After a trial that lasted nearly two months, five African-American men were convicted Tuesday of plotting to blow up Chicago’s Sears Tower and FBI offices in an ill-fated attempt to trigger an al-Qaeda-led rebellion against the U.S. government. Following two prior mistrials, the Miami jury agreed with prosecutors that five of the so-called “Liberty City Six” had conspired to inflict terrorism. Read more.

Authorities scuttle skinhead plot to assassinate Obama.

 Two neo-Nazi skinheads are in jail today after law-enforcement officials broke up their plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or behead 99 Black people, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said Monday. Authorities disrupted the plans of the two would-be assassins to rob a gun store and target a predominately African-American high school in a murder spree that was to begin in Tennessee, federal officials said, in court records unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn. All together, the two men planned to kill 88 people, including 14 African Americans by beheading, said Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of ATF’s Nashville field office. Read the rest here, and watch the video below.

Three suspects were arrested, and guns, bullet-proof vests and drugs were seized

At least three Colorado men, possibly four, have been arrested with rifles, bullet-proof vest, walkie-talkies and camouflage clothes in an alleged plot to kill Sen. Barack Obama, according to reports from news media and law-enforcement agencies. TV station CBS4 reports that the suspects planned to shoot Obama in Denver during his acceptance speech. One suspect was nabbed in Aurora on Sunday, after being stopped by police for swerving in traffic in a rented pickup truck, reports say. Get more details on the plot at BET.com/News.