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Fr, Michael Jude Fay Bridgeport, Conn., Aug 25, 2009 / 03:16 am (CNA).- Fr. Michael Jude Fay, a Connecticut priest who was found guilty of embezzling $1 million from his parish, died of prostate cancer on Saturday at the age of 58.His death was reported in a statement sent to CNA by the Diocese of Bridgeport.The diocese also encouraged the faithful to “pray for the repose of Father Fay's soul” and offered its “prayers and condolences to his mother and family.”Fr. Fay had been senior pastor at St. John’s Catholic Church in Stamford, Connecticut from 1991 to 2006. After...

Sorry for the vanity. My wife just mentioned the irony as we watched the news and got me to thinking....

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A city councilman on Sunday joined what has become a storm of controversy over whether U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, got special treatment when city work crews delivered sandbags to her home Friday as Tropical Storm Fay was bearing down on Jacksonville. Brown Admits calling Mayor John Peyton's office for help, but denied any inappropriate use of her power or influence. "I had to call and call and call, just like anybody else," Brown told Channel 4's Diane Cho. "I had to call several times before I got anybody." The mayor's chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, said...

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The tropical system currently over Hispanola has been teasing weather watchers for days, as hurricane hunters were unable to locate a surface center of circulation. Meanwhile, the system has looked remarkably like a tropical depression for greater than 24 hours. Local Florida weather forecasters are urging Floridians to keep a close eye on this system. Updates:Atlantic Tropical Info Satellite:Visible Image LoopInfrared Image LoopWater Vapor Image LoopRGB (Vis/IR combo) Image LoopFunktop Image Loop Caribbean BuoysWestern Atlantic BuoysFlorida BuoysRadarPuerto RicoGuantanimo Bay CubaKey WestBahamasMiamiFlorida LoopStorm Track Models Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential Tropical Depression < 39 mph < 34...

Since Operation Enduring Freedom began in October 2001, the U.S. has handled about 50,000 detainees in Afghanistan, Iraq and other venues of the war on terror. Among those, about 300 allegations of abuse have arisen. And as of this month 155 investigations have resulted in 66 substantiated cases of mistreatment. Only about a third of those cases were related to interrogation, while another third happened at the point of capture.... [T]he report says that "No approved procedures called for or allowed the kinds of abuse that in fact occurred. There is no evidence of a policy of abuse promulgated by...

A news site that I have discovered has some great pictures of Fay and a live cam from Galveston beach so that you can see the intensity of the storm. It is located at: Click Here It auto updates the pictures for you every 60 seconds. Im leaving it up on my screen sort of as a background to watch the live cam.

BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FAY ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT THU SEP 05 2002 ...TROPICAL STORM FAY...THE SIXTH OF THE SEASON...FORMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MATAGORDA TEXAS TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE FOUND STRONG ENOUGH WINDS TO UPGRADE TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX TO TROPICAL STORM FAY. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS ESTIAMTED TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.3 WEST...