Ariel Castor, the kidnapper and rapist of three woman, one of whom was kept captive for 11 years, was sentenced in Cleveland today to a term of life in prison plus 1,000 years. He will not leave prison alive.
The U.S. has declassified secret orders that allowed it to engage in massive surveillance of the phone calls and Internet usage of Americans, information about two clandestine programs that former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden leaked last month.
As Congress continues to work to hammer out a Trillion dollar farm bill, news has come out of the General Accountability Office that as much as $22 million in subsidies may have been paid out between 2008 and 2012 to farmers that have been dead for two or more years.