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The price of piracy
First off, it just has to be said: Nice shooting, SEALs. Simultaneously hitting and instantly killing three partly obscured pirates who were holding guns on an American hostage -- and doing it after nightfall, from the deck of a ship in choppy seas --...Tags: U.S. Navy, Crimes, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Piracy, Death
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Obama to troops: I won't hesitate to use force, but...
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Tom Hanks movie to be shot in Virginia
WDBJ7 Digital InternGovernor Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday that Actor Tom Hanks will be coming to the Virginia Beach area to shoot "Captain Phillips." The movie is set to release in March 2013.The Academy Award-winning actor will portray Navy SEAL Captain Richard...Tags: Movies, Tom Hanks, Politics, Entertainment, Bob McDonnell
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Parts of new Tom Hanks film will be shot in Virginia Beach this summer
757-928-6479The cast and crew of the upcoming film "Captain Phillips" will shoot scenes in Virginia Beach this summer, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Wednesday. The film, about the Maersk ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates, will star Tom Hanks asCapt....Tags: Movies, Tom Hanks, Politics, Atlantic Ocean, Hampton Roads
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Members of SEAL Team 6 rescue aid workers in Somalia
In a daring night time raid, U.S. Special Forces rescued two aid workers held captive in Somalia, American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Thistead.
“To risk their lives to get the two lives of those captives is really heroic of them,” says...Tags: The Pentagon, Criminals, Kidnapping, Hampton Roads, Somalia
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A tale of two captains: One captain risks his life for his ship while another is accused of abandoning ship
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on, “the captain goes down with the ship.” The jarring details of the sinking of the Costa Concordia reveal behavior from the captain that flies in the face of basic maritime law.
As recent history has shown,...Tags: Costa Concordia Shipwreck, Maersk Alabama Hijacking (2009), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Somali pirates kill four americans including Seattle couple
With Information From CNN, Reuters & KTLAA Seattle couple is among the dead in a hijacking off the coast of Somalia. Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle of Seattle and their friends, Jean and Scott Adam from California were on board a yacht when they were hijacked by Somali pirates Friday. Q13 FOX...Tags: U.S. Navy, Crimes, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Bodies of Water
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Tom Hanks to play the captain rescued from Somali pirates
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelTom Hanks has taken on the role of Capt. Richard Phillips, the merchant ship skipper taken hostage, with his crew, on board the Maersk Alabama and rescued by US Navy Seals. He wrote a book about it. Considering the limited scope of the tale, this isn't... -
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