Family Feud

The killing was all relative. Steven Watts, 25, ended a family dispute by gunning down his cousin after an argument last year, said the prosecutor. He fired two shots through the open sunroof of a car at Sedgley Avenue and Dauphin Street, said Assistant District Attorney Judith Frankel Rubino. Anthony Upshur, 21, of Salford Street near Chester Avenue, was hit by two bullets as he tried to kick the gun that was pointed at his head on May 16, 1997, said Rubino. "I'm hit," sighed Upshur to his brother, Michael, who was driving the car. "I feel like I'm going to die. " He died the next day. Yesterday, Watts, of 24th Street near Thompson, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison by Common Pleas Judge Robert A. Latrone.

Never mind the Victor Kiam saga, which is nothing that a nifty $38 million wouldn't cure. The grittiest ongoing soap opera in the NFL is the bitter battle over the estate of late Dolphins owner Joe Robbie. Tough-guy Robbie sweated for 25 years to build the Miami Dolphins into one of sports' premier franchises. But since his death in 1990, his survivors have scrapped like third-graders, opening deep wounds and raising the possibility that the only way to settle the dispute is to sell the club.

CBS will usher "Family Feud" into its daytime lineup in star-spangled fashion on the Fourth of July. After the show's three-year absence from network television, CBS announced that a new version of "Family Feud" - without the kiss-happy original host, Richard Dawson - will replace "The $25,000 Pyramid" in the 9 to 9:30 a.m. time slot. "The $25,000 Pyramid," which will make its final appearance July 1, went off the CBS morning schedule in January for 13 weeks. It returned in April but was unable to generate sufficient ratings.

The very public squabble between the founder of Waterloo Gardens nurseries and his daughter and her husband ended amicably in a Chester County Court hearing room. James Paolini, 84, an Italian immigrant who built up successful nurseries and garden centers in Exton and Devon, had once accused his only child, Zelinda LeBoutillier, and her husband of swindling him out of his businesses and pushing him out of his Devon home. But after four months of negotiations through attorneys, Paolini agreed that his daughter and her husband, Roberts LeBoutillier, had paid for the properties in full, according to a statement released yesterday.

A Camden woman charged with murder in the weekend slaying of a man caught in a family feud surrendered Tuesday, authorities said. Debra Rogers, 48, of the 100 block of 27th Street, turned herself in at the Camden Police Department. She is accused of shooting Avner Daniels, 32, of Camden, during an argument on the 100 block of 32d Street about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Rogers' husband, Ronnie, 49, also charged with murder, was arraigned Monday and is being held at the Camden County Jail on $750,000 bail.

A Camden man is to be arraigned on charges of murder today in a shooting death that grew out of a feud sparked by an argument between the suspect's daughter and her boyfriend. The victim, Avner Daniels, 32, was the brother-in-law of the unidentified boyfriend. Charged and in custosy is Ronnie Rogers, 49, of the 100 block of 27th Street. His wife, Debra Rogers, 48, also has been charged with murder but is a fugitive. The Camden County Prosecutor's Office provided the following account: The Rogers couple drove to their 28-year-old daughter's apartment on 32nd Street about 7 p.m. Saturday in response to an argument she was having with her boyfriend.

When the New Jersey International Association of Jazz Educators Jazz Festival finals ended, Somerdale's Eileen Garton was sure that St. Jude had heard and answered her prayers. She was sure that was the only possible explanation for two South Jersey high school bands less than 10 miles apart finishing first and second in the competition. And, her husband was the director of one, and her son was a prizewinning saxophone soloist for the other. Overbrook Regional High School in Pine Hill, directed by William Garton, won the competition, and Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, directed by John Tumminia, took second place when the nine competing bands sounded their final notes at Roxbury High School in Succasunna, Morris County, on April 26. The local bands' domination of the festival did not end there.

A nasty family feud has erupted between the daughter and granddaughter of the late Philadelphia crime boss Angelo Bruno involving claims of burglary, child neglect, child-snatching, broken bones and threats. Both women - Jean Bruno, 57, and her daughter Jeanangela Currier, 33 - have filed protection-from-abuse claims against the other in court. The bad blood apparently stems from an escalating series of disputes between them this summer. Bruno, known as the "Gentle Don" who cultivated an image of a reserved, respectful godfather, was assassinated outside his Snyder Avenue home on March 21, 1980.

If you listened to the buzz in Philadelphia last week, on the street, in print, on the airwaves, and even in cyberspace, today's contest between the Arizona Cardinals and the Eagles will make the routine violence of the NFL resemble a polite game of parking-lot touch. Today's game is a blood feud, brother vs. brother: Seth Joyner vs. Randall Cunningham, Andre Waters vs. Herschel Walker, Buddy Ryan vs. Richie Kotite. "It's going to be ugly," said Mark Guldin of Northeast Philadelphia, sunning outside the Gallery on Friday.

A land deal to turn the last remaining farm in Marple into a park and home for the county historical society could unravel because of a bitter family feud being played out in court. Disagreement over the future of the Greenbank Farm's 34 acres on Palmers Mill Road broke out recently after the deaths of James Q. Mackey, a Newtown Square accountant who owned it since 1954, and his son, James A. In November, two Mackey heirs, sisters Jill Mackey and Joyce Sidlow, accepted a $2.4 million offer for the farm from a consortium that included Marple Township, Delaware County, and the Natural Lands Trust, which brokered the deal and already owned a 55-acre tract next door.

POLITICS in Philadelphia is often a family business. That can mean one generation trains the next for public office. It can also lead to family feuds. Consider the 197th state House District in North Philly, a vacant seat since Jewell Williams left it last month to become sheriff. Six Democrats filed nominating petitions yesterday to get on the April 24 ballot for that seat. One was the sheriff's daughter, the similarly named Jewel Williams , who works for the Philadelphia Parking Authority.

Therese Doyle, 21, a senior, plays center midfield for the St. Joseph's University field hockey team. Her sister Molly, 19, a sophomore, plays left midfield for archrival Temple. Last year, "Temple won by a goal," said their father, Leo Doyle, "but Therese broke Molly's fingers. They happened to be the middle ones. Molly had them taped together, and Therese was crying, and Molly held up her middle fingers and said, 'You broke 'em - but we won.' " Molly never went to a doctor, never was sure the fingers were broken.

By Arthur Phillips Random House. 384 pp. $26 Reviewed by Rhonda Dickey Late in The Tragedy of Arthur , the King Arthur character laments: "I am no author of my history. " But who is the author of his history? That's the big question in this ambitious, funny skewering of memoirs, literary experts, Shakespeare theories, hunts for provenance, and human foibles throughout the ages. The premise: The narrator, a fictional character named Arthur Phillips, is furiously trying to prevent the publication of a heretofore unknown Shakespeare play, The Tragedy of Arthur , a 1597 quarto edition of which he himself had offered to his publisher.

There's a great scene toward the end of the movie Mississippi Burning when the FBI surreptitiously arranges for the mayor, sheriff, and others involved in the murder and cover-up of three civil rights workers to meet in a church. As the conspirators gather, they accuse each other of calling an ill-timed meeting with the feds lurking. The FBI agent played by Gene Hackman listens to the carping via a wiretap and says: "Looks like the rattlesnakes are startin' to commit suicide.

A Camden woman charged with murder in the weekend slaying of a man caught in a family feud surrendered Tuesday, authorities said. Debra Rogers, 48, of 27th Street, turned herself in at the Camden Police Department. She is accused of shooting Avnercq Daniels, 32, of Camden, during an argument on 32d Street about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Rogers' husband, Ronnie, 49, also charged with murder, was arraigned Monday and is being held at the Camden County Jail on $750,000 bail. Authorities said the Rogerses went to 32d Street, where their daughter had been in an altercation with her boyfriend.

A Camden woman charged with murder in the weekend slaying of a man caught in a family feud surrendered Tuesday, authorities said. Debra Rogers, 48, of the 100 block of 27th Street, turned herself in at the Camden Police Department. She is accused of shooting Avner Daniels, 32, of Camden, during an argument on the 100 block of 32d Street about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Rogers' husband, Ronnie, 49, also charged with murder, was arraigned Monday and is being held at the Camden County Jail on $750,000 bail.

A Camden man is to be arraigned on charges of murder today in a shooting death that grew out of a feud sparked by an argument between the suspect's daughter and her boyfriend. The victim, Avner Daniels, 32, was the brother-in-law of the unidentified boyfriend. Charged and in custosy is Ronnie Rogers, 49, of the 100 block of 27th Street. His wife, Debra Rogers, 48, also has been charged with murder but is a fugitive. The Camden County Prosecutor's Office provided the following account: The Rogers couple drove to their 28-year-old daughter's apartment on 32nd Street about 7 p.m. Saturday in response to an argument she was having with her boyfriend.

The family feud that turned into the fatal shooting Tuesday afternoon of a young Kingsessing mother apparently boiled over from a confrontation in Courtroom 306 - the Criminal Justice Center's murder court. That was where shooting victim Nyesha Whitney's cousin Craig Whitney appeared Tuesday for a half-hour preliminary hearing in the shooting death of Anthony Jackson. The two families - of defendant and of victim - sat in the gallery next to each other, then exchanged heated words at the hearing's conclusion and had to be separated by court officers.

Numbers game Sidney Crosby's No. 87 is the top-selling jersey on NHL.com, but Mike Richards' No. 18 is proving popular, too. The jersey of the Flyers' captain ranks fourth in sales, behind those of Pittsburgh's Crosby, Washington's Alex Ovechkin, and the Penguins' Evgeni Malkin. Rounding out the top 10 in jerseys: the New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist, Chicago's Patrick Kane, San Jose's Joe Thornton, New Jersey's Martin Brodeur and Zach Parise, and Boston's Milan Lucic, according to the NHL. Brawl backer Jarome Iginla says fighting is a necessary part of hockey.

From: Gonzalez, John To: Ford, Bob; Sheridan, Phil Subject: Family feud Was listening to the radio, and someone suggested that - like the Pats after the Spygate scandal broke - the Phillies' title is somehow tainted because of the J.C. Romero situation. What say you? In other, more Southern news, Jessica Simpson was included in the Dallas Cowboys wives' cookbook. First, I love that such a cookbook exists. Second, I love that Simpson is in it, even though she and Tony Romo aren't married.