Man who killed prostitute loses appeal

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A federal appeals court ruled Thursday against a convicted murderer who claimed that his mental problems entitled him to a new trial in the strangling death of a Las Vegas prostitute in March 1990. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a petition filed by Steve Cox, 58, who got a no-parole life sentence for the murder of Carita Wilson in a North Las Vegas motel. Cox said his trial... [read full story]