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Legoland's Master Builders Aren't Toying Around

A career is nothing to toy around with -- unless, of course, it involves building Legos for a living. Believe it or not, a few lucky Lego lovers are able to make a living snapping together bricks in various shapes and sizes at one of the four Legoland amusement parks around the world. Artists like Gary McIntire and Ryan...

Hired Guns Involved in First Deadly Shootout With Pirates

(March 24) -- In what may prove a harbinger of high-seas dramas to come, a pirate attacking a ship off the Somali coast was reportedly killed by a private security guard. The European Union's Naval Force announced Tuesday that a cargo ship off the coast of Somalia successfully warded off a pirate attack. After a Spanish...

Ransom Payments Give Wing to More Somali Piracy

LONDON (Nov. 19) -- Claims this week that the Spanish government paid Somali pirates a $3.3 million ransom to free a Spanish fishing trawler and its crew are fueling concerns that piracy is paying off better than ever -- and that shipping costs are rising as a result. Somali pirates told The Associated Press they...

Pirates Attack Fishing Boats

Shiver me timbers, we've entered the crazy times. Pirates are totally making a comeback. They're more in fashion this fall than cashmere sweaters and plain-front trousers. It's been 200 years since they've been a force at sea, but lately no one is safe, from super tankers to fishing boats. The map on the right is from the...

Zen and the Art of Being Mike Leach

Zen is the only way I can describe the architect of a passing attack that has averaged 5,094 yards per season over the last four years. So what's the secret behind his offensive genius and swashbuckling ways? Acupuncture. In the last few years, the Texas Tech head coach also has cut out smokeless tobacco and, of more...

Background on Pirate

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore.

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