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O.J. Simpson and his co-defendant, Clarence "C.J." Stewart, were each convicted of 12 criminal charges late Friday night in a September 2007 holdup in a Palace Station hotel room, where they and others seized several game balls, plaques and photos.

Thirteen years to the day after being found not guilty of murder charges in Los Angeles, Simpson was convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon and first-degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon, the latter carrying a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, with the possibility of parole after five years.

Defense attorneys for Simpson, a 61-year-old Hall of Fame football star, and Stewart said they plan to appeal the verdicts.

District Judge Jackie Glass ordered Simpson and Stewart jailed immediately after the verdicts were read, and set sentencing for Dec. 5. Until then, the two will remain in jail.

The jury of nine women and three men deliberated about 13 hours before arriving at a verdict, which was announced just before 11 p.m. Friday.

MONDAY

RAISES SINK LOUX

Bob Loux stepped down as director of the State Nuclear Projects Agency amid controversy over his decision to grant unauthorized pay raises to himself and his staff.

In an apology to the commission that oversees the agency, Loux said the scandal is "too big a distraction to the overall effort."

TUESDAY

FIGURE IN PROBE DIES

A retired Las Vegas police lieutenant whose name was linked to the ongoing federal probe of possible corruption involving homeowners associations was found dead of an apparent suicide.

The body of Christopher Van Cleef was found in the desert near his Henderson home.

WEDNESDAY

FOSSETT PLANE FOUND

A mystery that began in Nevada last year ended in the mountains near Mammoth Lakes, Calif., after searchers located wreckage and personal effects belonging to missing adventurer Steve Fossett.

The pilot went missing Sept. 3, 2007, after taking off on a solo flight from his ranch in Lyon County, triggering an exhaustive search over a 20,000-square-mile area.

In the end, it was a chance discovery by a lone hiker that led to the crash site.

THURSDAY

MONSTROUS ADMISSION

In intimate and remorseful letters written to girlfriends, child molestation suspect Chester Stiles admitted he's a pedophile who sexually assaulted young girls.

Stiles told the women that he was sexually abused as a child and described himself as a "monster" in the letters recovered by police.

Stiles has pleaded not guilty to more than 20 felony charges related to a videotaped sexual assault of a 3-year-old girl and allegations of groping a 6-year-old girl.

FRIDAY

SPLIT VOTE ON BAILOUT

Nevada representatives split as the House approved the Senate's $700 billion economic bailout bill. Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and Jon Porter, R-Nev., voted for the bill. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., voted against it.

In the Senate on Wednesday, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., voted for the bill.