This undated photo taken from Shane Michael Murphy's Facebook page shows Shane Murphy, left, second-in-command of the Maersk Alabama, and an unidentified crewman in a motor launch. Somali pirates attempted to hijack the Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean Wednesday April 8, 2009. The Maersk Alabama's captain, Capt. Richard Phillips was taken hostage during the failed attempt and is being held in a lifeboat by four Somali pirates. The Maersk Alabama and the rest of crew are sailing toward the Kenyan port of Mombasa _ its original destination _ and was expected to arrive Saturday night. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

This undated photo taken from Shane Michael Murphy's Facebook page shows Shane Murphy, left, second-in-command of the Maersk Alabama, and an unidentified crewman in a motor launch. Somali pirates attempted to hijack the Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean Wednesday April 8, 2009. The Maersk Alabama's captain, Capt. Richard Phillips was taken hostage during the failed attempt and is being held in a lifeboat by four Somali pirates. The Maersk Alabama and the rest of crew are sailing toward the Kenyan port of Mombasa _ its original destination _ and was expected to arrive Saturday night.

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  6. This image provided by MySpace shows a Facebook page featuring a video by singer Ashley Tisdale. Social-networking site MySpace is using its joint venture with recording companies to launch a music video service that will pop into millions of profiles at rival Facebook as well. Starting Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009, music videos that MySpace has licensed for its site will run as well on the iLike music recommendation application, which the News Corp. unit acquired for $20 million.
  7. Alex Lifschitz, of Los Angeles tweets from his on-campus apartment at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N.Y. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Lifschitz, in his third year at the Rochester Institute of Technology uses Twitter as a tight-knit circle, keeping his contacts more limited than on Facebook. Using his cell phone or laptop, he tweets to let professors know he can't make it to class or to ask questions about assignments. He also uses it for something as basic as organizing a food run with friends on campus. "I can simply tweet and ask who wants to go somewhere with me, and I'll have a few takers at any given time," he says.
  8. Alex Lifschitz, of Los Angeles tweets from his on-campus apartment at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N.Y. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Lifschitz, in his third year at the Rochester Institute of Technology uses Twitter as a tight-knit circle, keeping his contacts more limited than on Facebook. Using his cell phone or laptop, he tweets to let professors know he can't make it to class or to ask questions about assignments. He also uses it for something as basic as organizing a food run with friends on campus. "I can simply tweet and ask who wants to go somewhere with me, and I'll have a few takers at any given time," he says.
  9. Capt. Richard Phillips is interviewed at his home in Underhill, Vt., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Six months after his high-seas drama with Somali pirates finished with a happy ending, Capt. Richard Phillips is contemplating calling it quits with the sea. "I have been doing it for 30 years. Maybe it's time to do something else," he said Monday, sitting for an interview in his living room.
  10. Capt. Richard Phillips is interviewed at his home in Underhill, Vt., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Six months after his high-seas drama with Somali pirates finished with a happy ending, Capt. Richard Phillips is contemplating calling it quits with the sea. "I have been doing it for 30 years. Maybe it's time to do something else," he said Monday, sitting for an interview in his living room.
  11. Capt. Richard Phillips is interviewed at his home in Underhill, Vt., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Six months after his high-seas drama with Somali pirates finished with a happy ending, Capt. Richard Phillips is contemplating calling it quits with the sea. "I have been doing it for 30 years. Maybe it's time to do something else," he said Monday, sitting for an interview in his living room.
  12. Capt. Richard Phillips is interviewed at his home in Underhill, Vt., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Six months after his high-seas drama with Somali pirates finished with a happy ending, Capt. Richard Phillips is contemplating calling it quits with the sea. "I have been doing it for 30 years. Maybe it's time to do something else," he said Monday, sitting for an interview in his living room.
  13. Capt. Richard Phillips is interviewed at his home in Underhill, Vt., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Six months after his high-seas drama with Somali pirates finished with a happy ending, Capt. Richard Phillips is contemplating calling it quits with the sea. "I have been doing it for 30 years. Maybe it's time to do something else," he said Monday, sitting for an interview in his living room.
  14. Capt. Richard Phillips stands with his wife, Andrea, at his home in Underhill, Vt., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Six months after his high-seas drama with Somali pirates finished with a happy ending, Capt. Richard Phillips is contemplating calling it quits with the sea. "I have been doing it for 30 years. Maybe it's time to do something else," he said Monday, sitting for an interview in his living room.
  15. Capt. Richard Phillips is interviewed at his home in Underhill, Vt., Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Six months after his high-seas drama with Somali pirates finished with a happy ending, Capt. Richard Phillips is contemplating calling it quits with the sea. "I have been doing it for 30 years. Maybe it's time to do something else," he said Monday, sitting for an interview in his living room.
  16. FILE - This April 13, 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Navy shows a team from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer towing the lifeboat from the Maersk Alabama to Boxer to be processed for evidence after the successful rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips. Challenging a global aversion to guns aboard ships, France has put troops on tuna boats in the Indian Ocean, and Belgium is offering military units to its merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa. Now, U.S. lawmakers are weighing similar action to fight piracy.

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