Spam and a slow tow for thousands on cruise ship

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The former fun seekers of the Carnival Splendor are cruising again — but just barely. In a scenario likely none of its more than 3,000 passengers pictured when they planned their seven-day jaunt on the Mexican Riviera, the disabled cruise liner was being towed to San Diego by tugboats. Instead of a lavish seafood buffet, passengers were subsisting on Spam.