US prosecutors say Somali pirate Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was a brazen ringleader, despite his young age and skinny, 5-foot-2 frame. If convicted of piracy, he faces a mandatory life sentence. — AP More than one billion people are expected to celebrate Earth Day today. — CNN President Obama is spending Earth Day in Iowa, where he will stress clean energy. — USA Today The rate of breast Read more

You'd probably have to live under a rock to miss the drama that recently played out off the coast of Somalia. The nation has been riveted by news coverage of the American sea captain, Richard Phillips, who was captured and held hostage by Somali pirates. The brave captain was rescued by the United States Navy over the weekend, thus ending a dramatic real-life tale of piracy on the high Read more

After Navy snipers caught view of Somali pirates aiming an AK-47 at Captain Phillips, Navy sharpshooters came in and killed three of his captors rescuing the captain. President Obama personally approved the use of force by US Special Operations forces. Phillips was taken hostage after pirates attacked his American cargo ship. The crew regained control of the vessel, but the pirates held the Read more

It may be wedding season at Sugar, but elsewhere circumstance and desperation still send women down the aisle . . . or to the docks. In like, say, Somalia! In an interview today on CNN's American Morning, TJ Holmes found that Somali women are flocking to the port town of Bosaso in hopes of marrying a pirate. Arghh. I'm going to assume these pirates are more like the men pictured above and less Read more

A US Navy warship has arrived off the Somali coast where pirates are holding the captain of a cargo ship hostage. — Telegraph President Obama has invited friends and aides to a private seder dinner at the White House tonight to mark Passover. — AP Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi predicts that earthquake reconstruction will cost several billion euros. — Wall Street Journal Voters in a Read more