As Sentencing Phase Begins, Manning Could Face Decades In Prison Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News As Sentencing Phase Begins, Manning Could Face Decades In Prison The severity of Bradley Manning's punishment is expected to hinge on his motives. The former Army intelligence analyst was acquitted of aiding the enemy, which would have put him in jeopardy of a life sentence. He was found guilty of other serious charges, from theft to espionage, for giving thousands of classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks. Read this story U.S. Economy: GDP Surprises, And Hiring Rises In July The U.S. economy grew by an annualized rate of 1.7 percent in the second quarter of 2013, according to Gross Domestic Product data from the Commerce Department. And U.S. companies boosted payrolls by adding 200,000 new jobs from June to July. Read this story Farm Laborers Get A Foothold With Their Own Organic Farms Thousands of seasonal workers come to California's Salinas Valley each year to pick crops, and many of them seem destined for a life in the fields. Now, a training program run by ALBA Organics is giving these workers the skills they need to start farms and businesses. Read this story In Florida, A Clash Over Exhuming Bodies At Reform School A forensic anthropologist and her team want permission to exhume dozens of bodies they found in unmarked graves, but are meeting resistance from state officials. Read this story Student Left In DEA Cell For Days Reaches $4.1 Million Settlement Last spring, San Diego student Daniel Chong spent more than four days in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell without food or water after being taken in a drug raid. Read this story more news stories

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