The Pasco County sheriff's SWAT team has surrounded a home near Port Richey this afternoon and is trying to talk a man into coming outside, authorities said. ...more

May 9, 2009

At least four people were shot and as many as 41 people taken hostage Friday morning at an immigration services center in Binghamton, according to media reports. ...more

April 3, 2009

Media General opened its window on Washington 30 years ago, three blocks from the White House. Last week, the recession closed it. ...more

March 29, 2009

The gunman captured in last month's Mumbai attacks had originally intended to seize hostages and outline demands in a series of dramatic calls to the media, according to his confession obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. ...more

December 14, 2008

Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women - even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages. ...more

November 21, 2008

Through a spokesman, the pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid. ...more

October 11, 2008

It was like a scene straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. Several deputies - wearing bulletproof vests and helmets and carrying automatic weapons - ducked behind vehicles parked near the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and the county courthouse late Thursday morning. ...more

October 11, 2008

The U.S. Army honored the Colombian government and its military for rescuing hostages held by terrorist groups in a ceremony in Miami on Sunday. ...more

July 21, 2008

Although the U.S. government was supposed to have final say on any plan to rescue three U.S. contractors held by guerrillas, it was kept in the dark by the Colombian military until a week before the July 2 operation to lessen the chances the Bush administration would veto the effort, said a top official close to the operation. ...more

July 14, 2008

The sensational rescue of 15 hostages from the grip of Latin America's largest rebel group has highlighted the severely diminished state of an organization that just six years ago threatened to overrun the Colombian government. ...more

July 6, 2008