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A suspected interstate drug dealer was to appear at a bail hearing in U.S. District Court today following his arrest yesterday on a Pimlico street on a warrant charging him with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, said a spokesman for a federal drug agency.Arrested by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and city police around 6:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of Park Heights Ave. was Frederick Douglas Brooks 3rd, 27, whose last known address was the 2900 block of Huntingdon Ave. in north Baltimore.

"Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts," by Harvey Rachlin (Owl Books, 372 pages, $16). I know of no recent book that more engagingly delivers that fire of delight that can only be ignited by the collision of the elegantly arcane and the illustriously ridiculous. Have you often worried about Jesse James' stickpin - the jewelry that confirmed his identity after death? It's in four pieces now, but available. How about the pistol that killed John Lennon?

Ashland, NH, ALFONSE BERSUCH, 72, of 45 Mill Street, died at the Franklin Regional Hospital, Franklin, NH on Wednesday, April 2, 2003. Mr. Bersuch was born April 15, 1930 in Manhattan, New York, the son of George and Frieda (Kloess) Bersuch. Mr. Bersuch served in the U.S. Marine Corps on the U.S.S. Little Rock from 1947-1951. He was a police officer for the New York City Police Department for twenty-five years and lived in Brentwood, Long Island, NY before moving to Ashland, NH 23 years ago. Survivors include his wife, Eileen (Van Soest)

Henry W. Corey of Cockeysville, a longtime insurance executive, died Saturday of a heart attack.The 57-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., native graduated from Brooklyn Vo-Tech High School in 1953 and attended Pace University, where he studied business. Mr. Corey enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving at Fort Tilden, N.Y., before being honorably discharged in 1955.The next year, he joined the New York City police department as a patrolman in Manhattan's 24th precinct. He was promoted to detective before leaving eight years later.

A New York City police officer was being held yesterday in the Harford County Detention Center on drug smuggling charges after he allegedly admitted to a state trooper that he was earning extra money for hauling 639 grams of crack cocaine to North Carolina.Trooper David Hughes of the JFK Barracks stopped the off-duty officer, Brian McGuire, Saturday afternoon for doing 74 mph in a 65-mph zone, according to court records. McGuire, 35, and Emmett Tracy Hardy, 29, were heading south on Interstate 95 in a rented 1996 Oldsmobile Royale.

Never mind the pancakes -- this was a Saturday breakfast with panache. As some 2,620 folks filed into the Martin's West ballroom for the Fullwood Foundation's 14th annual "Benefit and Recognition Breakfast," they were greeted by a wax figure of foundation co-founder and president Harlow Fullwood Jr., lent by the Great Blacks In Wax Museum. The real Fullwood was busy in the back helping to get things organized. Who needed coffee to wake up, when you get a patriotic processional led by the Frederick Douglass High School honor guard?

NORTH EAST - Three men were arrested and charged with possession of cocaine and a stolen handgun early yesterday after leading state police on a 22-mile pursuit through Cecil and Harford counties. The chase began after a state trooper was unable to stop the driver of a rented Hyundai automobile for speeding on southbound Interstate 95 near North East at 2 a.m., state police said. The driver sped away, leading police on a 100-mph chase. It ended at Route 24 in Harford County, where the car's tires were flattened by "stop sticks" placed on the road.

As a nonviolent activist, I read with interest your article "Wall Street protesters to target N.Y. police" (Sept. 30). I have had considerable contact with the police on the front lines of various protests over the years, and while most police officers have treated me with respect, on occasion some brutes have revealed their macho side. Unfortunately, the New York City Police Department has an awful reputation for mistreating protesters. Since almost everyone has a camera these days, one would expect the police to be on their best behavior, but some still get out of control, presumably because they do not fear any punishment from their superiors.

* The Rev. J. Robert Williams, 37, the first openly gay man to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church, has died of an AIDS-related pulmonary infection. Mr. Williams, who was asked to resign just six weeks after his controversial ordination in December 1989, died on Christmas Eve at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He was diagnosed with AIDS in November 1990. He renounced his association with the Episcopal Church in 1991, but continued to work as a Christian priest, joining the Western Orthodox Catholic Church in America.

NEW YORK - Bruce Springsteen began a string of sold-out performances Monday night in New York City, with fans - and new-found foes - waiting to hear if the Boss sings a song deploring the killing of Amadou Diallo by four New York City police officers. The new song, "American Skin," begins with Springsteen repeating the words "41 shots," the number of times Diallo was shot in front of his apartment in the Bronx, and includes lyrics like "You can get killed just for living in your American skin."