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Entertainment and not as collectibles week in and week out. >> the goal? to make comic book reading approachable for a whole new set of consumers. at the beginning, it meant talking to anyone who would listen. .even offering free comics to first timers. >> we were basically just nonstop trying to get people in here. >> and that soon evolved into holding regular social events. aaron felt confident that if he could just get people to come in, he could connect them to a series that they love and th...

Men had deliberated, as you mentioned, a half day thursday, half day friday and all day yesterday, meaning they had no difficulty in deciding whether antolin garcia torres is guilty or not. the public gathered in the courtroom gasped as the clerk read the verdicts. guilty of the first degree murder of sierra lamar, then three more guilty verdicts for kidnapping of women in grocery store parking lots in morgan hill three years before sierra lamar disappeared. it was the outcome the parents said t...

Shop in 2006. >> i saw a record store going out of business here in this location. i wanted to put a comic bookstore here. >> they have long suffered from the stereotypes like "the big bang theory and did. >> to say i dont like comics is like saying, you know, i dont like books, i dont like music, i dont like music, i dont like tv. i realized there was a stumbling block where they were for children oreck centric older people. >> instead of selling limited editions in pristine conditions with hef...

Anything with a fan base is welcome. >> we have a stage and whatnot, why not have the local bands play? then it got to open mike and comedy nights and plays. im open to basically anything that people want to do in here that has fans and the people are nice and friendly. and are at least interested in comics, even in a passive way. >> as a comic shop and the geek easy expand and diversify the customer base, aaron says the potential of where the business and industry could go is to infinity and be...

Not collectibles in week and week out. >> the goal? to make comic book reading approachable for a whole new set of consumers. at the beginning, it meant talking to anyone who would listen. even offering free comics to first timers. >> we were basically just nonstop, trying to get people in here. >> that soon evolved into holding regular social events. aaron felt confident, if he could get people to come in, he could connect them to a series they would love and become repeat customers. >> the com...

>> they feel that theyre being hunted. even the native born are in fear boat theyre going to be pulled over and asked by a police officer whether they belong here or not. even if theyve been here for generations. >> reporter: a syracuse university project showed that ty peen 2014 and 2016, texas police complied with federal nequests and detained more than 0 ,000 undocumented people. thats 20,000 more than the asate of california detained. the controversial bill has been criticized by police chie...

This. a corny mess all over the highway in minnesota. it happened southwest of minneapolis when a pickup truck tried to make a u turn in front of a semi that was carrying all that corn, causing it to overturn, spilling 80,000 pounds of corn. the drive of the semi suffered minor injuries. the pickup driver was cited by police. triple a is expanding roadside services to extend to bicycles. for many cyclists, a flat tire or broken chain often means a long walk for help. but with more people ridin...

Zone. so what we are going to see is the beauty in those ashes. >> the beauty that she is talking about there, the people showing up from across the area to help so many of the families after the floods and tornadoes. >> jenna: unfortunately, looks like we lost him. we will keep an eye on the weather. that storm is headed east across the united states. we will keep you posted on that with the community that was hit so hard. more on that as we get it. in the meantime, we will move on here. >> let...

Team. finally tonight, a story about the love of reading. a fifth grade boy with a passion for books noticed something missing from the page, characters who look like him so he formed his own book club and others couldnt wait to join. nbcs rehema ellis explains. >> reporter: when 11-year-old sydney keys and his mother winnie walked into the bookstore outside of st. louis, simple curiosity turned into sheer joy. >> yeah. it just makes me feel better about myself. >> reporter: that the because s...

>> pelley: there are more than 1500 memorials to the 1,500 memorials to the confederacy. tome see them as symbols of southern heritage, while others see them as monuments to racism that should be torn down. jan crawford has been looking into this. >> lee must go! >> lee must go! >> reporter: in charlottesville, city councilman wes bellamy has led the fight to move the towns nearly 100-year-old statue of robert e. f e. >> its a symbol, in my personal opinion of white supremacy and its a symbol we...