A man was convicted Monday in the 1975 rape and murder of a college student after prosecutors linked him to DNA evidence from a discarded drinking straw.
Donald Sigsbee, 68, of Madison, N.Y., faces up to life in prison for the death of 19-year-old Regina Marie Reynolds, who disappeared Nov. 6, 1975. Sigsbee became a suspect after police found his business cards near the teen’s body, but there wasn’t enough evidence to charge him.
JACKO MEDIA BAN APPEALED: A media attorney on Monday asked a court to overturn an order preventing access to the grand jury in the Michael Jackson molestation case, hours after the panel apparently convened in a secret location in Santa Barbara County. Theodore Boutrous Jr. said the ban results in “severe infringements on the 1st Amendment rights of the press and public.”
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Complaints from consumers who switched wireless carriers but kept their numbers have ebbed, according to figures released Monday by the FCC. The agency received 788 new complaints in the month ending March 25, bringing the total to 6,640 since November.
SHE SAID, SHE SAID: There is no ironclad legal doctrine supporting National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice’s refusal to testify publicly before the Sept. 11 panel, law experts said Monday, adding that Rice has already spoken privately with the commission.
REPARATIONS SUIT: Descendants of slaves filed a $1 billion lawsuit Monday in a Manhattan court against U.S. and British corporations, accusing them of profiting by committing genocide against their ancestors.
X-FACTOR: Microsoft Corp. is hoping to draw a broader audience to its Xbox game console by cutting its price by $30. The Redmond, Wash.-based company will begin selling its Xbox for $149.99 starting Tuesday.
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Compiled from RedEye news services and edited by Tran Ha (tha@tribune.com) and Drew Sottardi (dsottardi@tribune.com)
