A business started by a group of McDaniel College students won last week’s Carroll Biz Challenge, including nearly $13,000 in prizes. But the founders of bookSwap now have to change their name. McDaniel students Dajuan Price, Hunter Metcalf and Brandon ...

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U.S. News & World Report once again ranked Johns Hopkins Hospital as the top hospital in Maryland and the third-best hospital in the country. Hopkins again finished behind the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic nationally, failing to regain the top ...

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Dr. Peter Beilenson has resigned as CEO of Evergreen Health as the company entered court-ordered receivership. Beilenson had founded the insurer as an Affordable Care Act co-op. He attempted to take the company private as part of a bid to ...

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You wouldn’t think that most casino owners would be able to hold their own shooting hoops against someone in the NBA Hall of Fame, but apparently that’s how it turned out Thursday when Cordish Cos. chairman David Cordish faced Shaquille O’Neal ...

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The path of the expected Aug. 21 total solar eclipse isn’t due to come near Maryland, which will see only a partial eclipse. It’s obvious that when less sunlight hits the earth, less solar energy can be harvested. For people ...

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A Maryland artist’s photograph of a monarch butterfly on a coneflower will be used on a new stamp promoting the protection of pollinating insects issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Karen Mayford of Glen Arm took the photo in her backyard garden, ...

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Flying Dog Brewery and the University of Maryland’s agricultural school have teamed up to investigate the best way to grow hops, a popular flavoring agent in beer, in the state. For Matt Brophy, the Frederick brewery’s COO, the idea came after some disappointing ...

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It’s been quite a week for the Maryland casino culinary scene. On Wednesday, Gordon Ramsay announced his steak restaurant, which is set to open in Baltimore’s Horseshoe Casino before the end of the year. Todd English followed close behind Friday ...

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Baltimore’s Horseshoe Casino will host the East Coast’s first Gordon Ramsay Steak restaurant. The first Gordon Ramsay Steak restaurant opened in Las Vegas in 2012, and its second location in Baltimore is slated to open before the end of the ...

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Normally a sponsor of ESPY winners like Steph Curry, Tom Brady and Jordan Spieth, Under Armour could receive its own award from ESPN on Tuesday night. The company was named one of four finalists for ESPN’s Corporate Community Impact Award. ...

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