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U.S. oil boom isn't dead. It's plotting a 2017...

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New cracks have emerged in the U.S. oil boom, thanks to the crash in prices orchestrated by OPEC. U.S. oil production is down seven straight months and recently dropped below the 9 million barrel mark for the first time in nearly two years. It’s furt…



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Ocean City Brewing expanding to Reisterstown with...

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Ocean City Brewing Co. is continuing its push into Greater Baltimore with a new tap house and restaurant in Reisterstown. This will be the brewery’s third restaurant in Maryland. It also has tap houses in Ocean City and Abingdon, the most recent of which was the Abingdon location, which opened in late 2015. The new Reisterstown location will be located in 6,000 square feet at 11706 Reisterstown Road in the Cherryvale Plaza Shopping Center. The location is the site of the former Playoff Sports Bar…

D.C. Metro lists 6.9-acre Largo site at $8 million...

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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is offering another large vacant parcel for sale, this time a wooded site virtually adjacent to the Largo Town Center Metrorail station fronting the Capital Beltway. The 6.9-acre parcel is immediately southwest of the Metro station, on the opposite side of Harry S. Truman Drive from the bus loop. Metro is asking a minimum $8 million for the 299,057-square-foot vacant site, which appears to be currently zoned for commercial and industrial uses. Bids…

London vacations are dirt cheap. Thanks Brexit!

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Always fancied a London holiday? Now is the time to do it. The pound has collapsed 14% against the dollar and 11% against the euro since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union. One pound was $1.50 on June 23, the day of the referendum. Now it’s le…



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Rare Thomas Jefferson letter discovered in attic

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Always check the abandoned boxes in your attic because you never know what you might find. A family in Mississippi discovered a rare letter from founding father Thomas Jefferson in a box of heirlooms, written to their ancestor, U.S. Ambassador to Fran…



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California Tortilla taps MGH to head marketing...

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California Tortilla has tapped MGH as its marketing agency of record as the fast-casual Mexican chain adds 16 locations to its existing 46 stores this year. MGH President Andy Malis said his firm will handle all media buying, planning and buying — both digital and traditional — and devise a social media strategy for Rockville-based California Tortilla. Owings Mills-based MGH will also help California Tortilla market its growth and tout its “Mexican Re-Imagined” brand. California Tortilla’s 46…

Italy: Europe's next domino to fall?

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The world’s oldest bank is in deep trouble. Shares in Italy’s Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena have crashed 45 percent in 10 days, forcing regulators to temporarily ban short-selling in the stock. The bank has been given until Friday to come up with a plan t…



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Stocks sink and pound tumbles over Brexit fallout

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Global markets are hurting Wednesday as continued fallout from the U.K.’s recent vote to leave the European Union worries investors. But that’s not the only thing breeding fear in the markets. Concerns about Italy, China and the U.S. economy have also…



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How some are making Baltimore cleaner and greener,...

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The vacant lot at in the middle of the block was so trashed with debris, old furniture and drug paraphernalia that many in Harlem Park who passed by it each day became numb to its decay. Except for Angela and Anthony Francis. They are part of a new grassroots movement to convert blight to green space. Their nonprofit, Urban United Roots, aided by the Parks and People Foundation, is focused today on converting the city-owned former vacant lot on W. Lanvale St. adjacent to Harlem Heights Elementary-Middle…

Half a million hoverboards recalled

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall on Wednesday of 501,000 hoverboards due to fire hazard. The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing hoverboards can overheat, resulting in sparking, smoking, fire and explosion, accord…



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