuit Court, said she talked to supporters in the following weeks, many of whom said they believed votes were miscounted or thrown out that would have won Dixon the primary. “I kind of threw my hands up and said, ‘Hey something did not go right in…

John Paterakis, one of the Baltimore's most...

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John Paterakis Sr. , a Baltimore native who created the largest privately owned bakery, H&S Bakery, in the nation and turned a dilapidated swath of land near Fells Point into the swanky Harbor East neighborhood, died Sunday at the age of 87. Paterakis died at Johns Hopkins Hospital from complications of myelodysplasia, a bone marrow disorder. A private service will be held on Thursday. Paterakis started out with humble roots and built on the bakery started by his father, Isidore, and mother Kyriaki.…

Photos from this weekend's Running Festival

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As if the city wasn’t already busy enough with Fleet Week, hundreds more were brought to downtown Saturday morning for the 16th annual Baltimore Running Festival. Dozens of runners lined up at starting points around the city for various events, while their supporters lined the streets to cheer them on. Lt. Patrick Hearn, a Naval officer, won the men’s marathon with a time of 2 hours, 26 minutes and 19 seconds. Hearn is a Sykesville Native and went to Glenelg High School. Caitlyn Tateishi, who…

Baltimore 1000 connects people to jobs

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The promise of jobs brought many people to Morgan State University Saturday afternoon, where the first-ever Baltimore 1000 hiring event took place.



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Thousands come to Baltimore to take in Maryland...

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Fairen Kennedy lives in Baltimore, so seeing the Inner Harbor on Saturday wasn’t anything she hadn’t done before. But the perspective — sitting in the captain’s chair aboard the Royal Canadian Navy’s HMCS Shawinigan — was worth the wait to get a chance to check out the ship and see her city through a different lens. “I just wanted to see the big ships because I had not seen them this up close before,” Kennedy said after touring the HMCS Shawinigan with her family. “There are a lot of folks…

Rising health care premiums anger those paying...

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Shela Bryan, 63, has been comparing prices for individual health insurance plans since May, and she can’t believe what she sees.



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This founder makes people uncomfortable -- and...

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Miki Agrawal is in the business of breaking taboos – but it doesn’t come easy. Thinx, a line of period underwear that Agrawal founded in 2010, looks and feels like regular underwear but it’s designed to absorb blood and kill germs. The underwear comes…



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US lifts import limits on Cuban cigars, alcohol

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For decades, Cuban cigars have been famous in the US for their intense, earthy flavor and near-unattainability. The US embargo against Cuba prevented Americans from bringing home Cuban cigars, even if they were purchased in third countries. Two years a…



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Samsung's losses from Note 7 disaster keep...

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Samsung’s expected losses from the Galaxy Note 7 catastrophe have soared above $5 billion.



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