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Thieves who steal data are striking with alarming frequency. And more and more, security experts say, cyber-criminals are targeting the places where people shop.

As today's computer-powered vehicles become increasingly connected to drivers and their lives and capable of transmitting data to the outside world, civil liberties organizations and driver advocacy groups have begun raising concerns with regulators, legislators and industry leaders.

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Comcast provides atrocious service in Baltimore.

Consumers will likely see unfamiliar store brands cropping up in the Baltimore area as a handful of retailers eye the market for expansion

Small ceremony in Ellicott City made for an intimate event

A recap of the June 29 episode of "True Blood," as the action shifts to...France?

The opening of Blue Sparks in 2011 came on the heels of a resurgence in Baltimore barbershops over the last 10 years that have defied the competition of corporate chains like Great Clips, which employees more than 30,000 stylists at more than 3,300 salons throughout the United States and Canada.

A recap of the June 16 episodce of "24: Live Another Day," as the president lives up to his side of the deal

A steer roamed through the streets of Baltimore Friday morning before it was killed in a hail of police bullets in the Mid-Town Belvedere neighborhood.

20 seniors at Notre Dame Maryland University will be blazing a trail at graduation Saturday. They are the first generations of their families to go to college and are the first seniors to graduate through Notre Dame's Trailblazers program.

McCormick spice blend is popular here, but brand hopes collaborations and TV ads will bolster national standing

The building once known as La Chic Salon & Spa was torn down this week in preparation for a new dentist office at Thomas and Hays streets, one of the only projects allowed to move forward in Bel Air.

Neil Meyerhoff turns his lens to destinations near and far.

The people of Egypt have set their eyes on a dark horse presidential candidate.

Despite prior approval of plans to build a Starbucks in the Bel Air Town Center, the worldwide coffee company has its sights set on a building just across the highway in the Bel Air Plaza shopping center, according to local planners and property owners.

As the more than 24-hour deluge of rain came to an end in much of central Maryland on Thursday morning, residents, local officials and business leaders all took stock of the torrential downpours' toll.

If teens ran the world — or at least Anne Arundel County government — there would be no problems building cellphone towers at schools. In a mock county council meeting this week, high school students unanimously voted down a bill that would have banned the towers.

Howard's yearning was satiated through the launch of her business, which provides temporary office space, virtual office space and the benefits that come with a physical office space to a variety of local and state-wide businesses in need of a corporate presence in Laurel.

On a recent trip to San Antonio, Texas, I was struck by a realization: Spanish is no longer merely a foreign language; it has officially become a domestic one.

When the runners at this year's Maryland Half Marathon make their way across the finish line after 13.1 miles, Amy Babst plans to be there handing out medals with a smile.

The six-year-old Sudbury School of Arts and Ideas has moved from Hamilton to South Road in Mount Washington and it has about 40 students. It's a very alternative school, where there are no classrooms. The students make their own hours and can hire and fire the staff. But they go to college, which is the proof of the pudding, says a founding parent.

Banning energy drinks for kids isn't the answer.

Energy drinks can kill

The Rawlings-Blake administration is proposing new regulations for the city's rapidly growing food truck industry — setting up zones for the mobile chefs to sell their designer grilled-cheese sandwiches, spicy tacos and decadent cup cakes. But the city's proposal was in flux Monday night. A city official said the administration might amend the plan to allow trucks to operate outside the zones as well.

Danger of energy drinks to youngsters is not to be taken lightly

Maryland should adopt restrictions on the sale of energy drinks to minors

In Maryland, as in other states, consumers need to show ID when buying alcohol or tobacco products. Energy drinks could be added to that list of "adult" products, if bills before the General Assembly are passed. House bill 1273 and Senate bill 986 were filed to ostensibly protect the Free State's children from a potentially hazardous product. But not only will the bills fail to protect minors, they could backfire and cause more harm than good for both adults and children in Maryland.