RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Postal Service says it's marking the 200th birthday of author and poet Edgar Allan Poe with a special stamp.

WESTMINSTER, Md., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Actor John Astin says he's been a loyal fan of the 19th century author Edgar Allen Poe, who he is portraying in tribute events in Baltimore.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Fashion designer Gregory Poe, known best for see-through purses and plastic fish-laden raincoats, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 51, his brother says.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Edgar Allan Poe may have wandered in life, but the curator of Baltimore's Poe House says his body will remain where it has been for 160 years -- in Baltimore.

NEW YORK, May 2 (UPI) -- The Mystery Writers of America announced John Hart's "Down River" won its 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- In a twist on the tell-tale heart tale, a former adman says he started the homage of roses and cognac laid at the Baltimore grave of writer Edgar Allan Poe.

NEW YORK, July 6 (UPI) -- Robert Downey Jr. has confirmed he is chatting with "Rocky" icon Sylvester Stallone about starring in the filmmaker's bio-pic about writer Edgar Allan Poe.

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The Philippines was in mourning Tuesday after the country's top movie star Fernando Poe Jr., who nearly unseated President Gloria Arroyo, passed away.

MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A Philippine film star with no political experience has announced his intention to run for president in national elections, the Financial Times said Thursday.

MILWAUKEE, April 7 (UPI) -- The tale of the letter in the vault at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Milwaukee hasn't the horror that marked the works of its author. But like the missive in t