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Exclusive: Canton townhouse tied to Michael Phelps...

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Baltimore is busy celebrating hometown boy Michael Phelps’ huge showing so far at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The city’s love for Phelps couldn’t be stronger, nor could his love for the city judging by his hilarious reaction to the “O!” shouted out during the national anthem on Tuesday night. But Phelps connection to one of the city’s more popular neighborhoods — a point of pride among residents there — may be just a memory. The extra-wide loft-style rowhouse widely known as the Olympian’s house…

Rawlings-Blake vows for police reform following...

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Kevin Davis outlined a 26-point plan to reform the city’s police department following a scathing report from the Department of Justice that was critical of the actions of Baltimore officers. The initiatives include the addition of safety features and cameras to police vans, the continuation of a plan to give all of the city’s police officers body cameras and an increase in the amount of training that officers receive on the department’s use…

Nike commercial features Team USA's first...

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Chris Mosier is used to being first.



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Trammell Crow to build medical office building at...

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Trammell Crow Co. plans to build a 93,000-square-foot medical office building at National Harbor in Prince George’s County to be completed by the fall of 2018. The company has about 1 acre under contract from National Harbor developer Peterson Cos., said Trammell Crow’s President Trevor Vietor. The Medical Pavilion at National Harbor will be located at the intersection of St. George and National Harbor boulevards, next to the The Esplanade apartment complex. Trammell Crow pursued the location…

Patapsco Distilling Co. to bring vodka to...

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If making alcohol is your thing and you have a background in brewing beer, how do you make yourself stand out among all the breweries popping up around Maryland? For Scott Jendrek, he just starts distilling liquor instead. Jendrek is opening Patapsco Distilling Co. at 7609 Main St. in Sykesville this October. He will start with making vodka but eventually bring on gin and Maryland rye whiskey. More than two decades ago, Jendrek got started brewing his own beer thanks to a former boss. Working…

Stocks are quiet: Is this the calm before the...

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The stock market has gone quiet. Perhaps too quiet.



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Greater Baltimore home sales drop for first time...

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Baltimore-area home sales cooled in July, posting a decrease for the first time in nearly two years. At the same time, the median sales price of homes sold during the month rose 2.9 percent to $267,500, up from $260,000 in the year-ago period and marking the highest July sales price since 2008, according to data released Wednesday by ShowingTime RBI based on listing activity by MRIS. The July median is 18.9 percent above the 2011 bottom of $225,000, while 6.1 percent below the 2007 peak of $285,000. Closed…

OPEC keeps pumping oil at full bore, output up...

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Despite low oil prices, the growth in crude production is continuing unabated.



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Elon Musk wants to sell you an entire 'solar roof'

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When in doubt, tease a new product.



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Delta Air Lines expects normal operations to...

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Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) says the outlook for Wednesday’s operation is positive, with about 90 cancellations expected at the beginning of the day leading to normal operations later. “We continued today to steadily recover from the events of earlier this week that grounded our system, and are working hard to achieve a normal operation by mid-day tomorrow,” Dave Holtz, Senior Vice President – Operations and Customer Center, said in a statement issued late Tuesday. “We will have a…