Uber expected to stay in Maryland after...

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Maryland avoided a showdown with ride-sharing app Uber after the state’s Public Service Commission approved an alternative background check process. Previously, California-based Uber had threatened to cease operations in Maryland if the state had mandated that ride-sharing drivers had to go through a fingerprinting background check. Uber and fellow ride-sharing app Lyft argued that their already existing background checks were more extensive. The Public Service Commission voted Thursday to implement…