Navy News Stand/Special to HarpBlaster.com News Wire
MANAMA, Bahrain — The crew of a North Korean cargo vessel, Dai Hong Dan, regained control of their vessel Oct. 30, after fighting with the pirates who had taken over their ship sometime Monday.
The crew was able to control the steering and engineering spaces of the ship, while the [...]

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America’s freight railroads have joined with one of the nation’s leading suicide prevention groups in urging Warner Bros. to help prevent suicides on the railroad tracks.
A new movie scheduled for release by the studio, “Rails and Ties,” portrays the story of a woman who dies by suicide on railroad tracks.
Tragically, incidents [...]

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CAMDEN, N.J., Nov. 2, 2007 — Agron Abdullahu pleaded guilty today to conspiring to provide firearms and ammunition to illegal aliens who allegedly plotted to kill U.S. soldiers at various installations, including the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced.
Abdullahu, 25, of Buena Vista Township [...]

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CHICAGO, Nov. 2, 2007 — A Catholic priest was taken into federal custody Friday on a new federal charge that he sexually molested minor boys, including one boy who lived with him in Evanston, Ill., between 1999 and 2003, and accompanied him on interstate and international religious retreats.
This charge resulted from an investigation [...]