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Celebrate the doughnut harvest with a free Krispy...

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Friday may be April Fools Day, but this offer is no joke: Get a free Get a free Krispy Kreme doughnut.

Get a free Original Glazed Doughnut at participating locations to celebrate the chain’s bountiful Doughnut Harvest.

“This year, on account of the unusually fair winter, the Doughnut Harvest…

US has lost 5 million manufacturing jobs since...

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Donald Trump claims trade with Mexico and China is killing America’s middle class. Corporate America says that’s false.



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The Rotunda gets a new grocer this Friday: MOMs...

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The 15th store in the budding Rockville-based MOMs Organic Market grocery chain is set to open Friday in north Baltimore with a vibe that could be straight out of Woodstock. The 17,000-square-foot store will be the anchor tenant in the redeveloped Rotunda shopping center in Hampden and will sell 100 percent organic foods, fresh small batch roasted coffee and even organic mattresses. The store marks MOMs first in Baltimore City. A bulk of the MOMs is new construction, but the back stock room is…

Skateboard maker moving to City Garage after...

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A Hagerstown skateboard maker is relocating to Baltimore’s City Garage after receiving an investment from Kevin Plank’s Sagamore Ventures. Bustin Boards Skateboard Co. will relocate both its offices and distribution center to City Garage, a former 133,000-square-foot former Port Covington bus depot that Sagamore Ventures has turned into an innovation hub. Sagamore Ventures is the early-stage investment arm of Plank, the CEO of Under Armour Inc. (NYSE: UA) The size of the investment in Bustin Boards…

Hopkins' new immunotherapy institute aims to...

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Johns Hopkins is setting its sights on an end to cancer with its new Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. The new institute, made possible by a $125 million donation from former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Jones Apparel Group founder Sidney Kimmel and other donors, will focus on using patients’ own immune systems to battle cancer. Hopkins leadership, joined by Bloomberg and Vice President Joe Biden, announced the center and discussed its significance to cancer research…

Fracking fallout: 7.9 million at risk of man-made...

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People in parts of Texas and Oklahoma now face the same earthquake risk as those in California.



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Free 3-month trial and 15-month membership deal ...

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BJ’s Wholesale Club is offering coupons for a free three-month trial and a sweet deal on a 15-month membership for new members.

Here’s the deals:

New members can get a free 90-day trial membership with full benefits and pay no surcharge at checkout.

Yearly Inner Circle memberships costs $50.

Or,…

MedStar took 'extreme' approach to block security...

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MedStar Health’s online records and email communications were cut off for a second day in a row Tuesday as officials scrambled to recover from a malware attack. And that crippling of the $4.6 billion health system — which said it shut down its own online operations as a defensive tactic against the virus — is sending shock waves across the health industry. “MedStar took a very extreme approach at tackling this problem — and it’s going to be expensive,” said Michael Robinson, adjunct professor…

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Delta pilots seeking 40% pay hikes

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Delta Air Lines pilots want a 40% pay hike over the next three years.



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