clearly i'm going to have to make more of an effort to find positive stories because...

...these are headlines from briefs I wrote in a one week span for my coverage area:

Arrest made for early March homicide in Landover - Mar 17, 2008

Crack cocaine dealer sentenced to 10 years in prison - Mar 17, 2008

Suspect still on loose after Landover Hills bank robbery - Mar 18, 2008

Police, driver escape serious injury following chase - Mar 20, 2008

Teenager fatally wounded inside his District Heights home - Mar 20, 2008

Stabbing death under investigation - Mar 24, 2008

Capitol Heights teen convicted in March 2007 slaying - Mar 24, 2008

Speed a factor in fatal Monday crash - Mar 24, 2008

Oh yeah, and then before I left the office I read on NBC4 that a young boy drowned in his own bathtub...in his Capitol Heights home. People are dropping like flies in my beat.