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Win Passes to the Advance Screening of THE BUTLER Wednesday, August 14th, 7: 00pm at SilverCity Polo Park Victims kept diaries CLEVELAND - Prosecutors say three women held captive in a rundown Cleveland home kept diaries documenting the physical and sexual abuse they suffered daily for a decade. They say the women's kidnapper lured one of them into his home with the promise of a puppy and locked all of them in a vehicle in his garage for three days when someone visited him. They say he claims he didn't have an exit strategy from his complicated double life and finally gave the women a chance to escape by leaving a door unlocked. One woman broke free in May and called police to rescue them. Former school bus driver Ariel Castro has pleaded guilty to 937 counts, including kidnapping, rape, assault and aggravated murder. He's being sentenced today. Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said in a sentencing memorandum filed Wednesday that Castro " remains remorseless." Small win for O. J. CARSON CITY, Nev. - O. J. Simpson won a small victory Wednesday in his bid for freedom as Nevada granted him parole on some of his 2008 convictions for kidnapping and armed robbery involving the holdup of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel room. But the decision doesn't mean Simpson will be leaving prison any time soon. The former NFL star was convicted on multiple charges and still faces at least four more years behind bars on sentences that were ordered to run consecutively. The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners released its decision in favour of Simpson's parole request Wednesday. Commissioners noted Simpson's " positive institutional record" and his participating in problems addressing " behaviour that led to incarceration." The parole becomes effective Oct. 2. Then, Simpson will begin serving the minimum term on four concurrent sentences imposed for using a weapon during the 2007 robbery. After that, he has two more consecutive terms for assault with a deadly weapon, said David Smith, spokesman for the board. The Queen's speech LONDON - British officials drafted an emotional rallying cry for Queen Elizabeth as part of an exercise simulating the outbreak of nuclear war, records released Thursday show - though the monarch never uttered the words and likely never saw them. The text of a dummy speech - prepared as part of a war game exercise in the spring of 1983 to spell out possible Cold War scenarios - was released by Britain's National Archives in a tranche of declassified documents. Invoking family, God and patriotism in moving tones, it shows the queen trying to rally the country amid the threat of annihilation from a nuclear- armed Soviet Union. " We all know that the dangers facing us today are greater by far than at any time in our long history," the text reads. " But whatever terrors lie in wait for us all the qualities that have helped to keep our freedom intact twice already during this sad century will once more be our strength." The documents, which show the imaginary address from the queen dated as March 4, 1983, underscore the seriousness with which U. K. officials contemplated the nuclear threat. Civil- rights activist dies BOSTON - Lillian Bonner Sutson, a little- known U. S. civil- rights activist whose attempts to register as a voter set a precedent in the fight against segregation and voting discrimination in the south, has died. She was believed to be 99. Sutson, the granddaughter of a slave, went with her mother and two other black women to register as Democrats in 1940 in South Carolina. They were denied, threatened and verbally abused, sparking a federal criminal case. They lost the case, but Marshall used the experience to pursue others that ultimately helped strike down voter discrimination and segregation. - from the news services The World FORT MEADE, Md. - The sentencing for U. S. soldier Bradley Manning began Wednesday, and a judge will decide whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison. For the first time, testimony is being allowed about the damage the leaks caused. Manning faces up to 136 years in prison for the biggest leak of government secrets in U. S. history. He admits giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti- secrecy- site WikiLeaks. He says he did it to expose U. S military " bloodlust" and diplomatic deceitfulness, but he did not believe his actions would harm the country. The 25- year- old has been called both a whistleblower and a traitor, and his case has been watched worldwide. He didn't testify during the trial, but he could take the stand during the sentencing phase. The former intelligence analyst was convicted of 20 of 22 charges, but he was found not guilty of aiding the enemy, which alone could have meant life in prison without parole. Prosecutors failed to prove Manning had " general evil intent." His defence lawyers have asked the military judge to merge two of his espionage convictions and two of his theft convictions. If the judge agrees, he would face up to 116 years in prison. " We're not celebrating," defence attorney David Coombs said. " Ultimately, his sentence is all that really matters." Military prosecutors said they would call as many as 20 witnesses for the sentencing phase, including experts on counterintelligence, strategic planning and terrorism. The judge prohibited both sides from presenting evidence during trial about any damage the leaks caused to national security and troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, but lawyers can bring that up at sentencing. - The Associated Press AHN YOUNG- JOON / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Scuba in Seoul A diver performs with sardines as part of summer vacation events at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday. PATRICK SEMANSKY / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES Army Pfc. Bradley Manning faces up to 136 years in prison. Up to judge whether Manning ever set free M OSCOW - Edward Snowden's father said he is grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government for their " courage" and " strength" in protecting his son, who is wanted for leaking top- secret U. S. security agency files. In an interview broadcast Wednesday in Russia with the Rossiya- 24 television news network, Lon Snowden said his son is unlikely to get a fair trial in the United States, so Russia remains the safest place for him at the moment. " The fact is, no assurances have been made that he will be given a fair trial" in the United States, the elder Snowden said at the station's studios in Washington, where he was accompanied by a lawyer. " I feel Russia has the strength and resolve and convictions to protect my son." Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the National Security Agency, has been at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport since June 23, and is wanted in the United States for leaking sensitive data about U. S. government surveillance of Internet and phone communications. He watched from the airport as his father's interview was broadcast, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said, speaking to the Los Angeles Times on condition of anonymity. Snowden has applied for temporary refugee status in Russia, and for more than a week has been waiting for the Federal Migration Service to either approve his application or issue him a certificate allowing him to leave the airport while the application is being reviewed. " I begin every day with a call to the migration authorities," Snowden's Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said Wednesday. " So far to no avail, which I attribute to bureaucratic hurdles surrounding this unique case." Kucherena said he had spoken earlier Wednesday to Snowden's father, who wants to travel to Russia as soon as possible " to cheer up his son." " Initially it was the FBI that wanted him to go to Russia and talk his son into returning to the United States," Kucherena said. " But it is not the case now, as his father is confident that his son can be safe only in Russia these days." In an interview with the Washington Pos t, Lon Snowden said the FBI had spoken to him about trying to get his son to return. He said the effort collapsed when the bureau could not guarantee the two would actually be able to see each other. Kucherena said that he is preparing an official invitation to Snowden's father and his lawyer to come to Russia. " I will finish the paperwork and most likely send them an invitation Friday at the earliest," Kucherena said. " They are ready to come here any time." The elder Snowden's lawyer, Bruce Fein, said Edward Snowden was the victim of " a witch hunt." Addressing his son, the elder Snowden said: " I hope to see you soon. But most of all I want you to be safe. I hope you are watching this. ... Your family is well. We love you." - Los Angeles Times ' Thank you Putin': Snowden's dad Father of data leaker praises president By Sergei L. Loiko Edward Snowden is in Russia A_ 11_ Aug- 01- 13_ FP_ 01. indd A9 7/ 31/ 13 10: 23: 53 PM ;