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Free $5 Starbucks gift card with purchase

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Get a free $5 gift card with purchase of three Starbucks or Tazo products.

Purchase three participating products at the grocery store in one transaction by April 30:

Starbucks coffee (10 ounce bags or larger)Starbucks or Tazo K-cup packs (10 or 16 count)Starbucks VIA Instant Coffee (5-count or…

Free lens cloth and cleaner at Walmart Vision...

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See things a littler clearer with this offer from Wal-Mart.

Get a free lens cloth and bottle of cleaner for eye glasses with a coupon good a stores with Vision Centers.

No purchase is necessary.

Print out the offer and bring it to a Vision Center, installed inside most Wal-Mart Supercenters.

Click…

Two free large pizzas from Papa John's with gift...

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Here’s a hot Groupon.com deal: Buy a $25 Papa John’s e-gift card through and get two free large pizzas.

The total valued of the offer is $55.

Spend $25 to get a $25 Papa John’s e-gift card that never expires and get promo codes for two free, one-topping, large pizzas.

The promo codes are redeemable…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, and happy Friday. Great weather again today to round out the end of the week. It won’t be as hot as it has been the past few days — temperatures will be in the mid 60s — but it looks like rain is going to hold off until Saturday. Here are eight things you need to know to get your day started. Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he was providing more money for education in the state than expected — including an additional $12.7 million for Baltimore Schools. CBS Baltimore Mayor…

These are the five largest meeting spaces in...

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Looking for a space to hold your next corporate event or fundraiser? There’s no shortage of space in Greater Baltimore. From the city to the surrounding counties, buildings across the area can hold up to thousands of people — and even dozens of groups at a time. In this week’s list, we ranked the largest meeting spaces in the area, based on the space’s maximum capacity. Below, you can see the top five spaces that made this week’s list. Subscribers can view the full list here, in addition to…

Don Fry: Penn Station improvements must be a...

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Dear Editor: I read with interest the article entitled “Amtrak mum on details, timeline surrounding Penn Station overhaul”, which appeared in the 2/29/16 edition of the Baltimore Business Journal. The Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) has been urging Amtrak for a number of years to upgrade and improve Penn Station and the surrounding Amtrak-owned property. As the representative and voice of the Baltimore region’s business community — which has thousands of employees who use commuter and long-distance…

Stevenson University President Kevin Manning to...

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Stevenson University President Kevin J. Manning, who has overseen a wave of new development and a boost in enrollment since joining the college in 2000, plans to retire at the end of next school year. Manning, who is 71, said late Thursday he will depart the university in June 2017. “It has been a real honor for me to serve the Stevenson community, including the board, cabinet, deans, faculty, and staff,” Manning said in a statement late Thursday. “However, it has been a special honor to…

Corona beer recalled; bottles may contain bits of...

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You might want to check the numbers on your next cold one.



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Glass pieces found in Nestle products leads to...

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Nestle is recalling DiGiorno, Lean Cuisine and Stouffer’s products due to the the potential of glass pieces within in the food, according to a recall statement.



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Deadline to apply for Light City U pitch contest...

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Ten startup companies will be selected for a pitch competition that will be part of Light City U, the innovation conference accompanying Baltimore’s first light installation festival. Entrepreneurs better act fast if they want a shot at being selected for the competition and its $5,000 prize — the deadline to apply is March 11. Five health companies and five sustainability companies will be chosen for the contest, which will take place before a live audience, as well as a panel of venture capitalists,…