Monthly Archives: July 2008

Illegal entry: Two dozen Cubans caught on Florida pleasure boat By IBI Magazine Twenty-eight Cubans trying to illegally enter the US were arrested last weekend, after a Florida deputy sheriff stopped a smuggler’s boat for a routine inspection. The incident is the latest in the increased use of pleasure boats to smuggle Cubans into the … Continue reading »

Albinus had a big heart (as saints tend to have) and couldn’t resist a call of distress. He used church money to free hostages from pirates. Obviously, pirate attacks aren’t very common today, but in the 10th century, St. Albinus came in handy for the people of the walled town of Guerande. They had gotten … Continue reading »