Written by Lindsay Britney on Jun 19, 2009.
President Barack Obama is touting responsible fatherhood at a series of White House events ahead of Father’s Day. (June 19). More on Whitehouse.gov
Written by Lindsay Britney on May 22, 2009.
William Cunningham (pictured), a father from Stockbridge, Georgia, was sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his children in Campbell’s Soup extortion plots Thursday.
William Cunningham Picture (Wsbtv.com)
William Cunningham,40, allegedly forced his son Billy Cunningham and daughter Miranda Cunningham to eat the soup poisoned with lighter liquid and the prescription drugs Prozac and Amitriptylin, which are used to treat the depression, three times in January 2006. (more…)
Written by Lindsay Britney on Apr 08, 2009.
Capt. Shane Murphy, 33, is the second in command of Maersk Alabama the US-flagged ship hijacked by Somali pirates, his father revealed to the Cape Cod Times. Capt. Joseph Murphy, a professor who teaches the Maritime Security Management at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, said his son Capt. Shane Murphy is the vessel’s Chief Officer and a graduate from the academy in 2001.
According to senior Murphy, his son knew about threats of pirates off Somali coasts. And just a few weeks ago while back in Masschusettes, junior Murphy talked with his father’s students about the dangers of Somali pirates at the latter’s classes.
Capt. Shane Murphy was the first one identified among those of 20 Americans aboard hijacked Maersk Alabama at the time of this entry was posted.
Our prayers are with Shane Murphy and his crew! (more…)
