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BBB warns consumers of government grant scam

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The Better Business Bureau is warning of a phone scam that promises a huge payout from a government grant if the victim pays a fee first.



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8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, hope you have a productive Tuesday. It’s going to be bearable outside once again today — thankfully. Temperatures will hover in the mid-80s before things start to heat up tomorrow. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. Michael Phelps finished second in the 200-meter butterfly semifinal last night, and will race in the fifth slot in the finals today. No other Americans advanced past the preliminary heats in that event. Phelps will dive into the pool again in the…

Delta cancellations continue after computer outage

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Delta Air Lines announced Tuesday that it is canceling nearly 250 flights as they try to play catch up after Monday’s computer outage grounded flights globally.



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Additional Delta flights canceled, delayed at BWI...

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Delta flights in and out of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport are being delayed and canceled Tuesday as the airline continues to recover from a computer outage that started early Monday morning. Two Delta flights had already been canceled as of 7 a.m. Tuesday out of BWI, according to the airport’s flight tracker, and another four were delayed. Three other arrivals were also canceled from Detroit and Atlanta. Delta announced early Tuesday morning that it was going to cancel…

Maryland Live, employees cleared of negligence and...

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A Washington, D.C., judge and jury have cleared the entity that operates Maryland Live casino and its employees of negligence and battery in a lawsuit over an “opportunistic” flying roulette ball. Leander Stocks, a D.C. resident, sued Maryland Live’s ownership group in November 2014, 11 months after he allegedly suffered traumatic injuries not just from a roulette ball that ejected from the track to become a “high velocity, misguided missile,” but also from the care he received afterward…

Google, cable guys fight over set-top boxes

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It wasn’t an ordinary Google product event. There were no skydiving executives. No hoards of app developers. No tech press. The audience consisted of congressional staffers and federal regulators.



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FAA to hire 1,400 air traffic control trainees

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The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking new air traffic controllers. Faced with what their union calls a severe shortage of workers, the agency is looking for more than 1,400 people to undergo a 13-month training program at the FAA Academy in Ok…



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Baltimore City Council gives preliminary approval...

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A bill to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 by 2022 earned preliminary approval from the Baltimore City Council Monday. The bill, introduced in April by Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, has been heavily contested in recent months among Baltimore’s business owners, lawmakers and low-wage workers. Seven council members voted in favor of the bill and four, including City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young, voted against it. Three abstained from the vote and one member was absent from…

GOP congressman: Trump should release taxes

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Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, a Republican, said Monday he thinks Donald Trump should release his tax returns. “I think he should release his taxes,” Duffy told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room.” “I think he should. I think Hillary Clinton shou…



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Delta outage causes delays at BWI-Marshall

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Hundreds of Delta Air Lines flights were canceled Monday after a power outage caused a worldwide ground stop.



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