Senior psychology major Christian Clem helped stack logs a few days before the 1999 Aggie Bonfire was supposed to burn. On Nov. 18, 1999 Clem considered helping his fellow crewmembers stack, but decided to stay home and write a paper instead. When he heard that Bonfire fell that morning, Clem was in shock.

While showing images of American movie stars on a slideshow, Dame Julia Polak said regenerative medicine is not about generating perfect bodies or living forever, despite what newspapers may say.

In an emotional presentation Wednesday night in Rudder Theater, Robert Shemwell, memorial project leader at Overland Partners Inc., discussed the design process, construction and symbolism of the Bonfire Memorial.

LOS ANGELES - Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the clothing-store chain of promoting whites over minorities and cultivating a virtually all-white image in its catalogs and elsewhere.

PASADENA, Calif. - The nation was still recovering from World War II when a little-known minister pitched a tent over a sawdust floor in downtown Los Angeles and began preaching a powerful message of salvation.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson's defense wants to seat a new jury in another county to weigh whether Peterson deserves to die for the murders of his pregnant wife and the fetus she carried, according to a motion filed Wednesday.

NEW YORK - Troubled rapper O.D.B., in a casket surrounded by red and white flowers, was remembered by family and friends Wednesday at a Harlem church where the focus was on the positives in his life.

AUSTIN - Heavy rains that drenched soggy Central Texas cleared Wednesday afternoon, but not before leaving parts of the region flooded.