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Heroin confiscated earlier this year by authorities in Kentucky, who have seen an upsurge in heroin trafficking after cracking down on pain pill abuse. (AP Photo/Brett Barrouquere)

Heroin overdose deaths on the rise, Maryland report says

Matt Connolly · December 9, 2012 5:00 am

Sailors aboard the USS George H.W. Bush observe an EA-6B Prowler jet, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 209, land on the carrier in the Atlantic Ocean in 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brent Thacker)

Md.’s U.S. senators push to keep Navy air squadron in state

Matt Connolly · December 8, 2012 5:00 am

District grows whiter as suburbs grow more diverse

District grows whiter as suburbs grow more diverse

Matt Connolly · December 6, 2012 5:00 am

Arlington mirrors D.C. with increasing white population

Arlington mirrors D.C. with increasing white population

Matt Connolly · December 6, 2012 5:00 am

Prescription drugs a gateway to heroin

Prescription drugs a gateway to heroin

Matt Connolly · December 4, 2012 5:00 am

Heroin confiscated earlier this year by authorities in Kentucky, who have seen an upsurge in heroin trafficking after cracking down on pain pill abuse. (AP Photo/Brett Barrouquere)

Heroin use spreads to suburbs

Matt Connolly · December 4, 2012 5:00 am

Prince George’s officials push to win more in state funding

Prince George’s officials push to win more in state funding

Matt Connolly · December 2, 2012 5:00 am

The Nov. 30 Colorado Springs Gazette (Courtesy of the Newseum)

Clarity Media buys Colorado Springs daily The Gazette

Matt Connolly · November 30, 2012 5:00 am

Court intervenes in youth football fiasco

Court intervenes in youth football fiasco

Matt Connolly · November 27, 2012 5:00 am

Surveillance footage from a December 2011 robbery at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Temple Hills.

P.G. backs off store security bill after businesses balk

Matt Connolly · November 26, 2012 5:00 am

The scene of a 2008 medical helicopter crash near Joint Base Andrews (AP file photo)

P.G. aims to avert plane crash risk around Andrews

Matt Connolly · November 25, 2012 5:00 am

Feral cat (Bloomberg photo)

P.G. to implement contentious feral cat policy in January

Matt Connolly · November 22, 2012 5:00 am