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  • Hundreds pack Andy Lopez funeral Mass

    10/30/2013 8:46:51 PM PDT · by Rabin · 28 replies
    HE PRESS DEMOCRAT ^ | October 29, 2013 | MARTIN ESPINOZA
    Andy Lopez Cruz, age 13. On Oct. 22, Lopez was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy on Moorland Avenue in southwest Santa Rosa. The boy was carrying an airsoft BB gun designed to look like an AK-47 assault rifle, and police investigating the shooting said the deputy mistook the gun for a real weapon. Lopez's parents stood before the altar, next to their son's closed coffin, which was covered in white fabric. For the duration of the service, the boy's mother, Sujey Lopez, lay her arms over the coffin with her head against it. The boy's father, Rodrigo Lopez,...
  • Jesse Ventura for President? (and other pre-Wrestlemania XX notes)

    03/14/2004 1:43:39 PM PST · by CounterCounterCulture · 21 replies · 501+ views
    Miami Herald ^ | 14 March 2004 | Jim Varsallone
    Ventura for President? BY JIM VARSALLONENEW YORK CITY - Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan stole the show Saturday night, but Jesse 'The Body' Ventura's reference to the 2008 Presidential election opened many eyes near the end of a long evening during the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame induction ceremony.After being introduced by his son in the Grand Ballroom at the Hilton in Times Square, Ventura discussed his pro wrestling career, and how being involved in wrestling [quick on your feet, sharp, good mic skills] helped him make the transition to politics -- where he shocked the world by winning the...