in this morning s usa today, an exclusive. u.s. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades. current and former u.s. officials tell the paper the feds started keeping secret records of international phone calls made by americans in 1992 nearly ten years before 9/11. the program intended to combat drug trafficking was halted in 2013 after fallout from nsa leaker edward snowden. and we have sad news to report. veteran actor james best died from complications of pneumonia on monday. his career spans six decades, but he was best known for his role as the bumbling sheriff roscoe p. coltrane loved him! on the the dukes of hazzard. loved him! with his memorable laugh. i get it! i love it i love it! james best was 88 years old.