| Guilty verdict in double killing
Summers was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Shelly and Ples Vann Jr., who were shot Feb. 23, 2004, in their home at 38 E. 50th Place North.
Shelly Vann was the mother and Ples Vann the stepfather of Lawrence "Bud" Tennyson, who was then a leading member of the Neighborhood Crips gang, evidence showed.
Prosecutors theorized that the murders were linked to gang rivalry and a belief among the Hoover Crips that Tennyson was responsible for the murder of one of Summers' brothers.
In the "messed-up" gang value system, parents and children are "off-limits" as targets, .
This Week in Pac-10 Softball
The Conference weathered the storm, both literally and figuratively, in the second week of tournament play and most Conference teams are looking for a rainbow in the third week ... STANFORD looks to continue its undefeated start to the regular season behind the phenomenal play in the circle of P Missy Penna, who has only allowed two runs in 44.1 innings pitched ... ARIZONA STATE, fresh off of hosting the Kajikawa Classic, which was marred with storms throughout, hosts the Littlewood Classic in the middle of a stretch of 27 straight home games. The Sun Devils rebounded from their road loss to UNLV in week one to post an 8-0 record in week two ... UCLA took four-of-five at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic last week and now faces a very tough slate at the Palm Springs Classic where it will face four Top-25 teams in three days, including a showdown with No.
Bulls hope Gordon can help end Kings' reign
You can forget those rumors about the Bulls going after Pau Gasol before the trading deadline after the Los Angeles Lakers acquired Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton and two first-round draft picks. So for now, the Bulls will go forward with their current roster on the heels of some schedule changes. Interim coach Jim Boylan chose not to bring the team home after the 83-67 loss at Minnesota on Wednesday. He also canceled the Bulls' scheduled Thursday practice in Minnesota, from where the Bulls flew to Sacramento for a game tonight against the Kings. .
June 2006
Democratic National Committee Chairman and former presidential candidate Howard Dean of Vermont is expected to attend a cocktail reception fundraiser for the Democratic Party on Wednesday, July 5 from 3-5 p.m. at Chester's Restaurant, 404 Commercial St., P'town. Suggested donation, $100.To RSVP, contact the DNC's Julie Tagen at tagenj@dnc.org or 202-863-7174.(photo credit, usatoday.com) .
Russian bombers to test-fire missiles in Bay of Biscay
They do not even want to bother again for Poland, Hungary and the rest of former soviet block, provided that NO ONE ELSE places dangerous toys down there . Russia has enough problems to solve before to THINK to be a menace for anyone on the Earth (but why be a menace when you can earn money -and influence- without it ?) . They have shown the flag quite far from home after a long while, "here we are", that's all . Do we have to be frightened by a nation that has ONE aircraft carrier ? And what about USA and its THIRTEEN (and some thinkers like...) ? .
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