Two people were killed and four injured in a three-alarm fire Thursday night at the Huntington Hotel in downtown Detroit, Michigan, according the Detroit Fire Department.

The Christmas terror suspect may be linked to a radical Muslim cleric, an official says. The cleric also is linked to the Fort Hood shooting suspect and two 9/11 hijackers.

The Christmas terror suspect may be linked to a radical Muslim cleric, an official says. The cleric also is linked to the Fort Hood shooting suspect and two 9/11 hijackers.

Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab appears to have had direct contacts with radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. counterterrorism official tells CNN.

Two of the seven CIA officers killed in an attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan were contractors for Xe, a private security firm, a former intelligence official said.

Two of the seven CIA officers killed in an attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan were contractors for Xe, a private security firm, a former intelligence official said.

Cable company posts a comprehensive set of instructions for grabbing video directly from the Web, part of the company’s posturing with News Corp.’s Fox over rates.

Mike Florio weighs in on the biggest storylines of Week 17:

Ryan Broyles set a Sun Bowl record with three touchdown receptions and Landry Jones passed for 416 yards to lead Oklahoma past Heisman runner-up Toby Gerhart and No. 19 Stanford 31-27 on Thursday.

Fenway Park was all decked out for the Winter Classic, the NHL’s New Year’s Day skate down memory lane, a journey back to those iced-over ponds where many of today’s stars played for hours and hours when they were kids.