In the weeks before his murder, Bryce Chavers had gone from the lighthearted goofball his mother knew to a scared kid who told his grandmother he thought someone was going to kill him. FULL STORY
An Arabic language news network has aired a video of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, in which he called on U.S. President George W. Bush to admit defeat in Iraq. FULL STORY
Lou Rawls, whose mellifluous baritone was featured on hits ranging from his own "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" to Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me," has died. He was 72. FULL STORY
Doctors are hoping a specialized oxygen treatment can help miner Randy McCloy Jr. overcome the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning and oxygen deprivation that have left his brain and other vital organs damaged. FULL STORY
President Bush shrugged off a report showing weaker-than-expected job growth on Friday and declared that "the American economy heads into 2006 with a full head of steam." FULL STORY