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A Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million of crude oil was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Africa on Monday. Derek Reveron of the Naval War College outlines the story, and Peter Gwin, a National Geographic staff writer explains what he learned from pirates he met in Southeast Asia.

The Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, has been appointed as the next archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Church of England. The former oil executive has only a year's experience as a bishop. Philip Reeves has the story.

Health costs rose 3.9 percent last year, the second-slowest rate since the government started keeping track. The previous record low was 3.8 percent in 2009.

The 54-year-old German tennis great was sentenced for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.

A bear that was found walking around Bethesda, Md., has been returned to his natural home. But not before gaining a moment of Internet fame with two fake Twitter accounts created on his behalf.

In addition to surveillance video, police say an "examination of [Joseph Michael Schreiber's] social media account also shows multiple anti-Islamic posts and comments."

Writer TOBIAS WOLFF has been nominated for the National Book Award for his memoir "In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" (Alfred A. Knopf). The book is an account of WOLFF's tour in Vietnam. WOLFF is also the author of two short story collections, a novella, and "This Boy's Life," a memoir about his childhood.

Writer TOBIAS WOLFF. Terry talked with him in 1989 after the release of his acclaimed memoir, "This Boy's Life" about his unhappy upbringing in a working-class town in Washington State in the late 1950s. The book was adapted for screen; the movie version stars Robert DeNiro, and Ellen Barkin. Last month WOLFF was nominated for the National Book Award for his memoir "In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" (Alfred A. Knopf). The book is an account of his tour in Vietnam. WOLFF also worked as a reporter for The Washington Post, and has written two highly regarded collections of short stories. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 1/31/89).

HANAN MIKHAIL-ASHRAWI, former spokesperson for the P-L-O from 1991 to 1993. ASHRAWI was the chief spokesperson for the Palestinian delegation at the Middle East peace negotiations. There are two books about her life and her role in the peace process: her personal account, This Side of Peace (Simon & Schuster), and A Voice of Reason: Hanan Ashrawi and Peace in the Middle East by Barbara Victor (Harcourt Brace).

2: Cartooonist ART SPIEGELMAN, author of "Maus," for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and "Maus II." The two book-length comics are accounts of SPIEGELMAN's parents' experiences in the Holocaust. He is also co-founder and editor of "Raw," a magazine of avant-garde comics. His latest work is the illustration of "The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March" (Pantheon Books). (REBROADCAST FROM 1