NEW YORK — Amazon is aiming to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up the $800 billion grocery industry. At the new ...

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Supreme Court's historic Flag Day decision leads news summary including FBI surveillance, a rental contract and Ventura's million-dollar loss.

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ANNAPOLIS — When M.J. Eckert and Nancy Fields launched their lice removal business, they underestimated the demand for their itch niche. The Annapolis-based Lice Happens was designed so workers could visit homes to eliminate insects and teach prevention methods. But ...

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NEW YORK — T-Mobile USA, the only “Big 4” phone company that doesn’t sell the iPhone, now wants to snag used ones from AT&T. Starting Wednesday, when Apple is expected to reveal a new iPhone model, T-Mobile will start advertising ...

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I drove more than 400 miles for a coffee mug last weekend, and came away with a cup of coffee I've sipped a hundred times before.

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WILMINGTON, Del. — After a long and contentious legal battle and more than three years in bankruptcy, Washington Mutual Inc. on Friday finally won court approval of a reorganization plan. “It took three and a half years, but I think ...

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NEW YORK —  Starbucks said Tuesday it is raising some prices regionally as it faces rising ingredient costs. The Seattle coffee chain is raising prices about 1 percent in the Northeast and Sunbelt regions. Starbucks wouldn’t disclose all of the ...

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SEATTLE — A Washington state judge ruled Monday that a teenage boy can keep living with his father and a woman who killed her own young daughters in 1991. The decision came in an unusual child custody dispute that attracted ...

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This past weekend, I attended a wedding for a dear high school friend in the city of Seattle. The weather was 72 degrees and sunny the entire time we were there. The culture and fashion were different. The attitudes and ...

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WASHINGTON — Home prices in major areas have reached their lowest level since the U.S. housing bubble burst in 2006, driven down by foreclosures, a glut of unsold homes and the reluctance or inability of many to buy. Prices fell ...

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