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Celeste Rivas’ parents watched in horror during a hearing for their daughter’s accused killer D4vd as horrific images of her decapitated and mutilated corpse were displayed in a court. The 14-year-old’s family ignored their attorney’s request to look away as the shocking images were displayed in a Los Angeles courtroom during the first day of the singer’s preliminary hearing on Tuesday. The devastated couple were later spotted crying in the hall of the courthouse after viewing their daughter’s severed limbs, head, torso and fingers allegedly found in the trunk of D4vd’s Tesla. An LAPD homicide detective provided disturbing details while...

Prayer Request - Joshua Byers, killed in Iraq, called '110%' in career & faithJoshua Byers, killed in Iraq, called '110%' in career & faithJul 25, 2003By James Dotson Missionary sonJoshua Byers, 29, killed July 23 in Iraq, was a U.S. Army captain who "always did everything 110 percent, and that's how his walk with God was too," said his brother, Milam Byers, lead guitarist for the Christian rock band Bleach. Byers was the son of North American Mission Board workers Lloyd and Mary Byers. ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--U.S. Army Capt. Joshua T. Byers, son of North American missionaries Lloyd and Mary...

(Baghdad_ = US forces once again came under deadly attack in Iraq. An American soldier was killed and two others wounded west of Baghdad today when their convoy was attacked. The attack inteh town of Ramadi followed news that Saddam Huessein's sons Uda and Qusay were kiled in a gunbattle in norther Iraq yesterday. Forty US soldiers have now been killed since President Bush declared major combat in Iraq over May 31st.