Man and girlfriend charged in standoff

BALTIMORE - A man who held police at bay during a two-day motel standoff and his pregnant girlfriend, who said she was his hostage, both face charges, State Police said yesterday. James Prevatt III, 26, and RenDe Reynolds, 21, both of Moncks Corner, S.C., were captured Friday at the one-story motel in Hancock, Md., that officers had surrounded for two days. Prevatt threatened to kill officers and Reynolds during the standoff, which ended without injury when police burst into the room after Prevatt opened the door for a food delivery. Prevatt had threatened to kill police, blow up or burn down the motel, and talked of detonating a bomb on Reynolds's body, but officers did not find explosives or firearms in the room, according to State Police. (AP)

WHITE PLAINS - An analysis of recent earthquake activity around New York City has found that many small faults that were believed to be inactive could contribute to a major, disastrous earthquake. The study also finds that a line of seismic activity comes within 2 miles of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, about 25 miles north of New York City. Another fault line near the plant was already known, so the findings suggest Indian Point is at an intersection of faults. (AP)

MOAB - A twin-engine plane crashed and burned near an airport not far from Arches National Park in southeastern Utah, killing the pilot and nine passengers connected with a group of dermatology clinics, an official said yesterday. The plane was engulfed in flames when emergency responders arrived Friday evening at the site about 2 miles from the Canyonlands Field airport, and there were no survivors, Grand County Sheriff James Nyland said. (AP)