Kaufman County, Texas, just east of Dallas, is named after David Spangler Kaufman, the first Jewish Texan to serve in Congress. It is home to approximately 107,000 residents. And in the past two months, it has had two of its prosecutors shot dead. So far, the culprit or culprits remain at large.

Earlier this month, as media reports and court documents in the Dominican Republic began to debunk the prostitution allegations that had been swirling around him, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) took a moment to remind reporters about the “nameless, faceless, anonymous sources” involved in pushing the story. Well, we now have the face of one of the sources. Or at least three-quarters of his face.

Ana Alliegro, a Florida political operative and longtime friend of former Rep. David Rivera (R-FL), disappeared on Sept. 6, 2012. And despite her potential role as a key witness in a federal investigation tied to the former Republican lawmaker, her whereabouts have remained a mystery for more than six months. But that may be changing.

NRA News, the National Rifle Association’s online news website and “your first source for Second Amendment news and information,” has recently added three commentators to its lineup, to compliment its daily online video broadcasts. Videos featuring the commentators will apparently include a disclaimer that they do not “necessarily reflect the views of the National Rifle Association.” But from what little has been put out so far about the commentators, that disclaimer might just be for show. For those of you who don’t normally click over to NRA News during your lunch hour, here’s a quick introduction to the new faces:

After claims from anonymous escorts and then their apparently sudden retractions — plus mysterious websites, secret tipsters, and political partisans — you’d think the Robert Menendez prostitution allegations story couldn’t possibly get any weirder. And yet it just has.

The man reportedly tied to the murder of Colorado Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements this week has died in Texas, according to the Denver Police Department.

A white supremacist prison gang member has been identified as a suspect in the killing of Colorado Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements, according to anonymous federal and state officials who spoke with The Denver Post.