feb 16 2013151 intro it was a busy news week both on land at sea what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation turned into a nightmare for passengers on the carnival triumph who spent days drifting on the powerless boat on dry land pope benedicts resignation the manhunt for a fugitive excop and murder charges against olympian blade runner oscar pistorius domianted the headlines click through to see the quotes that made news this week quicklist 1title i will probably flush the toilet 10 times just because i cantext a texas couple who got married on the firedamaged carnival triumph cruise ship spent their first valentines day as newlyweds stranded at sea but said they were upbeat at the prospect of returning to solid ground i just want to get home and sleep in my own bed and have climate control and lights newlywed rob mowlam told abcnewscom from the ship where a mass of people were crowded around a generator to charge their phones i will probably flush the toilet 10 times just because i can mowlam 37 and stephanie stevenson 27 of nederland texas got married on the ship on friday feb 8 it was just what we wanted short sweet and quiet mowlam said of their fantasy cruise ship wedding click here to read the full story media 18503362 quicklist 2title they had plans together and oscar was happier in his private life than he had been for a long timetext oscar pistorius is numb with shock as well as grief his uncle told reporters saturday as the olympian amputee spent his second night behind bars in a south african jail for allegedly murdering his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp all of us saw at firsthand how close steenkamp had become to oscar during that time and how happy they were they had plans together and oscar was happier in his private life than he had been for a long time pistorius uncle arnold pistorius said the 26yearold athlete known as the blade runner because of the carbonfiber blades he runs on was charged friday with premeditated murder pistorius family is battling to come to terms with oscar being charged with murder arnold pistorius said and they still believe there is no substance to the allegation oscar pistorius is suspected of shooting steenkamp 29 four times with a handgun early thursday morning at his home in a gated community in pretoria click here to read the full story media 18499516 quicklist 3title were in rather new territory so were going to have to see if they bestow him a title or if he even has onetext many people spend their retirement playing bingo or filling their spare time with favorite hobbies when us presidents leave office they do charity work and oversee the building of their presidential libraries for pope benedict xvi the first pope to resign in 600 years there is no precedent as to how hell spend his retirement or even what