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Diehard Ravens fan leads group to Ravens games in a purple bus and ambulance that do double duty during tailgate parties.

Burck Smith is so far making good on his vision for revamping the way people pay for and complete college courses. His startup company, Straighterline, enables students to pay $99 a month for introductory college courses — and potentially save tens of thousands of dollars in the process.

The Topps trading card company put the wrong man in its 2012 collection that includes Michael Phelps and Roger Federer.

Senator Theatre operators foresee March 2013 reopening; plans call for three additional screens and a cafe

In-game marketplace results in substantial profits for Reddit user

Buyer receives three brick and mortar stores, homes, cars and heap of gaming gear

Michael Phelps looks to add to his Olympic legacy in London Games

Within a month the washer was making banging noises and shaking so violently during spin cycles that it sent the empty laundry basket flying with enough force to dent drywall.

Towson University business plan competition winners announced

Plus the next 'Draw Something,' and 'Mass Effect as a Saturday morning cartoon.

Baltimore's Millennial Media founded in 2006, now dominant in mobile ad market

To raise money for charitable surgical services, Union Memorial Hospital sells on eBay carvings made from the broken limb of a tree donated by gangster Al Capone

How public figures choose to be known

For Game Cache's Friday roundup, Dave Gilmore talks about 'Mass Effect 3,' C+C Music Factory and Kate Upton for 'MLB2K12'

Architects live and breathe design, blissfully losing themselves in details most people would never notice — the bevel of a trim, the way light falls across a room, squared legs or curved. So what happens, we wondered, when two such aesthetes come together under one roof?

Richard Friend has created two blogs where he writes about and shares old photos and other memorabilia from Laurel's past, looks back that have drawn more than 10,000...

Millennial Media, a five-year-old mobile advertising firm based in Baltimore, has proposed an initial public offering of shares of its common stock in paperwork filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several people were arrested at malls across Maryland as police broke up crowds of hundreds lined up to buy Nike Air Jordan Concords, part of a nationwide frenzy over the new sneakers that prompted a number of disturbances.

FedEx expects to move more than 17 million packages worldwide on Dec. 12, double the company's daily average volume.

The United States Postal Service wants to close roughly half of its nearly 500 mail processing facilities across the country, and slow first-class mail delivery for the first time in 40 years.

Kelsey Kleinhen, 19, of Laurel, opened her own second-hand boutique in Cherry Tree Center.

Some of the nation's major chain stores opened late Thursday, competing for holiday shoppers to kick off a period that is crucial for the retail industry. After the crowds entered Toys "R" Us at 9 p.m., Walmart's Black Friday deals started at 10 p.m.

Missing remains were posted for sale on eBay

The 200-year-old mummified remains of a small child are expected to arrive next week to their place among other mummies at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, school officials say.

Colonial Players' production of "Little Women, The Musical" rises above much of the show's material, making it worthy of consideration as a holiday offering to alternate with the traditional "Christmas Carol."

Just a handful of investigators focus on the recovery of cultural property in America. The organizations are underfunded, overworked and underappreciated, but run by passionate people who love the job and routinely fight to keep it.

Two Baltimoreans hope to use a long-lost film to elicit and document recollections of the Carr's Beach resort, a destination for African-Americans during the era of segregation.

A National Archives and Records Administration employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling government property — including a recording of Babe Ruth's voice — and selling it on eBay, the Maryland U.S. attorney's office announced.

State housing officials are working feverishly to beat a heck of a deadline: Finish processing enough applications by the end of Friday to make nearly $57 million in emergency loans to homeowners facing foreclosure, or give back to Uncle Sam whatever they can't spend in time.

Schaefer swimsuit, inflatible duck and bathrobe turn up in a box in the home of Schaefer's former housekeeper

A former Howard County public schools IT technician was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing and reselling more than $200,000 worth of computers, computer parts and software, according to the county's state's attorney's office.

With a new album and tour, the country star is getting closer to his fans

Anglers help make wish come true for Upper Marlboro family

Two New York City men have been charged with stealing documents from the Maryland Historical Society. One of the men arrested Saturday is Barry Landau, 63, a renowned collector of presidential artifacts.

Conduct your own treasure hunt for lost money. Such digging is fast and easy because states and the federal government post information online about inactive bank accounts, forgotten savings bonds and lost pensions.

Fans at the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards before the Orioles' match against the Reds learned the basics of keeping the official score for a game.

Jay Hancock: Baltimore's Prime Rib restaurant sold hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of Groupon coupons one day last month, but restaurants such as Miss Shirley's, Charleston and Petit Louis are leery of online discounting.

Apparently, Denver Nuggets forward and former Towson Catholic star Carmelo Anthony is selling his 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle for The Carmelo Anthony Foundation. (I wonder if this has something to do with him being tied up in all those trade rumors.)