A list of the 8 worst pirate-infested places on earth, along with a sampling of the types of attacks that have taken place there this year.

If you are dumbfounded by the amount of money the federal government is pouring into the private sector to ease the nation's financial crisis, click ahead for a big-budget ride through time.

Here are some of the more notorious prostitution scandals that have made their way into the headlines over the years.