[BBC.CO.UK] The Ohio man accused of raping and holding three women captive in his home for about a decade has agreed to a plea deal that will see him imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole.
Ariel Castro, 53, was arrested in May after one of the women escaped. He abducted Michelle Knight, 32, Amanda Berry, 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23, from Cleveland streets between 2002-04.
Castro was charged with murder for beating and starving one of the women, who was pregnant, until she miscarried.
In a courtroom in Cleveland, Ohio, Judge Michael Russo repeatedly warned Castro he would never be let out of prison.
"Is that clear?" he asked Castro, who sat clad in an orange jail jumpsuit, his hands cuffed in front of him.
"I do understand that, your honour," Castro, an unemployed school bus driver, replied. "I knew I was pretty much going to get the book thrown at me."
No death penalty
Under the terms of the plea deal Castro will receive an additional prison sentence of 1,000 years and his property and other assets will be forfeited. He will also be classified as a sex offender. The agreement protects him from further charges and from the death penalty.
The judge said there were plans to demolish the house where the women were held.
At the hearing, Castro told the judge he was abused as a child and said, "My addiction to pornography and my sexual problem has really taken a toll on my mind."
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"no death" = in general prison population. Shouldn't take long
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[PRESSTELEGRAM] Their friends and family agree -- if two people ever were "made for each other," it was Helen and Les Brown.
Both were born on the same day, Dec. 31, 1918. Helen and Les were high school sweethearts who celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary this year. It would be their last; Helen died on July 16, and Les died the next day, July 17.
They were 94.
"It was a real love match, wasn't it," their oldest son, Les Jr., said. "They were together every day for 75 years."
Daniel, the couple's youngest son, agreed.
"My mom often said she didn't want to see my father die, and he didn't want to live without her," Daniel said.
The two boys, sitting in their parents' Belmont Heights home, said their parents met at Huntington Park High School and eloped on Sept. 19, 1937. They were married against their own parents' wishes. Helen was from a working-class family, while Les was from a more wealthy family, and both sides of their family thought the love would never last between them.
But it did.
Helen and Les moved to Long Beach in 1963. Helen was a housewife who had a knack for buying and selling area properties, and Les owned a photography studio, serving as a photographer for the Navy. His father, too, was a photographer.
Despite being born on the same day, the Browns were two very different people, according to their sons, who said their mom was very strict and their dad was more laid back. And, like all married couples, they had some issues to work through during the years.
They were Jehovah's Witnesses, a faith that strengthened their marriage, the sons said. They reaffirmed their love for one another daily.
Besides spending time at Kingdom Hall for worship, the longtime Long Beach residents -- who had seven grandchildren -- were well known for taking in-state road trips together and were frequently found at Ma N' Pa Grocery, a corner store on Roycroft Avenue and Colorado Street. They also were close friends with many of their neighbors.
"They loved California, and they loved Belmont Shore and Belmont Heights," Les Jr. said. "They wouldn't leave ... And, Ma N' Pa Grocery treated them like royalty. Mom was there every day. That was her pantry."
One family friend, Bob Brobst, who belonged to the same congregation, had known Helen and Les for nearly a decade.
"Like the Bible says, 'They were as one,' " Brobst said, adding that he will always remember how compatible his friends were as a couple.
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The problem, as I see it, is that people keep redefining what "homophobia" means. It used to mean that homosexuals were beaten, imprisoned or killed.
Then it meant that you didn't approve of homosexual relationships, but other than that homosexuals should be left alone to do whatever they want in private.
Then it meant that you didn't approve of the homosexual agenda, including equal or preferential rights for LGBTQ, including gay marriage.
Now it seems to mean that you do not fully support LGBTQs, gay marriage, and preferences in hiring, college admissions, and everything else.
Soon, it will mean that you are straight.
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His Anglican views will evolve as Islam gains a tighter grip on his native land. Dear old Desmond, he'll eventually find the Doppers were right after all.
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Sociology of Protestantism : A Methodist is a Baptist with shoes. A Presbyterian is a Methodist who has been to college. An Episcopalian is a Presbyterian who is living off his investments. This has all changed now. Now an Episcopalian is, I suppose, is someone heading a campaign against AIDS. Or an Episcopalian is a priest wearing a bra. Or an Episcopalian are two guys named Bruce and Dwayne.
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"Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he will never worship a "homophobic God" and will rather go to hell."
I believe that's already been arranged.
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I thought (in summary) that there were a lot of sins and sinners, but that God loved those who loved him - sinners every one.
Seems Des missed that class.
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Here Des, not my word but his. Enjoy the taal my china.
"Moenie le by 'n man soos war 'n man by 'n vrou le nie. Dis is 'n aftootlike sonde."
Levitikus 19:22 [Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination]
[PITTSBURGH.CBSLOCAL] How do you define noise? It could be a train or maybe even a motorcycle.
All of them could be considered noise under a new ordinance in one Allegheny County town.
Coraopolis only has about 5,500 people, which normally makes it a very quiet place. They say the only exception is when the trains roll by or the big trucks rumble right down Fifth Avenue.
"I've been this area all my life. You got one way in and one way out. So where are the trucks going to go?" Frank Corso said.
"The only noisy thing about it is the train. Other than that and the trucks and everything else, it's really pretty quiet," Asha Luster said.
Under the new ordinance, residents are "entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of their premises." Loud noises can be defined as horns, radio, musical instruments, that annoy or disturb the quiet and comfort.
It also states that "yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling and singing on public streets which would disturb the quiet and comfort of residents in the vicinity is now prohibited."
The obvious question is -- how will it be enforced?
It's a great question considering the noise could even be your dog. But, after nearly two decades in town, Sue Heckman said she's not leaving.
"I feel safe here. It's always quiet. You just hear traffic or the birds," Heckman said.
Violations of the ordinance can result in a fine of up to $500.
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From the Land of Make believe (AKA Colorado), a gun buy back event was cancelled after it was learned under new Colorado law, every buyback would have to go through universal background checks.
Meanwhile, General Electric Capital is doing their small part in the gun grabbing program by cutting off lending to gun shops. And we were told new banking regulations would only target the rich!
If you want to learn how to cast your own bullets, go here.
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.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic)
California: Magnum Research Core 30 MOE: $1,000
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I love Pritzi Partizan ammo, it's honestly very very good. Functions flawless in my .308 AR and my wife's .380 ACP. I haven't gotten any .45 yet, but I'd put it on par with my Remington UMC ammo for range shooting.
I do need to find some stuff to shoot from my Garand, I just feel like saving up my nice steel core M2 AP ammo is a good idea for some odd reason.
The Secret Service pushed back Friday on complaints from a group of college Republicans who questioned why they were barred from a President Obama event earlier this week.
According to a report on Campus Reform, the Missouri College Republicans said an officer told them they could not get in to see Obama's speech on Wednesday at their school for "security reasons."
"I hate to make allegations but it was just very suspicious that we were not allowed in," one of them was quoted as saying.
But the Secret Service put out a brief statement later Friday saying the event had reached capacity -- and that's why they were apparently blocked. Reached Republican capacity anyway.
They had tickets, so they should have been included within that capacity count, not beyond it. That's why tickets exist for such occasions.
"The event at University of Central Missouri was closed to any additional general public due to the event site reaching maximum capacity," Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said.
They weren't additional general public, they were audience members.
So, was it "security reasons" or "capacity" ?
Missouri College Republicans State Treasurer Courtney Scott, though, told Campus Reform that each of the students had a ticket and arrived early.
"We followed all the rules," she said. Obviously you followed the old rules.
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The Secret Service has become the lapdog , it seems.
They are lying. I would suggest that the Secret Service works for the political boss at the time. Write the names down and when the Administration changes ( and it always does ) then get those files out for review...oh, and record the boss of that team's name as well. Clean House at Secret Service and see how they like it. Make it a "security" issue.
Tanzania said on Thursday its armed forces were ready to protect the country against any foreign threat to its territory, raising the stakes in an escalating border dispute with Malawi.
Tanzania is embroiled in a territorial wrangle with Malawi over the ownership of Lake Nyasa, which is known as Lake Malawi in the neighboring country. Malawi, which sits to the west of Africa's third-largest lake, claims the entire northern half of the lake while Tanzania, to the east, says it owns half of the northern area. The southern half is shared between Malawi and Mozambique
Malawi's President Joyce Banda, told mediators this month her government would not accept any interim deal on the disputed boundary with Tanzania until the wrangle over sovereignty is settled. Banda also said her government would not entertain any interim agreement on Tanzania usage of the lake until the issue was resolved.
Tanzania has repeatedly assured their citizens to continue using the lake without any fear.
Malawi had pulled out of talks on the issue in October, accusing its northern neighbor of intimidating its fishermen, a charge Tanzania denied. It returned to the negotiating table this year as the soured relations delayed exploration for oil and gas.
In 2011, impoverished Malawi awarded exploration licenses to British-based Surestream Petroleum to search for oil in the lake.
Turkish authorities detained a bird on suspicion it was spying for Israel, but freed it after X-rays showed it was not embedded with surveillance equipment, newspapers said on Friday.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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