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Baltimore County libraries have launched a new service that will give patrons access to more than 100 magazine titles on their computers and mobile devices. - Businesses of all sizes are looking to cash in on the Ravens' success. From small-time online sellers to major international brands the end of the Super Bowl means the beginning of promotional tie-ins, people and companies trying to cash in on the good feelings that come along with a Super Bowl win.
- Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, bolstered by fourth-quarter and year-end revenue numbers that exceeded projections, made bold promises about the future of his Baltimore-based company during its fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday.
- Spicemaker McCormick & Co.'s stock price swooned by more than $4 a share Thursday after the company's earnings forecast for the year fell short of what Wall Street analysts anticipated.
- Baltimore-based money managers T. Rowe Price and Legg Mason Inc. may offer actively managed exchange-traded funds after receiving a thumbs up from regulators.
- Anchorwoman Marianne Banister will join WBFF Fox45 news as part of a weekend morning news program that will launch Jan.19. The station announced that another Baltimore veteran, meteorologist Tony Pagnotti, will also join that station's news team.
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- Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis has already built a reputation as a motivational speaker, but now he'll get paid for it
- Initiative helps low-income families save on energy, make homes healthier
- The deadline for homeowners to apply for the Homestead Tax Credit, which saved the average Baltimore homeowner more than $1,000 on this year's tax bill, is coming up Dec. 31. As the deadline gets nearer, real estate agents and community leaders are helping raise awareness of the impending deadline.
- Crimes reported for Roland Park, Charles Village, Hampden, Homeland, Dec. 2-7.
- The John Carroll School in Bel Air and research and development company Battelle signed a memorandum of understanding Monday afternoon in support of the school's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Academy.
- Food Network hosts to sign new book in Annapolis and Hunt Valley
- With Black Friday and Small Business Saturday just days away, small business owners in Laurel are hoping that shoppers will head the call to shop local.
- Breaking Dawn Part 2 the cinematic climax of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling series -- is sure to delight loyal fans, but critics aren't so kind.
- Dunbar Armored has been in the armored car business for nearly 90 years. But the Hunt Valley-based company is now branching into a new way to protect banks' and businesses' money and valuables: cybersecurity.
- Towson, Cockeysville, Timonium: Crimes reported
- Booming Under Armour Inc. announced Thursday that it earned $57 million in the third quarter, 25 percent more than it did in the July-to-September period last year.
- Walt Himelstein, an Owings Mills environmental chemist and entrepreneur, invented the Pure reusable glass drinking bottle, which features a shock-absorbing plastic sleeve that holds together the glass if it cracks.
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- After rap group Das Racist canceled, Future Islands kicked off the West stage at Virgin Mobile FreeFest.
- Snoop Dogg underwhelms with fun, but too-brief Rams Head Live show
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- Susan Magsamen last month launched Curiosityville.com, a company that focuses on online learning for children ages three to eight.
- The Bowling Green cheese business — now beginning its third year — is the first farm venture to benefit from a new Howard County grant program meant to help farmers establish and expand agricultural businesses
- Drew Westervelt teamed up with two long-time cleaning experts to form new companies.
- Accelerate Baltimore prepares second session next year
- Customers in Columbia stood in lines early Friday morning at the Apple Store in the Mall in Columbia, and a nearby Verizon Store, for the release of Apple's iPhone 5.
- The Homeland resident tried her luck at the Radio Shack near Giant on York Road in Towson, only to find that the store was closed and would not be getting the AT&T model she needs.
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- Modest lines in Towson saw people in queue Friday morning waiting to be among the first to grasp the latest iPhone from Apple — the iPhone 5.
- Harford County cell phone retailers big and small were preparing Thursday for a mad rush for the release of the iPhone 5 early Friday morning.
- The Towson Town Center mall will open its doors at 7 a.m. Friday to let in shoppers who can't wait a moment longer to get their new iPhone 5.
- With the much-anticipated release of the iPhone 5 less than two days away, the Apple Store in the Mall in Columbia is preparing for the horde of customers expected to flood the Mall early Friday morning.
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- Hilary Phelps wraps up the off-the-runway scene at spring 2013 fashion week in New York.
- Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. officials said burying power lines would have to be part of the solution to prevent major outages like the one after the June 29 derecho.
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- Fashion's Night Out events planned in Towson and Harbor East
- Online grocer Relay Foods of Charlottesville, Va., is rolling out service Tuesday in Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia, and plans to offer groceries from local suppliers and farms through home delivery and eventually about a half dozen pick-up sites
- Baltimore's top leadership called on the school system Monday to tighten oversight of its expenditures after a Baltimore Sun investigation found central office staff made at least $5,000 in inappropriate expenses on district-issued credit cards during the past year and a half.
