Alabama town prays for release of 5-year-old hostage

MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - Residents in a rural Alabama town prayed on Friday and called for the release of a 5-year-old boy being held captive for a fourth day by a man accused of shooting a school bus driver and then taking the child hostage. The suspected gunman has been locked in a standoff with law enforcement officers near the small town of Midland City since Tuesday, when ... via http://news.yahoo.com/boy-held-hostage-alabama-bunker-third-day-officials-011415201.html