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Commentary: Bridging the tech gap – and the Susquehanna
From time to time, two competing technologies exist in parallel situations for an extended period prior to one dominating, and supplanting, the other. Back in the tape age, there was a great debate among tech heads as to whether Beta or VHS was the...Tags: Harford County, Marketing, Vehicles, Havre de Grace
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Anytime Fitness, a 24/7 gym, opens in Jacksonsville
North County couch potatoes who say they don't have time to exercise just lost that excuse. A new gym in Jacksonville is open 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week. Anytime Fitness opened at the end of June in the 5,400-square-foot space vacated by Blockbuster...
Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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DNA ruling jeopardizes Maryland rape convictions
When she came home from working a shift at Subway and found Detective Caprice Smith's business card stuck in the front door with the words "Please call" scribbled on the back, the 10 life-changing minutes she had spent in the back seat of a Cherry Hill...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Criminals, Cherry Hill, Trials, Abusive Behavior
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Blockbuster to pay $2 million to settle discrimination suit
Blockbuster Inc. has agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle a lawsuit in which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the retailer of subjecting female employees to sexual harassment, the agency's Baltimore office said Wednesday. The...Tags: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Employees, Bankruptcy, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes
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Some in South Carroll believe fate of Kmart could influence Carrolltown redevelopment
This story has been updated to reflect that, on Dec. 29, Sears Holdings released a partial list of stores that will be closing.
Eldersburg resident Ellen Dix admits that when she heard the news this week that Sears Holdings Corp. will close 100 to 120...Tags: White Marsh, Companies and Corporations, Sears Holdings Corp., Companies and Corporations, Sykesville
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Fate of same-sex marriage bill rests with handful of delegates
About a dozen members of the House of Delegates are believed to be undecided on Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland. They are the audience that activists on both sides most want to reach as they prepare to make...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Michael E. Busch, Government, Christianity, U.S. Senate
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Wegmans vs. the liquor lobby
If local pharmacists could write the regulations, Marylanders probably wouldn't ever have been allowed to get their prescriptions filled at chain stores like Walgreens and Rite-Aid. Independent video stores probably would have liked to outlaw Blockbuster,...
Tags: Howard County, Judges, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Bars and Clubs, Consumers
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Mamma's Cucina hoping Giant will help draw a bigger lunch crowd
When Chris Ilardo joined Mamma's Cucina as part owner and manager last fall, he never imagined that Giant would replace Fresh & Green's as anchor of the sleepy Greenspring Tower Shopping Center.
Now, Ilardo and partner Joe Ptak are sitting pretty as...Tags: Super Fresh Food Markets, Inc., Rental Service, Giant Food, LLC, Parkville, Charles Village
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What went wrong at Netflix
Netflix's stock recently went into a tailspin as the company announced the loss of nearly a million customers in the last few months. Netflix exemplifies a success story going bad because of both external factors related to "creative destruction" stemming...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Sony Corp., Shareholders, Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Charles Village loses Video Americain
"Video killed the radio star," The Buggles sang in 1979, at the birth of MTV.
Three decades later, it appears that digital has killed a video star. The Video Americain store in Charles Village closed its doors March 12 after nearly 20 years in business....Tags: Inventories, Johns Hopkins University, Rentals, Netflix Inc., Charles Village
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Analyze your Netflix usage with Feedflix: Consumer Website of the Week
This one is an oldie but a goodie.
In the past, we've featured FeedFlixs as a Consumer Website of the Week, but we're reprising it now for everyone infuriated over the new Netflix pricing scheme for streaming and at-home DVDs that the company recently...Tags: Consumers, DVDs, Television, Netflix Inc., Homes
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Old Town Laurel: Wrecking ball is poised to make way for new Walgreens
Demolition of a number of buildings in the 600 block of Washington Boulevard draws ever closer to make way for the new Walgreens in Old Town. The blue bank building finally stands empty as the last few tenants recently vacated. Irene's Restaurant has...Tags: Leukemia, Fort Meade (military base), Lymphoma, Animals
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