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• Fairfax Heroin Ring Was Not Deterred By a Friend's Death

  The fourth time 19-year-old Alicia Lannes overdosed on heroin, she was text messaging her boyfriend from inside her family's Centreville home. When the boyfriend, Skylar Schnippel, realized Lannes was in trouble, he didn't call her parents or 911. He dialed some buddies and asked them to check on... Posted Nov 22 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, United States, Baltimore, Maryland, Alexandria, A, Virginia, Meg Smith, by, Not, Mexico, Houston, Facebook Inc., Colombia, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Was, Northern Virginia, Fairfax, Starbucks Corporation, Fairfax County, Pakistan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Centreville, Rusty Payne, Westfield, Winchester (Virginia), Michael Alison Chandler, Alicia Lannes, Anna Richter, Billy Armstrong, Jerry Markon, David Schreider, Peter Douskalis, Greg Lannes, Shenandoah University, Death, Tim Thomas, Deterred, Tayler Gibson, Skylar Schnippel, Ron Lantz, Heroin, Baltimore City Health Department, Mark Berman, Lokesh Rawat, Westfield High School, Duncan Parker, Friend's, Ring

• Change You Won't See

  A new president, new administration, new political appointees -- all that has to have an effect on the Washington area real estate market, right? Posted Nov 07 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Maryland, Alexandria, Prince George's County, The White House, Virginia, George W. Bush, Change, You, Arlington, Montgomery, Won't, Fairfax, Nationals Park, See, George Mason University, Falls Church, John McClain, Center for Regional Analysis, John D. Podesta, Dan Fulton

• A Brutal October On the Sales Floor

  Retailers are learning the hard way that there are many degrees of bad. Posted Nov 06 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Wall Street, United States, The, on, A, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Arlington, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Fairfax, Sales, Tysons Corner, J.C. Penney Co. Inc., Macy's Inc., Saks Inc., The Neiman Marcus Group Inc., SAM'S West Inc., Nordstrom Inc., Eduardo Castro-Wright, International Council of Shopping Centers, Michael Niemira, Vienna, Stacy Janiak, October, Brutal, Robyn Sevlian, Hasina Mizell, Margo Georgiadis, Floor, Badgley Mischka LLC, Stephen Hoch, Discover Financial Services LLC, Daniel Burke, Teri Jon, Gregg Steinhafel

• Diversity Blooms In Outer Suburbs

  Prince William County has become the most ethnically and racially diverse county in Northern Virginia as a profound demographic shift in the region is reversing half a century of white-flight suburbanization, according to a report by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission. Posted Nov 02 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Maryland, Montgomery County (Maryland), Alexandria, Prince George's County, In, U.S. Census Bureau, Arlington, Arlington County, Northern Virginia, Fairfax, Manassas, Prince William County, Dale City, Tysons Corner, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Diversity, Gerald Connolly, Manassas Park, Blooms, Rosslyn, Ballston, Martin Nohe, Outer, Alexandria City Council, Suburbs, Ken Billingsley, Northern Virginia Regional Commission, Republican Prince William Board

• Up and Down on Main Street

  Paula A. Crouch still uses a traditional gray typewriter to clack out the civil bonds she sells from a tidy storefront office in downtown Fairfax City. Her Roseberry & Foster Bonding Co. originally sold jail bonds, though she left that business in the 1990s. Her mainstay in recent years has been ... Posted Oct 26 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, United States, Maryland, on, George W. Bush, and, John McCain, Barack Obama, Down, Up, Wachovia Corporation, Street, McLean (Virginia), Fairfax, Main, Cardinal Financial Corporation, Sarah Palin, Joe Wurzelbacher, Foster Bonding Co., Dickson Co., Matt Stoeckel, Michael Hensley, Victoria Eustice, Richard Dickson, John H. Rust Jr., Becky Stoeckel, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Panera Bread Company, Paula A. Crouch, Mike Kappatos

• Upside Down on Their Homes but on Top of Their Debts

  Think of them as the walking wounded. They are the homeowners who are upside down on their mortgages -- owing much more than their home is now worth. But they're still on their feet and still sending their payments each month. Posted Oct 25 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: on, of, but, Top, Down, Federal Housing Administration, Northern Virginia, Fairfax, Their, Homes, Upside, Martinsburg, Virginia Haizlip, Cassandra Bosley, Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta Inc., Debts

• Walking Fine Line of Faith in Advertising

  When Keith Elliott decided he wanted to use a Christian slogan to advertise his real estate business, the first thing he did was call a lawyer. Posted Oct 24 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: In, Virginia, of, Michigan, Walking, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fairfax, Fine, Colorado, Line, Sterling (Virginia), GMAC Real Estate, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Connie Chamberlin, Philip DeLizio, Justin Smith, Faith, Advertising, Maryland Christian Real Estate, Keith Elliott, Christian Real Estate, Jay Sekulow, Mary Hahn

• Balancing Defense and the Budget

  At the Walter E. Washington Convention Center last week, Army soldiers, Pentagon weapons buyers and defense company representatives milled about a cavernous trade show floor for a look at the latest military equipment and gadgets. Posted Oct 12 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, Bethesda, The, Florida, U.S. Marine Corps, Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Pentagon, Washington Convention Center, and, Sudan, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Los Angeles, U.S. Department of Justice, John McCain, Iraq, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Budget, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Asia, U.S. Navy, Fairfax, U.S. Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, Boeing Company, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, John Murtha, Waltham (Massachusetts), Northrop Grumman Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation, Teal Group Corporation, Falls Church, Middle East, Defense, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft, Loren Thompson, Robert J. Stevens, Raytheon Company, Balancing, Boynton Beach, Philip Finnegan, Bob Trice, Kevin G. Kroger, Tom Jurkowsky, Steven Kosiak, Richard Danzig, Pura Dyn, Association of the United States Army, Ron Epstein, Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, Future Combat Systems Program

• Pinched and Watching Pennies

  For the past two decades, the nation could count on one thing to keep it going when economic times got tough: Consumers kept spending. Posted Oct 02 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Wall Street, United States, Baltimore, University of Maryland, Bowie (Maryland), and, University of Michigan, South Carolina, Reuters Group plc, Fairfax, Richmond, McDonald's Corporation, Thailand, Pinched, Watching, The Gallup Organization, Centreville, Hurricane Katrina, Missy Pokin, Laura Golden, Emily Gould, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Pennies, Stephen Morris, Mount Nebo, Melynda Clarke, Alethea Smalls, CarMax Inc., African Methodist Episcopal Church, Stride Rite Corporation, BIGresearch LLC, Kevin Clark, Richard Jackson

• 40-Plus Professionals, Ganging Up for the Hunt

  It's 10 a.m. on a Monday, and the small basement office suite on P Street NW is crowded. People have gathered to hear fireball Misti Burmeister discuss generational issues in the workplace with her trademark delivery: "Here's how things are. Here's how to succeed. Rock on." Posted Sep 27 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, New York, The, for, California, The World Bank Group, IBM Corporation, Ohio, Up, Federal Express Corporation, Fairfax, The Brookings Institution, Dave Heffernan, Executive Office of the President, Hunt, Norman Vincent Peale, Professionals,, Ganging, Misti Burmeister, Inova Health System, 40-Plus, Allen Rotz, Arthur Godfrey, Tom Watson

• The Financial Crisis and You

  It has been a whirlwind year for the financial world, with some of the nation's most iconic institutions falling from distinction to extinction. What started as a mortgage crisis affecting some people has turned into a global crisis affecting all people, and average Americans are trying to make s... Posted Sep 27 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Crisis, Washington, DC, Wall Street, New York, United States, Financial, JP Morgan Chase & Co., The, New Jersey, Manhattan, California, The Washington Post Company, and, Brooklyn, U.S. Department of the Treasury, You, Washington Mutual Inc., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Fairfax, Reston, Oakland, Manassas, Vienna, Ellicott City, Neighborhood Assistance Corp., American International Group Inc., IndyMac Bancorp Inc., Hagerstown, Newport Capital Group, Met Life Insurance, Jeff Huber, Bryan Beatty, Scott Dominick, Brian T. Jones, Madeleine Dunn, Jocelyn Reed, Mehdi Grayeli, Eve Applebaum, Daniel P. Crimmins

• Virginia Home Sales Rise, but Area Jobless Rate Also Grows

  Home sales in Fairfax County rose 10.7 percent last month, the county's first double-digit increase in a year and a half, according to the most recent data from the company that tracks local real estate listings. Posted Sep 22 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, Baltimore, Maryland, Virginia, but, Northern Virginia, Fairfax, District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sales, Home, Prince William County, George Mason University, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Virginia Employment Commission, Rate, Area, jobless, John McClain, Center for Regional Analysis, Grows, Virginia Housing Development Authority, Sage Policy Group Inc., Barry Merchant, William F. Mezger, Rise,, Anirban Basu, Also, Barbara B. Lang

• Obama, McCain In Tight Race in Va., Poll Shows

  Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are locked in an extremely competitive race for Virginia's 13 electoral votes amid widespread public anxiety over the economy and the direction the country is heading, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Posted Sep 22 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, United States, In, Virginia, The Washington Post Company, John McCain, Arizona, Iraq, U.S. Republican Party, Barack Obama, Illinois, McCain, Obama,, John Kerry, Race, ABC Inc., Northern Virginia, Fairfax, Richmond, Shows, Tim Kaine, Fairfax County, U.S. Senate, John Warner, Jennifer Agiesta, Jim Webb, Jimmy Carter, Poll, Mark Warner, Jim Gilmore, George Allen, Tight, Va.,, Sandra Blanchard, Ralph Nader, James Walker, Antha Lyons, Bob Barr

• Data Show Big Dip in Migration To the U.S.

  The number of immigrants coming to the United States slowed substantially in 2007, with the nation's foreign-born population growing by only 511,000, compared with about a million a year since 2000, according to Census figures released today. Posted Sep 22 2008, 05:00 PM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: Washington, DC, United States, to, In, The, U.S., New Jersey, Howard County, Big, South Dakota, Illinois, Kansas, Data, Arlington County, Fairfax, Show, The Brookings Institution, William H. Frey, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Nebraska, American Automobile Association, Migration, Population Reference Bureau, Mark Mather, Lon Anderson, Dip

• At Fairfax High, Another Algebra Approach

  Editor's note: Look for more coverage of math on the Schools & Learning page in Monday's Metro section. Soon, staff writer Michael Alison Chandler will start blogging about her algebra immersion on http://washingtonpost.com . Posted Sep 21 2008, 05:19 AM by washingtonpost.com Filed under: at, Another, Fairfax, High,, Algebra, Approach