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The three alleged abusers of a 17-year-old teen, who escaped captivity with a shackle on his ankle, tortured him with a bat, knife and belt, according to court documents released Thursday. Authorities say the teen escaped a year of captivity Monday and walked into a fitness center in Tracy, California, bruised and battered, wearing only boxer shorts.

Suspected pirates rescued in Gulf of Aden

Seven Somali men in possession of rocket grenades and AK-47 guns were rescued by a Danish Navy ship in the pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, the Danish Navy told CNN. The men rescued "are suspected to be pirates because they were carrying firearms," a press officer with the Danish Navy said.

Mumbai attackers had help, authorities say

The attackers who killed nearly 180 people last week in Mumbai, India, had help from a Bangladeshi national, Indian security sources told CNN sister network CNN-IBN. The Bangladeshi national bought cell phone SIM cards for the attackers at several locations inside India, sources said Thursday.

Brown: Mom-to-be needed help, not ticket

A pregnant woman and her husband are rushing to the hospital in the breakdown lane of a Massachusetts highway.

Mukasey's comments on torture draw ire

Two key House Democrats demanded in a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Thursday that he explain his recent comments about U.S. counterterrorism officials' controversial policies on detainee interrogations and terrorist surveillance.

Stranded workers in Iraq: We were duped

Kept in a derelict warehouse at Baghdad's airport for months, sleeping four to a bed with poor food and no money, hundreds of would-be contract workers are stranded, claiming they were duped by unscrupulous recruiting agents into coming to Iraq for nonexistent jobs.

Cruise ship hits ice, stranded off Antarctica

A cruise ship carrying 122 people was stranded Thursday on the coast of Antarctica after striking ice, officials said, officials said.

Car dealers get creative

A newspaper ad for a Miami car dealership reads more like a coupon for bags of potato chips: "Buy one, get two!" "The first thing people think when they come in is, 'It's a fake ad. It's a normal car dealer ad. It's a gimmick.' But it's not," said Ali Ahmed, sales manager at Rob Lambdin's University Dodge in Miami. The ad speaks to the desperation of dealers as automakers beg for bailout money to survive a huge sales slump.

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