A Washington woman who hid a sedated monkey under her blouse on a flight from Thailand was convicted of violating wildlife laws for smuggling the monkey into the United States, prosecutors said Tuesday.

A jury is set to begin a second day of deliberations Wednesday for Brian Nichols, convicted last month in the 2005 shooting deaths of four people, including three at a downtown Atlanta courthouse.

Newspapers, magazines, Web sites and a few book publishers are tapping into a curious American fascination: mug shots. What’s the attraction? “We like being frightened without being in actual peril,” says John Watson, associate professor of journalism at American University in Washington.

Five detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, say they want to confess to conspiracy charges for planning the September 11, 2001, attacks, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday.

Prosecutor Clint Rucker called on Monday for a jury to sentence Brian Nichols to death for the 2005 shooting deaths of four people, including three at a downtown Atlanta courthouse.