Typo or Genius?

Now poverty and economic crisis causing fisherman to turn to piracy is not funny. But the number of NYT headlines about the pirates holding the Ukrainian tank ship hostage that could be Onion headlines is now at least at two and heading higher:

Pirate Talks Continue, But Who Would Pay?

I think they mean "pirate talk continues".

Somali Pirates Tell All: They’re in It for the Money

Apparently they changed this one after the fact.