Sometimes the spirit of Christmas shows up in the most unexpected places.

Christmas Day Bomb Plot Detailed in Court Filings

WASHINGTON -- In August 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian graduate student, traveled to Yemen and began visiting mosques, asking where to find Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born radical Muslim cleric who preached on the Internet in support of Al Qaeda's brand of militant Islam. Their intensive plotting together for the next five months, and how they tried to pull off a suicidal bombing ...

Awlaki directed Christmas ‘underwear bomber’ plot, Justice Department memo says

The radical Yemeni American cleric who was killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen in September personally directed the plot to take down a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, according to a Justice Department memo . Read full article >>

Christmas contributes to flat December figures

Guest nights in the capital were almost flat in December, as its accommodation sector experienced a lull in domestic traffic over Christmas.

Christmas murder suspect back in Ala.

The prime suspect in Montgomery's Christmas Day 2011 homicide case is back in the state of Alabama, according to authorities.