US prosecutors drop case against man in Chandra Levy murder

US prosecutors on Thursday dropped murder charges against a man facing retrial for the 2001 death of a young Washington intern, in a case that was a tabloid sensation and destroyed a congressman's career. Chandra Levy was a 24-year-old intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons when she went missing on May 1, 2001 while jogging in the US capital's sprawling Rock Creek Park. The case riveted Washington and the nation, particularly after it was revealed that she had a romantic relationship with Calif