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BAKERSFIELD
Jury supports death penalty in 4 slayings
A Kern County jury concluded Tuesday that a former elementary school vice principal deserved to die for murdering his estranged wife, three young children and mother-in-law.
After deliberating for less than two days, the jury recommended the death penalty for Vincent Brothers in the July 2003 killings of wife Joanie Harper, 39; mother-in-law Earnestine Harper, 70; and the couple's children, Marques, 4, Lyndsey, 2, and Marshall, 6 weeks, a court clerk said. Brothers, 44, was set to be sentenced Sept. 27.
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SAN BERNARDINO
Deputy's story changes in shooting
A deputy who shot an Iraq war veteran after a high-speed chase initially told responding officers that he believed the man was trying to attack him then later changed his story, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Deputy District Attorney Lewis Cope said during his opening trial statements that Ivory Webb, a deputy at the time, told Chino police that Senior Airman Elio Carrion "started to come at me."
Later, however, Webb told authorities he believed Carrion was reaching for a gun in his jacket pocket. Carrion was later found to be unarmed.
los angeles
Mayor backs Clinton for presidential bid
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a rising star in national Democratic politics and one of the nation's top Hispanic elected officials.
Villaraigosa was set to announce his endorsement today, joining Clinton at a campaign rally at the University of California, Los Angeles.
"She's the right candidate at the right time," Villaraigosa said Tuesday.
From wire reports
Posted by shaver_one on May 30, 2007 at 10:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
She supports keeping troops in Iraq, Mr. Mayor. She has said that approximately 70,000 troops will need to stay in Iraq for counterinsurgency purposes, once the majority of soldiers and marines leave. How can this be the right person at the right time?
Or, are you just grandstanding...hoping to get a Cabinet position in her administration?
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