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Richard Phillips Returns Home To Vermont (VIDEO)

AP | LISA RATHKE | Posted 05.18.2009 | Home

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BURLINGTON, Vt. — Shipping captain Richard Phillips is back in his home state, a week and a half after being taken hostage by pirates. The plane...

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Richard Phillips Returns Home From Kenya

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD and MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — The scrawny teenage pirate stormed the Maersk Alabama hoping for a share of a $3 million ransom. He was attacked by its sailors...

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Dog the Pirate Hunter???

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.17.2009 | Comedy

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Avast, ye picaroons! If landlubber Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has his way, good ole American privateers will be set loose on ye wily pillaging Somalian buccaneers and get all War of 1812 on yer booties.

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Maersk Crew Who Thwarted Pirate Hijackers Fly Home

AP | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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MOMBASA, Kenya — A shipping company spokesman says the American crew that thwarted the hijacking of a U.S. cargo ship has left Mombasa on a char...

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Captain Richard Phillips Rescue Likely To Raise Stakes In Piracy Ops

AP | MICHELLE FAUL and TOM MALITI | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. and French naval attacks on Somali pirates raised fears Monday for the safety of scores of foreign sailors still held host...

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Hold Fast: The 5 Survival Lessons of Capt. Richard Phillips

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.13.2009 | World

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The captain's courage is a model for all of us. As we await details of how he made it through his four-day ordeal, it's clear that there was much more to his survival than just bravery.

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Ann Coulter Needs to Shut the F**K Up (...and Other Random Thoughts)

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

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It's time. Once and for all, Ann Coulter needs to shut her trap and simply disappear. For when she opens her mouth, nothing but outlandish, irresponsible, incendiary projectile vomit spews forth.

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