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US authorities say Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, who lived for years using the names of two dead infants, should be held without bail on charges of identity theft

Prosecutors say the pair used the names of dead children and other aliases as fake identities and had old photos of themselves in Russian spy agency uniforms.

Time was wasting away for would-be cruisers on Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville cruise ship this week, after the coast guard stopped the ship from sailing on schedule. But the order was lifted Friday after safety issues were corrected.

A Good Samaritan helped rescue passengers

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard has stopped at sea more than 3,000 Cuban migrants fleeing deteriorating economic, safety and political conditions in the island nation who were heading to the coast of Florida since October — more than the last five fiscal years combined, according to the agency.

Less than 10 minutes after getting a mayday call from the 50-foot recreational vessel, the Coast Guard arrived on the scene to recover all passengers without injury, officials said.

Coast Guard sent an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter to the site of the crash and rescued two people

Eventually, ship’s security had to call in US Coast Guard to break up fight

Vessel escorted by US Coast Guard after fight breaks out involving up to 60 people