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Chipotle profits down 82% in wake of E. coli...

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Chipotle has not recovered as much as investors expected after the chain’s E. coli woes.



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Have Amazon Prime? You could save on your student...

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Amazon is offering yet another incentive for customers to sign up for a Prime membership.



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Southwest cancels 1,150 flights in 24 hours

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Southwest Airlines has canceled 1,150 flights since the airline’s full ground stop for on Wednesday.



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Baltimore small businesses would be exempt from...

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Small businesses would be exempt from a proposed Baltimore City minimum wage hike, under new amendments to a bill calling for an increase in the wage to $15 per hour by 2022. City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, who is sponsoring the bill, introduced an amendment on Thursday allowing any business with 50 or fewer employees or gross annual income under $500,000 to be excused from the bill’s provisions. The amendment was passed without discernible dissent by the City Council’s Labor Committee on Thursday. Under…

Passengers evacuate American Airlines flight in...

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Passengers from an American Airlines flight were forced to evacuate Thursday afternoon while on the taxiway at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration said.



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Roger Ailes quits Fox amid sexual harassment...

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Fox News chief Roger Ailes has resigned from the network following sexual harassment allegations, 21st Century Fox confirmed Thursday.



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Southwest working to resume normal operations

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More than 1,000 Southwest Airlines flights were canceled in less than a 24-hour period starting Wednesday afternoon.



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​Southwest glitches mostly fixed, BWI operations...

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The technical issues that grounded Southwest Airlines across the country on Wednesday have mostly been fixed and the majority of its operations, including those in Baltimore, have returned to normal. In its most recent update, Southwest said the problems resulted in nearly 700 canceled flights and delayed hundreds more on Wednesday but that it had returned to a nearly full schedule of more than 3,900 flights on Thursday. It did, however, say that 300 flights would be canceled on Thursday as it…

Sagamore Spirit installs massive whiskey still,...

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As the 40-foot tall copper whiskey column still was lowered by crane into the main Sagamore Spirit distillery building on Thursday, the color stood out among the neutral frame structure of the building that broke ground last October. The installation of the still is a crucial part of getting the distillery closer to opening, Sagamore Spirit President Brian Treacy said, and allows the contractors to close up the building and get piping in place. Sagamore Spirit is owned by Under Armour CEO Kevin…

John Kasich: No apologies in Trump feud

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CLEVELAND – Ohio Gov. John Kasich struck a defiant tone at his state’s delegate breakfast on Thursday after a week of trading barbs with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying that he has “no regrets about what I’ve done in my political career.” “There are a lot of people who are wondering what are we doing,” Kasich said. “I think you can all understand why I didn’t show up to speak at the convention after what you saw last night.” Like Kasich, another of Trump’s…