Also in the news: Jury convicts man in Tulsa murders Updated: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 Jury convicts man in Tulsa murders TULSA — After two days of testimony, jurors took nearly four hours Thursday to convict Joshua Anderson of arson and two counts of first-degree murder in the lurid slayings of a woman and her son on Feb. 2, 2007. Anderson had told police he forced the mother and son to commit... Read More

Civil Rights Icon's Incest Trial Starts Updated: Thu, Apr 10, 2008 LEESBURG, Va. (AP) -- A jury convicted an iconic civil-rights figure of incest Thursday after concluding that he had sex with his teenage daughter 15 years ago. The Rev. James L. Bevel, 71, a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. who also helped organize the Million Man March, faces up to 20 years in... Read More