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Police initially believed the tragedy grew out of a theft. Under questioning, the boys tearfully admitted entering the Bermudez family's apartment to steal a Big Wheel-style tricycle. While searching for the toy, they discovered the infant and, for no apparent reason, beat him hard enough to fracture his skull and cause severe internal bleeding. Then they dropped him on the bed and fled with the tricycle. Maria Bermudez, who was babysitting her step-brother, discovered his bruised and limp body when she came out of the bathroom...
...being raised by single mothers, did not seem well supervised and wandered the streets into the evening. The twins reportedly got in fights and took penknives to school, while the six-year-old was said to be a bully and troublemaker, entering homes and backyards to steal things and pulling a boy's hair until he cried. "He always had a stick or something, and was trying to get us when we rode our bikes," Jorge Ponce, 13, told the Mercury News. "He'd hit me or hit my bike, and I would be telling him to stop...
...this time. They have staked their survival on two basic strategies. First, fly into a place, like Fresno, California, that the major carriers have largely abandoned. Second, don't pick the big guys' pockets; use low-fare, no-frills flights to expand the market. The idea isn't to steal market share but to create a bigger, two-tiered market...
Reinhard--Harvard's career stolen base leader--stole second and scored on Kreuder's single. Junior Katina Lee followed with a single to move Kreuder to third and the two pulled off a double steal to give Harvard the edge...
...government soldiers continued shelling rebel army barracks and sporadic arms fire erupted downtown. The latest fighting, which threatens to unravel a tenous peace reached last year, points up the very deep fault lines in the country, says TIME's Andrew Purvis: "There are few recognized authorities. Militia men will steal your car, they will shoot you, they will do what they want depending on their mood." The reasons are largely economic: "Everyone is still armed and there is no revenue coming into the country. Authorities have been asking soldiers to just lay down their arms and try to find...