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Authorities say terrorist supporters have started using the global commodity trade to funnel money to local terrorist groups. The technique, called trade-based money laundering, was pioneered by Latin American drug cartels in the 1990s.

As vice president, Dick Cheney led CIA briefings with senior members of Congress on Bush-era harsh interrogation program, a news report says. Intelligence experts say Cheney's role, while highly unusual, was within legal parameters — and underscores his stake in the program.

The historic nationwide drought has resulted in disaster declarations for more than half the counties in America. In the Southwest, parts of New Mexico and the Texas panhandle are in the worst shape.

Eating offal isn't a fringe idea these days — fine-dining restaurants are serving nose-to-tail cuisine and charging a lot of money for it. But getting kids to eat blood pudding and beef hearts might take some salesmanship, and this spooky season can help.

South Korean rapper PSY has been a big star in the world of Korean pop music for years. But the video for his latest single, Gangnam Style, launched him to global stardom. Today, he's number one on iTunes and shares a manager with Justin Bieber, but he still wants to record music in his native language.

San Diego's rough-and-tumble history inspired a former local writer to pen his first play, "Talking Woman," which will have its first staged reading this Saturday.

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream. We speak to John Harrison, the official taster for Dreyer's Ice Cream, about his favorite flavors, tasting techniques, and his more than 35 years spe

With the Pentagon now officially recognizing cyberspace as a domain of warfare, U.S. military commanders are emphasizing their readiness to defend the nation against cyber threats from abroad. What they do not say is that they are equally prepared to launch their own cyber attacks against U.S. adversaries.

Gulf Coast residents wrote the book on how to survive a hurricane. But on Friday, they pitched in to protect the region from a disaster unlike any they've seen. A massive oil slick — spawned by the April 20 explosion of a deep water oil rig on the ocean floor — is threatening the ecology and economy of the region.

UCSD and the VA Medical Center in San Diego are researching ways to establish physical proof of invisible injuries in the brain.