Hostage captain rescued; Navy snipers kill 3 pirates, U.S. official says

 

MANAMA, Bahrain 

U.S. Navy snipers fatally shot three pirates holding an American cargo-ship captain hostage after seeing that one of the pirates “had an AK-47 leveled at the captain’s back,” a military official said Sunday. The captain was rescued unharmed. 

 

 

Teacher arrested in killing of girl

(CNN) — Police have arrested a Sunday-school teacher in the killing of California 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, authorities said early Saturday.Melissa Huckaby was arrested on charges of kidnapping and murder, according to Tracy, California, police Sgt. Tony Sheneman. 

Police would not reveal what led to Huckaby’s arrest, but said it followed questioning. They did not offer a possible motive.

Huckaby lived in the same mobile home park as Sandra’s family, and Sandra was friends with Huckaby’s daughter, Sheneman said.

Sandra’s body was found Monday, stuffed into a suitcase in a dairy-farm pond. The girl, from Tracy, had been missing since March 27. The suitcase that held Sandra’s body belonged to Huckaby, Sheneman said.

Police have had contact with Huckaby before, but she does not have a record of violence, Sheneman said, without offering further details.

Dorian and The Seven Capital Sins

the so-called Seven Capital Sins of christian tradition are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed, and Sloth.

somehow when sister cecilia was lecturing about this in fourth grade religion class, i stopped looking outside the window and listened. surely it was because i had already been to confession a few times and felt that i needed to procure more interesting material because the other sunday i caught the priest napping on the other side of the screen in the middle of my habitual but heartfelt litany of  transgressions.

U.S. warship near boat carrying pirates

(CNN) — A U.S. warship arrived before dawn Thursday near a 28-foot lifeboat holding four pirates and the kidnapped captain of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, officials said.

Attackers hijacked the Maersk Alabama, shown here, formerly known as the Alva Maersk.

Also nearby was the Maersk Alabama — which had been seized early Wednesday off the Horn of Africa. All 20 of its remaining crew members were in good physical shape, said Ken Quinn, second officer of the ship, in a satellite call placed by CNN.

“There’s four Somali pirates, and they’ve got our captain,” Quinn said.

Maersk spokesman Kevin Speers said the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge was near the Maersk Alabama and that its crew was talking to the Navy.

“When the Navy comes in, they’re in charge,” Speers told CNN.

The Vatican Connects to the Digital Age… and Urges Text Abstinence for Lent

   

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope blacks out the media this Lent

Are Facebookers as sinful as gluttons? The Catholic Church says they are this Lent, and has urged its flock to abstain from all digital diversions, marking the world’s first ‘low-tech Lent’ – but how realistic is it?

America’s Birth and Destiny and Secret Societies: Fact or Fiction?

Common belief is that America was founded as a Christian nation. This video documentary by Antiquities Research presents a different view; one steeped with esotericism. America’s future as the new Atlantis controlled by a powerful secret society is evidenced by its perfect alignment to the world’s most important ancient monuments built upon the 77th Meridian – “God’s longtitude”, the lines of energy and power. This is just one of the topics explored in the video. It’s long but very well made and thought provoking. Excellent with popcorn.