Tweets and Instagram photos are pretty ordinary stuff in the world of social media, but revolutionary for North Korea, a country with intricate rules to stage manage the flow of images and information both inside and beyond its borders.

The FBI arrested a San Jose man as he went through the motions of detonating what he believed to be a car bomb in front of a Northern California bank, federal authorities said Friday.

An undercover FBI agent known as “Youssef” told jurors Tuesday of concerns that Mohamed Mohamud was going to martyr himself and described some of the steps they took to make sure that didn't happen.

Mohamed Mohamud is scheduled to go to trial today in U.S. District Court in Portland. He's accused of plotting to detonate a highly explosive bomb during Portland's annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. The trial is expected to last four weeks.

The Breast Cancer Warrior Foundation is using a traditional holiday decoration to promote both physical and mental healing for breast cancer survivors at the Oakway Mall in Eugene.

Shoes are coming out of the closet and landing under the Christmas tree. They're a top seller this holiday season - a big feat considering most years they don't even make gift lists.

Anyone left on your Christmas list just aching for a 65-inch Samsung 3D flat-screen television? Just your luck. The Vatican's duty-free department store has one on sale for €2,899 ($3,840) - a nifty savings over the €3,799 ($5,032) it costs at...