Nation IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : Army Plane Crash Apparently Kills 5

Five men were presumed dead after a twin-engine Army intelligence plane crashed into the Patuxent River as it was preparing to land at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in southern Maryland, Army officials said. The crew had been dropping flares into the bay to test tracking equipment shortly before the crash, the Army said. Rescue teams found the fuselage of the Spanish-made turboprop plane intact but called off the rescue effort at dark. The victims included four Army personnel and a civilian employee of a New Jersey-based defense contractor, officials said.