Four Americans were killed by Somali priates who had hijacked their yacht in the Indian Ocean near the coast of Somalia. The SV Quest, which was taken over on Friday, had been shadowed by a U.S. Navy warship. According to CBS News, "Gunshots aboard the yacht were heard, and the warship took action. All 4 Americans were dead, killed apparently by their captors. There were more than a dozen pirates on board, some dead and others captured." more ›

Why do men always think that faking acts of terrorism are a way to a woman's heart? According to the NYPD Police Blotter, "A boozed-up bus passenger tried to impress a woman waiting on line with him at the Port Authority terminal Monday -- by boasting he was about to hijack their vehicle." Thomas Gudowski allegedly yelled into his phone, "I'm in the military! I have guns and explosives, and I'm going to hijack the bus!" which prompted other passengers to alert PA cops. The unarmed suspect, who was charged with reporting a false instrument, explained, "I was trying to impress a girl on line." Dude, just put an ad up at a payphone. more ›

The Somali pirate who helped hijack a U.S. container ship and take its captain hostage last year changed his mind and pleaded guilty to piracy under the law of nations and kidnapping. Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, whom the Post dubs the "baby-faced buccaneer," told a judge, after explaining how he and other fellow pirates (who were killed by Navy snipers), "What we did was wrong. I am very, very sorry for all of this. All of this was about the problems in Somalia." He is expected to serve 28 to 33 years in prison and promised not to fight his deportation back to Somalia when his term ends. more ›

Four decades after helping hijack a Pan Am plane to Havana, Luis Pena Soltren, 67, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit air piracy, interfering with flight crew members and kidnapping. When he finally surrendered after more than 40 years in Cuba, he was the FBI's longest wanted fugitive. Soltren's co-conspirators, who were arrested in the mid-70s, were sentenced to between 12 and 15 years, but Soltren's looking at a much longer bid because federal sentencing guidelines were made stricter in 1987. He could get at least 21 years to life in prison, though his lawyer is imploring the court to consider the circumstances that drove his client to hijacking. more ›

The FBI's longest wanted fugitive was arrested at JFK yesterday, where he had arrived from Cuba after spending more than four decades outside the feds' grasp. Louis Armando Peña Soltren, 66, was arrested at the same airport where his crime originated: On November 24th, 1968 he left the airport with two accomplices on a Pan Am 707 bound for Puerto Rico. During the flight they forced their way into the plane's cabin and ordered the crew to fly to Havana, threatening them with guns and knives quaintly smuggled on board in a diaper bag. more ›