A Johns Hopkins University-run incubator for nonprofits and mission-driven, socially-conscious companies is accepting applications until the end of September for its next cohort. The Social Innovation Lab provides $1,000 in early-stage seed funding; work space; training and workshops to help refine ...

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Under Armour released its new “Rule Yourself” marketing campaign Monday, which encourages training as a lifestyle. The campaign launched with a 60-second ad, titled “Anthem,” and will be followed by several short films this fall featuring NBA MVP Stephen Curry, ...

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City officials want to crack down on tobacco sales to minors, and are asking for Baltimore residents to be on the lookout. Anyone who notices a business selling tobacco products to people under 18 can now call 311 to report ...

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A research team from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has found an explanation for the formation of protein clumps in the brains of some patients with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. But they’re sharing credit for their success ...

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Having trouble keeping track of the ever-broadening field of 2016 presidential candidates? Can’t tell your Chafees from your Gilmores? There’s (now) an app for that. PlayScreen, a Columbia-based gaming company has created a free iPhone and iPad game called “Who’s ...

The Baltimore Ravens are giving their stadium a digital upgrade for the 2015 season. Fans and guests will have soon have access to free, high-density wi-fi at M&T Bank Stadium, thanks to 800 new wireless access points supplied by the ...

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Star Trek fans can take advantage of a highly logical pairing between Upper Marlboro-based NASA Federal Credit Union and CBS Consumer Products. The credit union will offer a series of Star Trek credit cards sporting designs from the popular science-fiction ...

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A $5 million grant will help researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health develop ways to find out if laboratory workers are trying to make flu-based bioweapons. The team, which will include faculty from both the University ...

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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, a restaurant well-known among motorcyclists and people with ties to Upstate New York  has plans to open its first location south of the Mason-Dixon line in Baltimore, on Fleet Street between Fells Point and Harbor East. “Really, we’re ...

The riots and peaceful protests that followed the death of Freddie Gray in April put new a focus on Baltimore’s longstanding social problems, including segregation, public health and economic inequality. Now, a course being offered this fall at the University ...

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