 He had been chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Ben Cardin was named his replacement while this trial was going on. Cardin has no comment. On the eastern shore, the pilot of a research plane died after crashing into the Tredavon River in Easton. Pilot flying for a private research foundation that does environmental research both for the state and the University of Maryland. Wall Street, the Dow, on track for its best day of the year. It is up.