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NEWS OF THE WEIRD CHUCK
Volume 5 Issue 301
BY MELODY HANATANI
1st: 04 Big Ben 2nd: 01 Gold Rush 3rd: 03 Hot Shot
BY
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Vying to become the national sport of Venezuela is coleo, less bloody than bullfighting and “truly Venezuelan,” a spokesman for the national coleo organization told The New York Times in September. Four men on horses chase a bull in a large pen, competing to see who can tip it over the most times by yanking on its tail. If the bull hasn’t broken any legs when it falls, the men must get it back on its feet quickly by further twisting (or biting) the tail or by electric prod, so that the game can continue.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 301st day of 2006. There are 64 days left in the year. The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, 1886 was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland. The true centennial of the Statue of Liberty was celebrated in New York with ceremonies that were modest compared with the hoopla of “Liberty Weekend” the previous July.
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SANTA MONICA — The tribe may have spoken, but they don’t really have the last word on Cristina Coria. The Santa Monica police officer, voted off CBS’ hit reality show “Survivor: Cook Islands” last week, wasn’t crowned the official survivor by her castmates. Still, Coria became one in her own right six years ago, when she was shot during a hostage situation on the Santa Monica Pier. On Independence Day in 2000, Coria responded to a hostage situation and was shot when a murder suspect ran into the arcade and opened fire, hitting Coria in the arm and striking two other officers. Two fractured bones had doctors telling Coria she could lose use of her arm, which might effectively end her career as a police officer. Following 13 months in rehab, Coria was back on the job. The incident hit close to home for Coria, 35, whose father, Luis, a retired detective, was shot and killed in an unsolved mystery at 20th Street and
BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
DOWNTOWN, LA — The 89-year-old Santa Monica resident convicted last week of 10 counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the deadly Farmers’ Market crash of 2003 will be sentenced on Nov. 20, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge said Friday. George Russell Weller faces up to 18 years in prison for the deaths of 10 people who were struck by the then 86-year-old when he drove his 1992 Buick LeSabre through the open-air Arizona Avenue market on July 16, 2003. More than 65 others were injured in the afternoon crash. Weller’s attorneys argued during the month-long trial that Weller mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. Jurors, however, returned a verdict last week siding with the prosecution’s theory that Weller had the means to avoid the wreck and the carnage that resulted. It is unclear if Weller will ever face the family members of his victims. His defense team has filed a notarized waiver to exempt him from attending the sentencing hearing because of
See CORIA, page 19
INDEX Horoscopes Go on yonder, Taurus
Soak it up
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Fabian Lewkowicz fabianl@smdp.com The sun begins to set over the Pacific on Thursday a little after 6 p.m. Santa Monicans may notice a little less sunshine after Saturday SEE PAGE 3 night, when clocks get reset to Standard Time.
Inside Scoop Clean livin’ it up
3
Opinion Campaigns’ negativity invades
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See SENTENCE, page 20
State Pigs at source of spinach loss
6
National Immigration no attention-getter
ELECTION 2006
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State voters gone, but not forgotten
25
BY RACHEL KONRAD
International A rare statement
People in the News Hova’s back
MOVIETIMES
Associated Press Writer
Catch a flick!
25
Comics & Stuff You’ll laugh, you’ll cry
26-27
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
28-31
CRISTINA CORIA
SAN FRANCISCO — A majority of California voters may cast absentee ballots in the Nov. 7 election, a milestone that’s forcing politicians to
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rethink campaign strategies and prompting registrars to streamline ballot-counting procedures. The growth of absentee voting in the most populous state echoes a nationwide trend that’s most pronounced in the West. Oregon has
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