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Home Depot shines as more Americans nest

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Finally some good news from the land of retail!



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Free $100 beauty bag with purchase at Ulta.com

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Get a free cosmetic gift valued at $100 with online purchase at Ulta Beauty.

Get the free 22-piece beauty bag with any $60 purchase and receive the cosmetic bag filled with an Ulta Matte Lip Cream, and It’s a 10 Miracle Leave-In Product Mini, samples of Philosophy Take a Breath Oxygenating Gel…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Happy Tuesday! Expect rain throughout the day and temperatures in the mid-50s. Here are eight things to know. • Baltimore’s City Council failed to collect enough votes to overturn two mayoral vetoes, killing an attempt to topple Baltimore’s “strong mayor” form of government. [Baltimore Sun] • Baltimore County is looking to land $26 million from the federal government to help Sparrows Point potentially become an East Coast hub for wind energy. [WBAL-TV] • A small group of students and two…

GBC pushes job opportunities for youth,...

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Growing job opportunities in Baltimore was the focus of the Greater Baltimore Committee’s annual meeting on Monday night. GBC CEO Donald C. Fry and board chair Stephanie C. Hill both emphasized the importance of employment in the city and the region as it works to grow the economy and improve workforce development and training. Last year, the GBC asked patrons at its annual dinner to text in pledges from their tables and raised more than $200,000 in less than two hours for the Baltimore Development…

Elijah Cummings to GBC members: 'The question is...

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You never want to speak after U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a gifted orator, yields the podium. So it was probably pretty lucky for the rest of the speakers at the Greater Baltimore Committee’s annual meeting on Monday night that he was the last person to address the crowd. Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat, was on stage at the Hyatt Regency to receive the business advocacy group’s Howard “Pete” Rawlings Courage in Public Service Award for his leadership after last year’s riots and his work in Congress…

Comcast CEO: Olympics production will be...

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Comcast NBCUniversal will blow away content records for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer, Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts said. The 2016 Olympics, which will begin in August, will be the first time the Americans can easily watch the Games live since the Olympics took place in Atlanta in 1996. Rio de Janeiro is only one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Comcast NBCUniversal is producing 6,000 hours of content across 11 networks and 40 simultaneous streams — more than 30 times the output…

Free sandwich at HoneyBaked Ham store

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Get free eats by joining the HoneyBaked Ham Rewards club.

Bag a coupon for a free classic ham sandwich valued at more than $6 by joining the company’s free loyalty program. You’ll also get another free sandwich as a birthday gift.

After you sign up with an email address, you’ll also get other special…

Whole Foods anti-gay lawsuit dropped

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The Internet put on its sleuthing hat last month, trying to determine whether a pastor’s complaint of a gay slur on a Whole Foods cake was a hoax. Now, the truth appears to be out.



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Mark Cuban: 'Huge, huge' losses for stocks if...

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Mark Cuban believes a Donald Trump victory would be a big loss for everyone with money in the stock market.



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U.S. debt dump deepens in 2016

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Central banks are dumping America’s debt at a record pace.



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