Morning Roundup: What would Jesus drink?
Good morning, Houston. Even if you don’t have a pizza pan with the Virgin Mary’s silhouette on it, don’t despair: You could still own a half-liter bottle of holy drinking water. The water is being marketed by a man in Stockton, Calif., who has the liquid blessed by Catholic and Anglican priests with plans to expand the line to other faiths as well. One warning: The water’s label carries the note that sinners who take a swig may experience burning, intense heat, sweating and skin irritations. So … who wants to try it first? >> A story of survival: Coast Guard officials said yesterday that 13-year-old Melquisedec Acevedo, the only survivor so far of a boating accident in the Gulf, survived because the three adults with him held him above the water line during some of the 28 hours he was in the cold water. The boy was the least likely of the group to survive, but he did: “It’s pretty amazing,” Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Barhan, the swimmer who rescued Acevedo, said. Two of the three a
