A second early investor of the Baltimore Grand Prix filed an action Tuesday against the race’s organizers, seeking more than $300,000 he said he is owed. And the attorney for Sean Conley and fellow investor Steven Wehner — who filed ...

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Hospitals are pushing robotic surgery even as their websites are filled with unsubstantiated claims and marketing materials provided by the primary manufacturer of the technology, according to new research from Johns Hopkins physicians. A study published Wednesday in the Journal ...

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Two months into 2011, verdicts or settlements of lawsuits alleging misconduct by Baltimore police officers have cost the city more than $800,000. Settlements of such cases totaled more than $7.25 million from mid-2007 to mid-2010, and there were additional settlements ...

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WASHINGTON — More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, one week after claims had fallen to the lowest level in nearly three years. The Labor Department says 410,000 people sought unemployment assistance last week, a jump of 25,000 from ...

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WASHINGTON — Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the third drop in the past four weeks and a sign that the job market is slowly improving. Weekly claims for jobless aid dipped 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 420,000 ...

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WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for unemployment benefits barely rose last week, offering some hope that the job market may be improving. But claims need to fall further to bring down the 9.6 percent unemployment rate. Initial claims ...

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LOS ANGELES — New court documents filed in a case against Toyota Motor Corp. claim the auto giant bought back cars with sudden acceleration defects and failed to report the problem to federal regulators. The allegations made in court documents ...

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