CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- Military aircraft have intercepted two small planes in restricted airspace around Camp David, where world leaders are gathering for an economic summit. The North American Aerospace Defense Command says the two Cessna 172 aircraft were out of radio communication on Friday evening inside a 30-mile restricted area around the presidential retreat. The restricted area was expanded temporarily for the Group of Eight talks. U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien says the violations were not deemed to be threatening. NORAD says an F-15 fighter jet intercepted the first plane just after 7 p.m. and the plane landed at York Airport in Thomasville, Pa. An F-15 and a Black Hawk helicopter intercepted the second plane about 15 minutes later and it landed ... Continue reading →
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — A man accused of killing a fellow patient at a state mental hospital has been found incompetent to stand trial. The Howard County State’s Attorney’s office says Judge Louis Becker ruled Thursday that Andre Mayo is not competent. Mayo is charged with first-degree murder in the death of fellow Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center patient Rogelion Mondragon in October. It was the second patient slaying in a week at the hospital. A psychiatrist determined that Mayo was competent, but Becker requested another evaluation in February after playing a recording of Mayo’s outburst at an earlier hearing that raised questions about his ability to participate in his defense. Mayo is being held without bond at the county detention center until a ... Continue reading →
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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears the annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the "Poe Toaster" shall occur nevermore. Poe House and Museum Curator Jeff Jerome said early Thursday that die-hard fans waited inside Westminster Hall for hours past when the tribute bearer normally arrives. But the "Poe Toaster" was a no-show for a third year in a row. After the visitor failed to appear in 2010 and last year, Poe fans said they would hold one last vigil before calling an end to the tradition. "It's over with," Poe House and Museum Curator Jeff Jerome said wearily Thursday morning. He wasn't sure how he felt about the ... Continue reading →
BALTIMORE (AP) — Is the "Poe Toaster" nevermore?For decades, a mysterious man left a three roses and cognac on Edgar Allan Poe's grave to mark the anniversary of the writer's birth. But after the visitor, dubbed the "Poe Toaster," failed to appear two years in a row, Poe fans are planning one last vigil this week before calling an end to the annual Jan. 19 tradition.The gothic master's tales of the macabre still connect with readers more than 200 years after his birth, including his most famous poem, "The Raven," and short stories including "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is considered the first modern detective story.Poe House and Museum Curator Jeff Jerome, who has ... Continue reading →
