USS Cole Cmdr. Matthew Faulkenberry said it's not often that a ship returns to its home right before the holidays. “No one expects it — our return homeport so close to Christmas," he told WVEC-TV.

By Carol Rosenberg Reporting from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba A Saudi prisoner accused of plotting Al Qaeda’s bombing of the U.S.S. Cole warship in 2000 has signed an offer to plead guilty to avoid a ...