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Lando Calrissian wants you to drink Colt 45

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Pabst is bringing back smooth-talking Billy Dee Williams of “Star Wars” fame to reprise his ‘80s role as the pitchman for Colt 45 Malt Liquor.



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Groupon: $10 Starbucks gift card for $5

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Get a $10 Starbucks eGift card for $5 from Groupon.com.

The limited-time offer is good for a Starbucks digital gift card good for purchases at participating Starbucks and Teavana stores, which also is having a spring sale.

The card expires on Sept. 30.

Also, if you’re new to Groupon.com, get $10…

Emergency Plumber Halethorpe | Call 410-983-6900

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Marissa Mayer could get up to $37 million if Yahoo...

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Marissa Mayer’s tenure at Yahoo could be wrapping up soon. But if she plays her cards right, she could make out like a bandit.



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Maryland lawmakers give funding guarantee for...

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Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker received the guarantee he was looking for last week from the Maryland General Assembly for funding a new teaching hospital in Largo. Now he’s trying to put pressure on Gov. Larry Hogan to sign the legislation. Both chambers of the General Assembly passed a bill Friday requiring full funding for the Prince George’s County Regional Medical Center, which will be built and operated by Dimensions Healthcare System and the University of Maryland Medical…

UMd. says it won't give up study documents until...

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University of Maryland says it will not release records related to a study linking a specialty chocolate milk to faster concussion recovery until an internal board has completed a review of the issue, which has caused a public relations nightmare and could expose a failing of the school’s research standards. The Baltimore Business Journal has requested under Maryland’s public information law three records — the research proposal, the approved study protocol and the financial contract — for…

California deal hikes minimum wage to $15

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California lawmakers, Gov. Jerry Brown and labor unions struck a deal over the weekend to raise the statewide minimum wage from $10 per hour to $15 in 2022, according to a source familiar with the talks.



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Marriott once again outbid for Starwood Hotels by...

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A consortium of Chinese investors led by Anbang Insurance Group Co. has again upped its bid for U.S. hotelier Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., topping the most recent bid by Bethesda-based Marriott International Inc. The Anbang consortium is offering $82.75 per share in an all-cash offer, an increase over Marriott’s (NASDAQ: MAR) mostly stock offer March 21, which valued Starwood at roughly $79.53 per share. The new offer will most likely be determined a “superior proposal” under…

Exclusive: DiPasquale’s, a Highlandtown favorite,...

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DiPasquale’s Italian Marketplace, the 102-year-old Highlandtown institution known for its overstuffed sandwiches and prepared foods, is opening a location in the HarborView residential community in South Baltimore. The 2,000-square-foot first-floor location will feature many of the same favorites — including brick oven pizza — as the original eatery, said Joe DiPasquale, who now runs the business started by his grandfather, Luigi, in 1914. The waterfront site at 500 Harborview Drive sits…

6 (not so) dumb tax questions you're too...

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Unless you’re an accounting geek, chances are you don’t like thinking about taxes.



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