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(CNN) -- One need look no further than the Nielsen Top 25 to see that funny fare is doing some serious damage this fall TV season.

Led by "Two and a Half Men" on CBS and featuring no less than three newcomers -- CBS' "2 Broke Girls," Fox's "New Girl" and ABC's "Last Man Standing" -- sitcoms have dominated the Top 10 scripted programs in the weekly rankings (based on delivery of the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic).

"It's been a while since that's been the case," says Kelly Kahl, senior executive vice president of CBS Primetime. "At the end of the day, it does seem like there is some sort of groundswell right now."

CBS claims five of eight highly ranked sitcoms. The network's three other hits are "How I Met Your Mother," "Big Bang Theory," and "Mike and Molly." "New Girl," "Last Man Standing" (which debuted to 13 million viewers) and ABC's Emmy-adorned "Modern Family" round out the crowd. "People forget sometimes that comedies are supposed to be fun, but a lot of the comedies are bringing the funny this fall," Kahl says. "And when you do that, the audience is there for it."

The audience also has been there for cable comedies, with HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and FX's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" coming off all-time highs, even in their eighth and seventh seasons, respectively.

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Perhaps the biggest surprise of the fall is Fox's "New Girl," which not only bowed to strong numbers but also built on its lead-in, the buzz worthy "Glee." That performance, which has continued throughout the newbie's run, even caught the ratings-crunchers at Fox a bit by surprise.

"Did we think we were going to get those numbers? No," says Preston Beckman, Fox's executive vice president for strategic program planning and research. "But we had a lot of positive signs."

Beckman says pilot testing indicated "New Girl" would be a potential four-quadrant hit, meaning one that played well to audiences young and old, male and female. While preseason tracking put consumer awareness of the Zooey Deschanel-fronted comedy at expected levels, Beckman says, "The intent to view was consistently high. We knew we had a show here."

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Beckman, who was at NBC during "Friends" fever, sees "New Girl" sharing DNA with that piece of Must See TV. When creating an identifiable cast of characters, "You either want to be those people, you are those people, or you remember being those people -- and if you can hit everybody, you have success," he says. "That's what 'New Girl' is."

Asked how it is that "New Girl" is even growing out of "Glee," Beckman cites a good fit between the shows, as well as the 9 p.m. hour's older-skewing competition (reality juggernaut "Dancing With the Stars" included). To a 12-34 demographic that is ripe for the picking, Deschanel and friends offer "a real alternative," he says.

Much can also be attributed to star power. Both "2 Broke Girls," starring wisecracking Kat Dennings and bubbly newcomer Beth Behrs, and "New Girl" have the "sort of appealing characters the audiences love," CBS' Kahl says. "I don't think there's been a female lead sitcom in a while -- much less two -- that featured young, energetic characters."

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At CBS, the good news expands to its older comedies. "How I Met Your Mother," which leads into "2 Broke Girls" on Monday nights, "has kind of come out of nowhere" to gain 30% in the demographic versus a year ago, Kahl says. Likewise, "Two and a Half Men's" performance -- netting more than 15 million total viewers at last count, despite replacing one of its leads, Charlie Sheen, with Ashton Kutcher -- "is not something anybody could have forecast," Kahl says, "and even 'Big Bang Theory' is up" on Thursdays.

One perspective Kahl offers on the trend is that in an era of bloated reality shows "that are now two hours in length," with a half-hour sitcom "you get your laughs and you're done, and that is very appealing."

Speaking of unscripted programs, expanded editions of "The X Factor" -- coupled with Fox's commitment to post-season Major League Baseball coverage -- led the network to pull its shiny "New Girl" off the schedule until November 1.

Beckman has been down this road before, and to those who question the tactic, he says, "You're thinking about this moment, when we have to think about a strategy for the whole year." So while some grumble at the breakout hit's brief MIA status, his attitude is this: better now than later.

"I get into interesting discussions with my bosses about this, where I say, 'If you're telling me to put (new episodes) on now, you're going to flip out in January or March when I've run out," he says with a laugh. "It becomes choose your poison."

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's central bank introduced a $10 billion note worth less than 20 U.S. dollars, as the once-prosperous southern African nation battles against spiraling hyperinflation.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe at Zanu-PF National Political Commissar Elliot Manyika's burial last week

The new note, expected to buy just 20 loaves of bread, comes just a week after Zimbabwe issued a $500 million note to ease a cash shortage.

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono said the $10 billion note was being introduced for the "convenience of the public ahead of the festive season."

On Thursday, the U.S. dollar traded for about 600 million Zimbabwe dollars, and the hyperinflation was expected to continue.

People slept overnight at the bank doors, hoping to get money for the next day.

President Robert Mugabe apologized to his ZANU-PF party supporters Thursday for the problems Zimbabweans were facing but insisted his nation has turned a corner in its fight against its worst humanitarian crisis, the state-owned Herald newspaper reported.

Shortages of most essentials such as electricity, fuel, medicine and food have become a common feature in Zimbabwe, forcing people to flee the country.

Zimbabwe has slashed zeros from the amount of its worthless currency during the past two years -- the latest being 10 zeros in August.

Once one of Africa's most promising economies, Zimbabwe is reeling under its worst humanitarian and economic crisis. A cholera outbreak has killed more than 1,000 Zimbabweans since August, forcing hundreds to cross the border into South Africa and Botswana to seek treatment.

Five million people are in need of food aid in a nation that once exported food to its neighbors, the United Nations says.

But Mugabe -- blamed for the crisis by his critics -- said the worst was over.

He said he was optimistic about resuscitating the power-sharing deal he signed with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in September, the Herald reported.

"We will be inviting the two leaders -- Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai and Professor Arthur Mutambara -- to come and discuss the way forward," Mugabe said.

The deal has yet to take effect, as Tsvangirai blamed Mugabe for grabbing all key ministries such as home affairs, local government, finance, home affairs, information and defense.

Mugabe said Western nations and neighboring Botswana were against the formation of an inclusive government in Zimbabwe.

"I was reading recent utterances by Condoleezza Rice that African leaders are not prepared to topple President Mugabe and bring about regime change," he said. "She condemned this inability on the part of African leaders. How could African leaders ever topple Robert Mugabe, organize an army to come? It is not easy. I do not know of any African country that is brave enough to do that.

"Botswana is making some stupid noises. They are just hollow noises to assure the MDC that the Botswana government supports it and also in response to Britain and America that Botswana is a good mouthpiece of the white men." The MDC is Tsvangirai's opposition party -- Movement for Democratic Change.

On cholera, Mugabe said the country was failing to import adequate water treating chemicals because of the sanctions imposed by the west.

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Editor's Note: In an exclusive series this week on "Campbell Brown," the FBI has unveiled three additions to its list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

The FBI says Semion Mogilevich has been involved in arms trafficking, prostitution, extortion and murder for hire.

NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Semion Mogilevich may be the most powerful man you've never heard of.

The FBI says Mogilevich, a Russian mobster, has been involved in arms trafficking, prostitution, extortion and murder for hire.

"He has access to so much, including funding, including other criminal organizations, that he can, with a telephone call and order, affect the global economy," said FBI Supervisory Special Agent Peter Kowenhoven.

Mogilevich's alleged brutality, financial savvy and international influence have earned him a slot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, though he has lived and operated from Moscow, Russia, for years.  Watch CNN report on Mogilevich Â»

"He's a big man. He's a very powerful man," FBI Special Agent Mike Dixon said. "I think more powerful than a John Gotti would be, because he has the ability to influence nations. Gotti never reached that stature."

He is accused of swindling Canadian and U.S. investors out of $150 million in a complex international financial scheme. It centered on a firm called YBM, which purportedly made magnets at a factory in Hungary.

Authorities say the scheme involved preparing bogus financial books and records, lying to Securities and Exchange Commission officials, offering bribes to accountants and inflating stock values of YBM, which was headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

In a raid in 1998, FBI agents found a treasure trove of documents -- purchase orders, invoices, shipping orders, even technical drawings -- everything a legitimate business would produce.

But there was one thing missing.

"There were no magnets," Dixon said.

It was all a sham, investigators say.

"In essence, what his companies were doing was moving money through bank accounts in Budapest and countries throughout the world and reporting these to the investment community as purchases of raw materials and sales of magnets," Dixon said.

And because the company was publicly traded, anyone owning the stock would have made a lot of money.

"And of course Mogilevich controlled large, large blocks of stock from the outset, and he made a substantial amount of money in this process," Dixon said.

Investors lost millions into the pockets of Mogilevich and his associates. He and his associates were indicted in 2003 on 45 counts of racketeering, securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.

Russian authorities arrested him last year on tax fraud charges, but because the United States does not have an extradition treaty with Russia, he remained beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement. He is now free on bail.

The FBI believes Mogilevich moved on after YBM and began manipulating international energy markets, giving him a large influence on other nations.

Dixon noted that Mogilevich had control or influence over companies involved in natural gas disputes between Russia and Ukraine.

Authorities say Mogilevich, who has an economics degree from Ukraine, is known for his ruthless nature but also for his business acumen, which led to his nickname "the Brainy Don."

"He has a very sophisticated, well-educated, loyal group of associates that he works with," Dixon said. "He hires top-notch consultants, attorneys, risk management firms to assist him and protect him in his criminal ventures."

Louise Shelley, an organized crime expert from George Mason University, says Mogilevich is a new kind of criminal.

"The major criminal organizations in Russia have not only tapped into people with economics degrees," Shelley said. "They've tapped into people with PHDs in finance and statistics who assist them."

The FBI hopes Mogilevich will eventually travel to a country that has an extradition treaty with the U.S.

But, in case he doesn't, his wanted poster will be distributed all over Russia.

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ALPHARETTA, Georgia (CNN)  -- Ben, who's 15 months old, can already do a lot of things. He can turn on a light or open a door. He can pick up a remote control off the floor. He can pull a heavy object with his teeth.

Colise Johnson, 42, spent two weeks in September at a canine training camp getting acquainted with Ben.

But Ben, a gangly golden retriever, is more than a family pet. He is a specially trained seizure dog who may one day be able to save the life of his new owner, Colise Johnson.

"Having epilepsy and cerebral palsy is kind of like having a nonstop roller coaster ride," said Johnson, 42, of Portland, Oregon. "You never know what's going to happen, but with him, he slows the ride down so it's manageable."

Johnson, who uses a wheelchair and must wear a helmet because of persistent seizures, is among 3 million Americans who live with some form of epilepsy, a brain disorder that causes recurring seizures, violent muscle spasms or, sometimes, a loss of consciousness.

There are no estimates of how many patients are paired up with assistance dogs, and the benefits of having such an animal have not been studied to any great extent. But Dr. Gregory Barkley, a neurologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and an adviser for the Epilepsy Foundation of America, believes nearly a quarter of the people who suffer from frequent, severe seizures might be helped by a canine companion. He said the dogs have "an unqualified devotion to their master" that may offer important mental health benefits.

The dogs are sometimes credited with powers they really don't possess, Barkley said. "The dog does not predict a seizure," he said. "It may respond to the earlier stages of a seizure."

Johnson owned a seizure dog for 12 years before he died in 2007, ironically, having his own seizure.  Watch more on Ben and his new owner Â»

She recalled that the dog, named McKeever, "told me ahead of time when I was going to have a seizure. ... He helped me get off the floor if I fell, helped me retrieve items, helped me get clothes out of the drawer for a bath, open the fridge on command and took out the recycling."

She said she'd felt lost without McKeever since his death, but that recently changed.

Johnson spent two weeks in September at a training camp at Canine Assistants in Alpharetta, Georgia, getting acquainted with Ben. This year, Johnson was one of 1,100 people on the agency's waiting list.

Jennifer Arnold founded the nonprofit service in 1991 and has placed more than 1,000 dogs with adults and children with physical disabilities or other special needs.

"We work primarily with people who have mobility issues and have conditions like muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and brain injuries," Arnold said.

In the past few years, Arnold also helped train 100 seizure dogs to assist people with epilepsy.

"We train them to do basically 90 different commands," Arnold said. "They learn to do things like go for help and press buttons to alert 9-1-1."

Over time, nearly all the dogs eventually develop the ability to identify the onset of a seizure, she said.

"We have no understanding of what it is that alerts the dogs that a seizure is oncoming," she said. "Is it a smell that the body produces? We don't know to what stimuli the dog is responding."

By spending time with epilepsy patients, Arnold's dogs are taught what a seizure looks like and not to be frightened.

Some dogs are able to anticipate a seizure 20 to 40 minutes before it happens.

"If the dog feels that their person is going to have a seizure, they tend to get very restless and distressed. ... They show signs of stress and agitation," Arnold said. "Provided their human can read what that means, you have a really good alert system going on there."

Barkley has heard similar anecdotal information from his own epilepsy patients, but many of those dogs were simply family pets and were untrained, he said.

He warned patients to be wary of agencies that charge a lot of money for a dog that may or may not be able to perform certain tasks.

Canine Assistants offers its dogs free of charge to qualified patients. The group not only covers the cost of airfare and lodging during the training sessions, but it provides a lifetime of food and veterinary care at no cost.

Arnold estimated the total value at $20,000 per dog. She said that a third of her company's operating costs are underwritten by large corporate grants. The rest of the money is raised through private donations.

Arnold helped train some of the 140 dogs currently at the facility. She said she has no trouble letting the animals go to new homes because she knows they'll serve an important purpose, especially for the epilepsy patients.

"They become a prisoner," Arnold said. "They don't want to leave the house ... they're so vulnerable. Just having this dog with you means that you're not ever alone."

Johnson, the married mother of a 15-year-old, is looking forward to regaining some independence with a new dog in the house. "He's going to be able to give my family a break. He's going to be able to let them rest a little bit easier," she said.

She also looked forward to a new reason to get out of bed in the morning. "With the dog, instead of getting all bummed out or getting depressed over the seizures, I'll spend time with him and play with him and start laughing."

"These dogs will change your life in such a way you won't know how you've lived without him once you've had them."

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text: Epilepsy

text: Foundation

text: of

text: America

text: believes

text: nearly

text: a

text: quarter

text: of

text: the

text: people

text: who

text: suffer

text: from

text: frequent

text: severe

text: seizures

text: might

text: be

text: helped

text: by

text: a

text: canine

text: companion

text: He

text: said

text: the

text: dogs

text: have

text: an

text: unqualified

text: devotion

text: to

text: their

text: master

text: that

text: may

text: offer

text: important

text: mental

text: health

text: benefits

text: The

text: dogs

text: are

text: sometimes

text: credited

text: with

text: powers

text: they

text: really

text: do

text: n't

text: possess

text: Barkley

text: said

text: The

text: dog

text: does

text: not

text: predict

text: a

text: seizure

text: he

text: said

text: It

text: may

text: respond

text: to

text: the

text: earlier

text: stages

text: of

text: a

text: seizure

text: Johnson

text: owned

text: a

text: seizure

text: dog

text: for

text: years

text: before

text: he

text: died

text: in

text: ironically

text: having

text: his

text: own

text: seizure

text: Watch

text: more

text: on

text: Ben

text: and

text: his

text: new

text: owner

text: Â

text: She

text: recalled

text: that

text: the

text: dog

text: named

text: McKeever

text: told

text: me

text: ahead

text: of

text: time

text: when

text: I

text: was

text: going

text: to

text: have

text: a

text: seizure

text: He

text: helped

text: me

text: get

text: off

text: the

text: floor

text: if

text: I

text: fell

text: helped

text: me

text: retrieve

text: items

text: helped

text: me

text: get

text: clothes

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: drawer

text: for

text: a

text: bath

text: open

text: the

text: fridge

text: on

text: command

text: and

text: took

text: out

text: the

text: recycling

text: She

text: said

text: she

text: 'd

text: felt

text: lost

text: without

text: McKeever

text: since

text: his

text: death

text: but

text: that

text: recently

text: changed

text: Johnson

text: spent

text: two

text: weeks

text: in

text: September

text: at

text: a

text: training

text: camp

text: at

text: Canine

text: Assistants

text: in

text: Alpharetta

text: Georgia

text: getting

text: acquainted

text: with

text: Ben

text: This

text: year

text: Johnson

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: people

text: on

text: the

text: agency

text: 's

text: waiting

text: list

text: Jennifer

text: Arnold

text: founded

text: the

text: nonprofit

text: service

text: in

text: and

text: has

text: placed

text: more

text: than

text: dogs

text: with

text: adults

text: and

text: children

text: with

text: physical

text: disabilities

text: or

text: other

text: special

text: needs

text: We

text: work

text: primarily

text: with

text: people

text: who

text: have

text: mobility

text: issues

text: and

text: have

text: conditions

text: like

text: muscular

text: dystrophy

text: multiple

text: sclerosis

text: cerebral

text: palsy

text: and

text: brain

text: injuries

text: Arnold

text: said

text: In

text: the

text: past

text: few

text: years

text: Arnold

text: also

text: helped

text: train

text: seizure

text: dogs

text: to

text: assist

text: people

text: with

text: epilepsy

text: We

text: train

text: them

text: to

text: do

text: basically

text: different

text: commands

text: Arnold

text: said

text: They

text: learn

text: to

text: do

text: things

text: like

text: go

text: for

text: help

text: and

text: press

text: buttons

text: to

text: alert

text: Over

text: time

text: nearly

text: all

text: the

text: dogs

text: eventually

text: develop

text: the

text: ability

text: to

text: identify

text: the

text: onset

text: of

text: a

text: seizure

text: she

text: said

text: We

text: have

text: no

text: understanding

text: of

text: what

text: it

text: is

text: that

text: alerts

text: the

text: dogs

text: that

text: a

text: seizure

text: is

text: oncoming

text: she

text: said

text: Is

text: it

text: a

text: smell

text: that

text: the

text: body

text: produces

text: We

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: to

text: what

text: stimuli

text: the

text: dog

text: is

text: responding

text: By

text: spending

text: time

text: with

text: epilepsy

text: patients

text: Arnold

text: 's

text: dogs

text: are

text: taught

text: what

text: a

text: seizure

text: looks

text: like

text: and

text: not

text: to

text: be

text: frightened

text: Some

text: dogs

text: are

text: able

text: to

text: anticipate

text: a

text: seizure

text: to

text: minutes

text: before

text: it

text: happens

text: If

text: the

text: dog

text: feels

text: that

text: their

text: person

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: have

text: a

text: seizure

text: they

text: tend

text: to

text: get

text: very

text: restless

text: and

text: distressed

text: They

text: show

text: signs

text: of

text: stress

text: and

text: agitation

text: Arnold

text: said

text: Provided

text: their

text: human

text: can

text: read

text: what

text: that

text: means

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: really

text: good

text: alert

text: system

text: going

text: on

text: there

text: Barkley

text: has

text: heard

text: similar

text: anecdotal

text: information

text: from

text: his

text: own

text: epilepsy

text: patients

text: but

text: many

text: of

text: those

text: dogs

text: were

text: simply

text: family

text: pets

text: and

text: were

text: untrained

text: he

text: said

text: He

text: warned

text: patients

text: to

text: be

text: wary

text: of

text: agencies

text: that

text: charge

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: money

text: for

text: a

text: dog

text: that

text: may

text: or

text: may

text: not

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: perform

text: certain

text: tasks

text: Canine

text: Assistants

text: offers

text: its

text: dogs

text: free

text: of

text: charge

text: to

text: qualified

text: patients

text: The

text: group

text: not

text: only

text: covers

text: the

text: cost

text: of

text: airfare

text: and

text: lodging

text: during

text: the

text: training

text: sessions

text: but

text: it

text: provides

text: a

text: lifetime

text: of

text: food

text: and

text: veterinary

text: care

text: at

text: no

text: cost

text: Arnold

text: estimated

text: the

text: total

text: value

text: at

text: per

text: dog

text: She

text: said

text: that

text: a

text: third

text: of

text: her

text: company

text: 's

text: operating

text: costs

text: are

text: underwritten

text: by

text: large

text: corporate

text: grants

text: The

text: rest

text: of

text: the

text: money

text: is

text: raised

text: through

text: private

text: donations

text: Arnold

text: helped

text: train

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: dogs

text: currently

text: at

text: the

text: facility

text: She

text: said

text: she

text: has

text: no

text: trouble

text: letting

text: the

text: animals

text: go

text: to

text: new

text: homes

text: because

text: she

text: knows

text: they

text: 'll

text: serve

text: an

text: important

text: purpose

text: especially

text: for

text: the

text: epilepsy

text: patients

text: They

text: become

text: a

text: prisoner

text: Arnold

text: said

text: They

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: house

text: they

text: 're

text: so

text: vulnerable

text: Just

text: having

text: this

text: dog

text: with

text: you

text: means

text: that

text: you

text: 're

text: not

text: ever

text: alone

text: Johnson

text: the

text: married

text: mother

text: of

text: a

text: old

text: is

text: looking

text: forward

text: to

text: regaining

text: some

text: independence

text: with

text: a

text: new

text: dog

text: in

text: the

text: house

text: He

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: give

text: my

text: family

text: a

text: break

text: He

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: let

text: them

text: rest

text: a

text: little

text: bit

text: easier

text: she

text: said

text: She

text: also

text: looked

text: forward

text: to

text: a

text: new

text: reason

text: to

text: get

text: out

text: of

text: bed

text: in

text: the

text: morning

text: With

text: the

text: dog

text: instead

text: of

text: getting

text: all

text: bummed

text: out

text: or

text: getting

text: depressed

text: over

text: the

text: seizures

text: I

text: 'll

text: spend

text: time

text: with

text: him

text: and

text: play

text: with

text: him

text: and

text: start

text: laughing

text: These

text: dogs

text: will

text: change

text: your

text: life

text: in

text: such

text: a

text: way

text: you

text: wo

text: n't

text: know

text: how

text: you

text: 've

text: lived

text: without

text: him

text: once

text: you

text: 've

text: had

text: them

question: how many Americans live with epilepsy?

answer: 3 million

text: 3 million

question: What do three million Americans live with?

answer: some form of epilepsy,

text: some form of epilepsy,

question: What does it cost to keep and train a dog?

answer: $20,000

question: How many dogs have been trained?

answer: 1,000

question: What animal is trained at Caline Camp in Georgia?

answer: dog

text: dog

question: What happens to trained dogs?

answer: develop the ability to identify the onset of a seizure,

text: develop the ability to identify the onset of a seizure,

question: What number of Americans live with epilepsy?

answer: 3 million

text: 3 million

question: what causes recurring seizures?

answer: epilepsy, a brain disorder

text: epilepsy, a brain disorder


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pirates off the eastern coast of Africa fired on U.S. sailors Saturday as they tried to reach the lifeboat where an American captain is being held, a U.S. official familiar with the situation told CNN.

The guided missile frigate USS Halyburton, with helicopter capabilities, is now at the scene.

The gunfire forced the sailors, who did not return fire, back to the guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge, the official said.

Capt. Richard Phillips reportedly offered himself as a hostage to the pirates during an attack Wednesday on the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean.

The Alabama was en route to Mombasa, Kenya, with a cargo of food aid when it was hijacked about 350 miles off the Somalia coast.

The American crew regained control of the vessel, but the Maersk company would not say how. There are about 20 crew members.

The Alabama arrived Saturday in Mombasa, along with an 18-person armed security detail on board.

"For security reasons, the vessel will berth in a restricted area of the port and will not be accessible to the media. FBI agents will debrief members of the crew on board the vessel before they disembark. The crew will not be available to the media in Mombasa," Maersk Ltd. said.  Watch the latest Maersk briefing Â»

The U.S. Navy -- which is in charge of the situation -- requested help from the FBI to resolve the standoff.

The FBI is launching a criminal investigation into the hijacking and hostage-taking, two law enforcement officials told CNN. The probe will be led by the FBI's New York field office, which has responsibility for looking into cases involving U.S. citizens in the African region. Agents from the office were scheduled to leave for Africa sometime this weekend, the officials said.

Phillips lives in Underhill, Vermont, where neighbor and longtime family friend, Tom Walsh, told CNN the captain's wife, Andrea, was surrounded by relatives.

"If they need us to help with anything. That's kind of the way it is in these communities. ... just showing that we're concerned. We want to do whatever she needs," Walsh said. "She has a lot of family there."  Watch more about the hostage situation Â»

Earlier Saturday, pirates sailing a hijacked German cargo ship returned to port after failing to reach the area of the standoff with the Bainbridge, a local journalist told CNN.

The German ship Hansa Stavanger was among several pirated vessels trying to sail to the area some 300 miles off the Somali coast, a Somali journalist told CNN.

The pirate crew had intended to help the pirates holding Phillips but turned back because of the U.S. naval presence, the journalist said. The Hansa Stavanger is now at the Somali port of Eyl, the journalist said.

The Hansa Stavanger was hijacked April 4 off the Somali coast.

Pirates have been searching the waters off Africa's coast for the Alabama's lifeboat, a U.S. military official with knowledge of the situation said Friday. They are using hijacked vessels and skiffs launched from larger ships, the official said.

The guided missile frigate USS Halyburton, with helicopter capabilities, has joined the Bainbridge in the area. A third ship, the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer -- with a medical facility aboard -- should be there by the end of the day. iReport.com: Share your thoughts on how the pirates are being handled

Phillips is being held by four gunmen in the covered, fiberglass lifeboat. He jumped overboard at one point to try to escape, but one of the pirates jumped into the water after him and brought him back onboard the 28-foot boat.

The pirates fired shots, the military official said, without providing further details.

Phillips appeared to be tied up by the pirates after the escape attempt, a Defense Department official told CNN.

For the U.S. Navy, bringing in more firepower is more than just a means to resolve a hostage situation, said Chris Lawrence, CNN's Pentagon correspondent.

Attacks in the area have picked up so drastically in recent months that the Navy has to reposition some of its fleet to deal with the threats, he said.

The pirates have shown no signs of giving in.

Meanwhile, the acts of piracy were having an effect on tourists disembarking from ships in Mombasa.

"Well, we got the international news stories on television on the ship and everybody's concerned about the route that we were on because there was always the possibility that we would be approached by pirates," one male passenger said.

CNN's Stephanie Elam, Mohammed Jamjoom and Barbara Starr contributed to this report.

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text: eastern

text: coast

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New York (CNN) -- Dear Mr. President: How good of you, sir, to have personally telephoned two New York heroes whose timely diligence prevented a lunatic from causing a catastrophe  in Times Square.

We New Yorkers are happy to hear you called Mr. Lance L. Orton Sr. and Mr. Duane Jackson to thank them for their vigilance. But there is a third vendor, Mr. President, whom you forgot to call. His name is Alioune B. Niass, and he is an immigrant from Somalia who said he was the first person to notice the smoking Nissan Pathfinder.

"I thought I should call 911," Niass later told a reporter, "but my English is not very good and I had no credit left on my phone, so I walked over to Lance, who has the T-shirt stall next to mine, and told him. He said we shouldn't call 911. Immediately he alerted a police officer nearby."

Here in New York, Mr. President, we are not particular about which one of these great New Yorkers saw that deadly car first, alerted the police and prevented a disaster. The Big Apple has a big heart, and the magnificent city of New York has room for plenty of heroes. But we are also very fair people. So we would be grateful if you could kindly call Mr. Niass and thank him for us.

There is another reason besides fairness. Mr. Niass is a Muslim from Somalia, and some of us Muslim-Americans have a suspicion that your staff might not have brought him to your attention because the idea of a Muslim hero in New York does not quite dovetail with the stereotype.

If there is an American of Muslim descent who commits, or tries to commit, a criminal act, as Faisal Shahzad apparently did, we Muslims feel we are all suddenly suspects. We feel we need to explain ourselves. Yet if there is a hero among us whose love for our city does not fit the stereotype, he is ignored. This is not fair, and we believe you, as our president, can do much to alleviate this burden on us and our children.

Imagine millions of Muslim children who go to school across America every day, just like your own children. Imagine how proud they would feel if you were to call Mr. Niass. That pride of place, that we and our children deserve, would go a long way to alleviating the pain of the bigotry and racism that is aimed at us. We too would feel at home here and be even more diligent in safeguarding and protecting our cities from criminal atrocities.

You recall, Mr. President, during your presidential campaign you were, and still are, repeatedly "accused" of being a Muslim -- as if being a Muslim were a crime. We were hoping every time you denied being a Muslim that you would add, "and if I were a Muslim, there is nothing wrong with it."

Finally, it was former Secretary of State Colin Powell who came out and said so when answering people who claimed you are Muslim: "He's a Christian; has always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, 'What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?'"  We were relieved and grateful.

We, too, Mr. President, are America. We have our share of criminals amongst us, as do any other people. But we are not all terrorists, and we are tired of feeling false guilt or shame every time a criminal among us does something insane and stupid. We are ordinary people -- soldiers and scientists, scholars and students, homemakers and teachers, businessmen and lawyers, physicians and engineers, greengrocers and vendors. And you are our president too.

We who claim Mr. Niass as one of our own also have a dream. We dream that our children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the faith of their forefathers but by the content of their character.

When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. -- the visionary who said these immortal words I paraphrase -- uttered that phrase for the first time in 1963, scarcely anyone could have imagined that you would be our president today.

But now you are and can do your share to change perceptions. It is possible that a Muslim might become president some day. For all we know, that president might be an American kid of Afghan, Pakistani, Arab, Iranian, Somali, or Indonesian parentage who is reporting to school this morning. Imagine how proud she would be if you were to call Mr. Niass today and thank him. His business is located on the corner of 45th and Broadway, two tables down from Lance's. I can give you his phone number.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Hamid Dabashi.

text: New

text: York

text: CNN

text: Dear

text: Mr.

text: President

text: How

text: good

text: of

text: you

text: sir

text: to

text: have

text: personally

text: telephoned

text: two

text: New

text: York

text: heroes

text: whose

text: timely

text: diligence

text: prevented

text: a

text: lunatic

text: from

text: causing

text: a

text: catastrophe

text: in

text: Times

text: Square

text: We

text: New

text: Yorkers

text: are

text: happy

text: to

text: hear

text: you

text: called

text: Mr.

text: Lance

text: L.

text: Orton

text: Sr

text: and

text: Mr.

text: Duane

text: Jackson

text: to

text: thank

text: them

text: for

text: their

text: vigilance

text: But

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: third

text: vendor

text: Mr.

text: President

text: whom

text: you

text: forgot

text: to

text: call

text: His

text: name

text: is

text: Alioune

text: B.

text: Niass

text: and

text: he

text: is

text: an

text: immigrant

text: from

text: Somalia

text: who

text: said

text: he

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: person

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text: notice

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text: smoking

text: Nissan

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text: should

text: call

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text: reporter

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text: very

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text: I

text: had

text: no

text: credit

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text: told

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text: n't

text: call

text: Immediately

text: he

text: alerted

text: a

text: police

text: officer

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text: Here

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: Mr.

text: President

text: we

text: are

text: not

text: particular

text: about

text: which

text: one

text: of

text: these

text: great

text: New

text: Yorkers

text: saw

text: that

text: deadly

text: car

text: first

text: alerted

text: the

text: police

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text: prevented

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text: disaster

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text: magnificent

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text: fair

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text: Mr.

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text: reason

text: besides

text: fairness

text: Mr.

text: Niass

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text: a

text: Muslim

text: from

text: Somalia

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text: some

text: of

text: us

text: Muslim

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text: suspicion

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text: idea

text: of

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text: stereotype

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text: an

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text: criminal

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text: are

text: all

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text: burden

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text: Muslim

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text: children

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text: they

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text: if

text: you

text: were

text: to

text: call

text: Mr.

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text: Muslim

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text: President

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text: vendors

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text: you

text: are

text: our

text: president

text: too

text: We

text: who

text: claim

text: Mr.

text: Niass

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: our

text: own

text: also

text: have

text: a

text: dream

text: We

text: dream

text: that

text: our

text: children

text: will

text: one

text: day

text: live

text: in

text: a

text: nation

text: where

text: they

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: judged

text: by

text: the

text: faith

text: of

text: their

text: forefathers

text: but

text: by

text: the

text: content

text: of

text: their

text: character

text: When

text: the

text: Rev.

text: Martin

text: Luther

text: King

text: Jr.

text: the

text: visionary

text: who

text: said

text: these

text: immortal

text: words

text: I

text: paraphrase

text: uttered

text: that

text: phrase

text: for

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: in

text: scarcely

text: anyone

text: could

text: have

text: imagined

text: that

text: you

text: would

text: be

text: our

text: president

text: today

text: But

text: now

text: you

text: are

text: and

text: can

text: do

text: your

text: share

text: to

text: change

text: perceptions

text: It

text: is

text: possible

text: that

text: a

text: Muslim

text: might

text: become

text: president

text: some

text: day

text: For

text: all

text: we

text: know

text: that

text: president

text: might

text: be

text: an

text: American

text: kid

text: of

text: Afghan

text: Pakistani

text: Arab

text: Iranian

text: Somali

text: or

text: Indonesian

text: parentage

text: who

text: is

text: reporting

text: to

text: school

text: this

text: morning

text: Imagine

text: how

text: proud

text: she

text: would

text: be

text: if

text: you

text: were

text: to

text: call

text: Mr.

text: Niass

text: today

text: and

text: thank

text: him

text: His

text: business

text: is

text: located

text: on

text: the

text: corner

text: of

text: and

text: Broadway

text: two

text: tables

text: down

text: from

text: Lance

text: 's

text: I

text: can

text: give

text: you

text: his

text: phone

text: number

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Hamid

text: Dabashi

question: Who said he was the first to spot pathfinder?

answer: Alioune B. Niass,

text: Alioune B. Niass,

question: Who did the president call?

answer: Mr. Lance L. Orton Sr. and Mr. Duane Jackson

text: Mr. Lance L. Orton Sr. and Mr. Duane Jackson

question: Who claims to have first spotted the Pathfinder?

answer: Alioune B. Niass,

text: Alioune B. Niass,