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In an emotional interview, the former wrestling superstar described how, driven to despair after his son’s auto accident and a painful divorce from his wife, he had a loaded gun to his head when he got a call from Laila Ali: “Her voice saved my life.”

The parents of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, 20, who vanished outside a Metallica concert Oct. 17, fear foul play even as they cling to hope for her return. “We have to keep working on this and find our daughter,” said Morgan’s mother, Gil Harrington.

Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, 20, became separated from her friends at an Oct. 17 Metallica concert and hasn’t been seen since. Now the rock band is helping in the search for the missing woman, which is being treated as a criminal investigation.

Trent Wood and Kristin Palmer were asleep when they awoke to find themselves trapped beneath a car that had smashed into their Sparks, Nev., home, with hot fluids leaking onto them. “Your first reaction is: OK, I hope it doesn't blow up," Trent Wood recalled.

The family that gets ambushed together stays stylish together. After being serenaded on the Plaza, TODAY’s beauty response team plucks two siblings for new looks. Find out how a karaoke addict and an ice skater got the royal family treatment from US Weekly's Jill Martin and hairstylist Louis Licari.

President Barack Obama and his family released their official first family portrait Friday, shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. The president and first lady are shown smiling, with the arms of their daughters, Sasha and Malia, draped around them.

The mother of the Florida girl who was abducted and murdered said she feels she failed to teach her 7-year-old the danger of talking to strangers. Diena Thompson also had a message for her daughter’s killer: “We’re going to get you.”

Days after heading to France for a sightseeing trip that was a lifelong dream, Justin Little, 21, was found bludgeoned to death with a cinder block in a park in a gritty Paris suburb. Police and parents in Silverton, Ore., are baffled about what he was doing in the poverty-ridden area.

Boys will be boys, but will they grow up to be gentlemen? In today’s raunchy world of sexting, rainbow parties, Girls Gone Wild and Tila Tequila, how can parents stop their sons from turning into total cads? Therapist and father of two boys Ian Kerner offers advice.

Caterack, the kitty who kept owner Alisa Morris company since 1979, died on Thursday. Morris said her pet had been experiencing kidney problems and had gotten very frail.