Chosen as young girls, the priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, swore a 30-year vow of chastity and in turn were granted rights, privileges, and power unavailable to other women in Rome.

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A Beulah man accused of beating and choking his then-girlfriend's 3-year-old son while he was babysitting in January was sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison on Monday.