An Idaho Department of Correction inmate used a mechanical pencil in an attempt to stab another inmate at 7:49 p.m. Wednesday, prompting prison officials to declare an emergency.

Getting hitched in a hurry? Or maybe you've just daydreamed the time away (how many Bride magazines are stacked on your nightstand?) and now the big day is looming. Sure, you can text your invites (sorry, Miss Manners) - but what about your dress?

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. is buying a Munich, Germany-based Web comparison shopping site and its parent company for about $486 million in cash. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker says the acquisition of Greenfield Online Inc.

The online shopping comparison marketplace that helps you find discount shopping and compare prices on products and services in your city and around the country.

Twenty-five-year-old Armando Torres Jr. was booked into the Malheur County Jail Saturday afternoon. He's charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with a shooting at about 7 a.m. at the Fairview Apartments, 555 NW 9th Avenue, in