Tax Free Shopping Week Kicks Off, Overdose Deaths Increase, What Grads Make The Most Money​: Maryland News

Maryland's sales tax-free shopping week kicks off Sunday, Aug. 13, and goes through Saturday, Aug. 19. The opioid crisis shows no sign of slowing, see county by county numbers. Also, see which Maryland college graduates make the most as soon as they enter the workforce.

Here are some of the top headlines from the week on Maryland Patches:

• Maryland Sales Tax-Free Shopping Week 2017: What Qualifies, Dates
• Maryland's Opioid Epidemic: Overdose Death Rate Doubles In Harford County
• Maryland's Opioid Epidemic: Overdose Death Rate Stable In Anne Arundel County
• Maryland's Opioid Epidemic: Overdose Death Rate Spikes In Baltimore County
• Maryland's Opioid Epidemic: Overdose Death Rate Stable In Howard County
• Maryland's Opioid Epidemic: Overdose Death Rate Stable In Montgomery County
• Maryland's Opioid Epidemic: Overdose Death Rate Doubles In Prince George's County
• Maryland Colleges Whose Grads Make The Most Money

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• Cop Who Fatally Shot PG County Resident Terrence Sterling Won't Face Charges
• Prostitute And Accomplice Rob, Beat Man: Takoma Park Police
• Lanham Man Shot To Death, $25K Reward Offered
• Internet Dating Scam, Money Laundering Sends Owings Mills Man To Prison
• Maryland Man Charged In ISIS Plot, Attempted Murder Of FBI Agent
• PG County Man Arrested For Upskirt Photography At DC Metro Station: Police
• Firefighters Face 'Severe' Hoarding Conditions During Silver Spring House Fire
• Burglar Shows Up To Bel Air Assisted Living Facility With Flowers
• Murder-Suicide Victims From Edgewater, Pasadena
• Heroin Worth $10K Plus $2K In Cash Seized In Annapolis Raid
• Body Of Missing Sykesville Man Found In Bethesda Park: Police
• Crofton Rush-Hour Crackdown Pulls Over 38 Drivers
• Boys Ages 13, 14 Killed Homeless Man: Prince George's County Police
• Vigil To Mark 1-Year Anniversary Of Flower Branch Apartments Explosion
• PG County Liquor Official Indicted For Federal Bribery
• DC Police Officer, PG County Resident Indicted For Sex Trafficking Of Minors
• Man Found Guilty Of Sexually Abusing Family Member In Glen Burnie
• Takoma Station Shooter Arrested: Metro Transit Police

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