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Rush Limbaugh renews contract

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Rush Limbaugh, the country’s best-known conservative talk radio host, has renewed his contract with radio distributor iHeartMedia. The company called it a “long-term, multi-platform agreement.”



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You can unlock the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with your...

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Samsung wants to keep it simple. The company is cleaning up its line of flagship smartphones so users now have three choices: a Galaxy, a Galaxy Edge or a Galaxy Note. That’s why the new Note 7, which was announced on stage at event on Tuesday, looks …



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Sturm Ruger sales jump 19%

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Gun sales in America are still soaring, pushing Sturm Ruger’s sales and profits sharply higher this quarter. The company said its sales were driven by several new products, including the American Pistol, the LC9s pistol, the Precision Rifle and the AR-556s modern sporting rifle.



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Trump upset with debate commission's dates against...

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Get out a calendar for the months of September and October. Mark down all the football games, all the baseball games, all the federal holidays, all the religious holidays and all the televised awards shows.



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Google to test delivery drones

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It’s not just Amazon, Google also wants to deliver goods to your doorstep by drone.



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Baltimore Convention Center expansion, new arena...

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For the second time in four years, a feasibility study will explore connecting a proposed expanded convention center to a new arena and hotel in downtown Baltimore. The $1 million study, introduced at the request of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, was approved by the Maryland Stadium Authority at its board meeting Tuesday. The new study will look at environmental, traffic and community impacts along with what types of events the new project could bring. The Stadium Authority will oversee the report. The…

Report lists top 10 most-stolen vehicles in 2015

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Pickup trucks and imports are still the most-stolen vehicles in the United States, according to a National Insurance Crime Bureau report.



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Sinclair reportedly considering acquisition of the...

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is reportedly considering acquiring the Weather Channel TV’s operations for around $100 million, a deal that would further its push into cable television. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday the Hunt Valley-based broadcaster has “expressed interest” in acquiring the Weather Channel from private equity firms Bain Capital LLC and Blackstone Group LP, as well and NBCUniversal. The report, citing unnamed sources, notes talks between Sinclair and the Weather Channel…

BWI welcomes Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Take a peek...

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You can now fly Boeing’s much-hyped Dreamliner out of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. British Airways is now using Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner for direct flights from London Heathrow to BWI. The inaugural flight landed at BWI on Tuesday night. The BBJ was offered a look at the inside of the Dreamliner after the plane landed. What we saw was a massive top-of-the-line jet stocked with features. Boeing’s Dreamliner is equipped to hold 214 people: 35 in business class, the…

Hogan: 'Real work has just begun' in Ellicott City

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Floods completely destroyed four or five properties in Ellicott City and another 20 or 30 buildings suffered substantial damage after a rushing water swept through downtown on Saturday and killed two people. Government officials and business owners spent Tuesday cleaning up and trying to determine the totality of the damage sustained from the historic flooding. The deluge tore through Main Street restaurants and storefronts, washing merchandise and equipment into the roadways, and lifted hundreds…