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A new BJ's Wholesale Club could open in Southeast Baltimore by the end of next year, said a development firm that has been working to make the area a shopping destination.

The Columbia man shot by a Howard County police officer after pulling a knife inside a BJ's Wholesale Club in broad daylight last summer pleaded guilty in Howard County Circuit Court Wednesday, and was sentenced to three years in prison for his crimes.

That, perhaps, is why a consultant team hired to research at the state of key economic areas in Columbia -- most notably eight of the nine village centers -- spent nearly two hours Wednesday evening presenting detailed findings from the four-month long study.

The initial results of an economic study of eight of Columbia's village centers identified adding more restaurants as the best future use for the centers, some of which have seen a decline in recent years.

State officials say they have enough salt to treat roads, but at least one county had to ration use. Some hardware stores are running out of ice-melting materials, and local government spending on salt is climbing.

Cyber Monday may be losing its significance as the biggest online day of the season, thanks to this year's earlier and more diluted kickoff to holiday shopping, both in stores and online.

Howard Carvel Smith, 33, of the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Road in Columbia, was shot once by a police officer in the store's Tire Center after he refused to drop a knife he pulled on a store loss prevention officer according to the charging documents.

Howard Carvel Smith, 33, of the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Road in Columbia, was shot Wednesday by police inside BJ's Tire Center, located in the 9100 block of Snowden River Parkway, after police say he refused to drop a knife, which he original pulled on a store security guard.

Howard County Police said they shot a man who was brandishing a knife at a Columbia department store Wednesday morning. Howard Carvel Smith, 33, of Columbia, is in critical condition at University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center as of Wednesday afternoon.

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A Pennsylvania man, under indictment on federal charges for allegedly running a major "Ponzi" scheme, was recently arrested in Harford County on unrelated theft charges and then quickly whisked away by federal marshals.

Baltimore City schools, despite tightening budgets and a perpetual rallying cry for more funding, administrators spent roughly $500,000 over the last year and half on expenses such as a $7,300 office retreat at a downtown hotel.

A Massachusetts seafood company is recalling some of its smoked salmon products because of possible contamination by the bacterium listeria monocytogenes.

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A new grocery store could open in the Long Reach Village Center just weeks after the Safeway supermarket closes, and the village center's owner says four more businesses are expected to open in the center before the end of the year.

The beleaguered Safeway in the Long Reach Village Center will close Nov. 5. Another grocery store could take its place.