How'd you like to be the lawyer arguing a low bail's appropriate for the Cleveland man who (allegedly) kept three abducted women captive in his home for a decade? You wouldn't, because you'd lose. Bail for 52-year-old Ariel Castro's set at a cool $8 million. His two brothers were released.

The tales emerging from the women's years in captivity are, of course, chilling and disturbing, such as the fact Castro (allegedly) would celebrate the anniversaries of each of the abductions with cake. Or that he (allegedly) impregnated one of the women up to five times, punching and starving her until she miscarried.

Confessions: 1) I never watch cable news. 2) I'm 99 percent sure I'd never heard the name Jodi Arias until yesterday afternoon, let alone the details of her crime. If you watch cable news, I'm told you already know all about this, including that Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing, shooting and throat slashing of her ex-boyfriend in 2008. Don't you dare judge me.

A House hearing on the orchestrated attack of the US Embassy in Libya last September has Republicans clucking "cover up" afresh. How novel.

Authorities finally found someone to "entomb" the remains of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Police aren't saying where the accused terrorist wound up, but are calling whoever took the body "courageous and compassionate." I guess?

Federal agencies, by the way, were roundly lauded for the relatively speedy capture of the brothers Tsarnaev after the bombings. Now they're being called ineffective for their work before the attack.

For the first time in recorded history, black Americans turned out in higher percentages to vote in the 2012 presidential election than white Americans.

In astronomical intrigues, the moon's gonna block the sun today. While you're at work. You owe it to science to watch online. Or quick! Travel to Australia!

Creepy things continue to happen on cruise ships.

If a new survey is to be believed, bicycling brings SCADS of tourism dollars to Oregon. That's got people making arguments for improved bikeways along the Columbia River Gorge.

In case you missed it: Multnomah County, even as we speak, is using federal money to rig up experimental tamale carts. County commissioners will vote this morning on whether to waive registration fees for 10 to 12 tamale vendors, who'll test the carts out over the summer.

The Weather Widget, y'all. Grab-bagging your fate, in true May fashion. Timeless.

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Keep it fresh out there today, everybody.

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