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Data breach affects some Hopkins employees

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A data breach at a company that issues health care identification cards is affecting some employees of the Johns Hopkins Employer Health Programs.



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How do airline computer systems work?

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Airline computer systems know your name, credit card info and destination. You can’t travel on a major airline without them. And when they go down, fliers and carriers come to a virtual stop.



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Southwest Airlines flight attendants picket nine...

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Southwest Airlines flight attendants manned picket lines at nine airports Monday, including Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where the low-fare behemoth has a large hub. Beside Baltimore, Southwest flight attendants are picketing today in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Oakland and Orlando. The more than 13,500 flight attendants who work for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) say the picket lines aim to draw attention to what they say…

Meet the guy Walmart is betting $3.3 billion on to...

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Back in 2010, Walmart had its eye on a promising online shopping company called Quidsi, best known for operating Diapers.com. Walmart entered into acquisition talks with the startup and its CEO Marc Lore, the retail company confirmed to CNNMoney on Mo…



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New record for U.S.stocks...despite warnings

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Olympians in Rio aren’t the only ones setting next records. The U.S. stock market did it again Monday. The S&P 500 hit an all-time high of 2,185.54 Monday morning, although it pulled back slightly later in the day. It’s another exclamation point in th…



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Job fair offers hope to flood victims

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A job fair offers some hope as the Ellicott City community rallies once again for people who have lost or temporarily lost their jobs because of the flood.



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AAA: Gas prices 'holding steady'

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Gas prices are “holding steady” for August, averaging $2.12 per gallon, according to AAA.



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Hulu is going subscription-only

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Hulu is moving to a subscription-only model. The streaming service, which launched in 2007 with ad-supported content, will be transitioning to having all users pay to play, it announced Monday. It’s a move that’s not entirely shocking given the compa…



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Text Michael Phelps' swim results using his many...

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Excited to see Michael Phelps win a gold medal at the Rio Olympics — and want to share your joy with your friends? Don’t send that hackneyed smiley face or thumbs up emoji along with your text. Use one of the many Michael Phelps emojis now available. The emojis feature the many faces of Michael Phelps — with beard, with goggles, with bathing cap. You get the picture. Michael’s emojis can also be found underwater, in full swim and even with some Baltimore props. The Olympic swimmer in a Ravens…

Delta cancels hundreds of flights due to global...

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Delta Air Lines canceled more than 450 flights worldwide Monday after a power outage took down computer systems at its Atlanta headquarters. Delta (NYSE: DAL) resumed limited departures about six hours after the airline ordered all departures to hold at their gates. Planes in the air at the time of the outage landed at their destinations without incident. Many of Delta’s more than 30 scheduled flights out of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Monday were delayed or…