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In summer 2007, a complicated deal to buy Tribune Co. and take it private reflected all the dangers of an easy-money era when caution was pushed aside.

After spending more than four years embroiled in a contentious Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the reorganized Tribune Co. will emerge Monday under new owners and a newly appointed board, freed from its massive debt and facing an uncertain future, officials said.

President of Maryland Retailers Association answers five questions about changing nature of retail

Jules Witcover looks back on a year highlighted by a presidential election, natural disasters and horrific shootings.

Vice president for sales and marketing Debbie Bell, the first full-time employee hired by Race On, will work to coax support for Grand Prix of Baltimore from local businesses.

Nielsen Holdings announced Tuesday that it reached an agreement to acquire Columbia-based Arbitron Inc. in a deal valued at nearly $1.26 billion in cash.

The possibility that the Tribune Co. will sell its newspapers after its imminent exit from bankruptcy has set off a new round of speculation about The Baltimore Sun's future ownership — along with expressions of interest from potential buyers.

Ocean City businesses are ready to compete for tourists next summer, some of whom may have lost their normal beach vacation spots in Hurricane Sandy.

Parker is turning the reins over to a Singapore-based editor but says the headquarters will remain in Maryland

Race On served as "facilitator" to second Grand Prix but will have more "hands-on" approach next year

Federal employees in Maryland and elsewhere ramped up pressure on Congress Wednesday to avert the looming fiscal crisis without making significant cuts to government pay and benefits.

Of all the major executive, talent and programming moves that CNN has made in the last few years, the expected announcement of Jeff Zucker as the president of CNN Worldwide looks like one of the best.

A bipartisan coalition of elected officials, business leaders and high-profile political aides — including former chiefs of staff to O'Malley and Ehrlich — are launching a state chapter of the national Campaign to Fix the Debt. The organization is pressing Congress to put party politics aside and quickly resolve spiraling budget deficits.

The approval of Maryland's same-sex marriage law last week can be traced in part to the decision by pastors Donte Hickman and Delman Coates to lend their names, faces and reputations to a campaign on an issue that remains highly controversial in their community.

The approval of Maryland's same-sex marriage law last week can be traced in part to the decision by pastors Donte Hickman and Delman Coates to lend their names, faces and reputations to a campaign on an issue that remains highly controversial in their community.

After the most expensive political campaign in Maryland's history, proponents of a plan to expand the reach and variety of casino gambling in Maryland won a narrow victory.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin won a second term Tuesday despite a spirited and well-funded campaign from one opponent and a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz from another.

Millennial Media reports 3Q results

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. saw its profit grow 33 percent in the third quarter as political campaigns and automakers ramped up spending on advertising, the Hunt Valley-based company said Thursday.

Despite a multi-million dollar advertising blitz from one challenger and an aggressive grassroots campaign from another, Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin remains among the safest incumbents in the nation as he runs this year for a second term, a new poll for The Baltimore Sun finds.

Whether the issue is gay marriage, Vegas-style gambling or college for illegal immigrants, all of Maryland's ballot campaigns have this in common: They are lavishing attention on black voters.

Baltimore television stations were expecting little in the way of political advertising this campaign year. Then the fight over expanded gambling in Maryland erupted, pitting deep-pocketed and competing casino companies against one another.

Vertis Holdings files for bankruptcy protection again

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake urges support for table games, Prince George's casino

George Platt, a former New York theatrical producer who became a garden supply firm official, died of renal failure Oct. 6 at Envoy Rehabilitation and Nursing in Pikesville. He was 90 and lived in Owings Mills.

O'Malley unloads on Penn National for casino ads

The Washington Redskins football team endorsed a yes vote in the ultra-expensive gambling expansion referendum heading for the Maryland ballot this fall, contending the measure will bring thousands of jobs to Prince George's County.

For three casino giants trying to persuade Marylanders to vote for or against more gambling here, the long-term stakes could be in the billions.

For three casino giants trying to persuade Marylanders to vote for or against more gambling here, the long-term stakes could be in the billions.

Casino owners, labor and other interests spent more than $3.6 million to influence lawmakers during last month's special session to expand gambling in Maryland — a figure that amounts to roughly $900,000 a day for the four-day session, according to disclosure reports filed Monday.

Millennial Media Mad Money

Gambling giant Penn National Gaming Inc. wrote a check for $5.5 million last week to limit gambling in Maryland, the latest move in a casino vs. casino battle that could saturate the airwaves and overwhelm other ballot initiatives this fall.

New billboards are among the aggressive tactics Maryland is deploying following a blistering audit last year that found the agency failed to use all available resources to collect the payments.

Just in time for the Baltimore Grand Prix on Labor Day weekend, a local technology company is offering spectators a way to keep their cellphone batteries charged as they watch the races.

Phelps' agent says the swimmer did not violate Olympic rule preventing "ambush advertising"

Supporters and opponents have spent more than $1.1 million for television and radio ads over the past eight weeks, and more are expected in the days leading up to Thursday's special session of the General Assembly.

Today, the network is saying it could turn a profit on the $1.18 billion investment.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. saw its second-quarter income jump 61 percent and raised its quarterly dividend as political advertising far exceeded company expectations, the Hunt Valley broadcaster said Wednesday.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. saw its second-quarter income jump 61 percent and raised its quarterly dividend as political advertising far exceeded company expectations, the Hunt Valley broadcaster said Wednesday.

A television ad from a group opposing a casino at National Harbor went on the air this month charging that MGM, the prospective operator of the proposed facility, has ties to organized crime. The charge stems from a New Jersey report.

The former chief executive of Severna Park-based Wings to Go pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud for embezzling more than $885,000 from the franchise company to pay prostitutes in Maryland and three Texas women for telephone sex.

Contemporary wrestling fans know Jerry 'The King' Lawler as the voice of the WWE.

100 Years Ago - Close shave - Ad for Laurel store: "Machinery Repairs of all Kinds. Whole and Odd Pieces of Harness, A large Variety. Feds of All Kinds. Special: I have 4 2-horse wagons, 3 inch rim carried over from last year, these I will sell at special bargains to make room for a car load of new buggies unloading now. Something most attractive and very cheap." M .J. Tighe, Laurel, Md.

Is it healthy that the video game industry is looking for funding and guidance from the masses?

Doyle McManus assesses the good, bad and ugly of political advertising so far this year

Unaccountable political spending is spreading a series of big lies about President Obama and seeking to undermine all progressive legislation in this country.

City should seek more from casinos and billboards before turning to residents