Sunday, February 17, 2008

Week 2 - Leads

Lead #1

A local couple was awarded $150,00 in damages yesterday at Butte County Court, after suffering injuries from an accident in March.

Leads #2

Another snowstorm is expected to hit the Sierras again today, and more are on the way.

Leads #3

According to the police, a fire erupted at 204 Union Avenue today injuring three firefighters and forcing 41 families to evacuate a six-story building.

Lead Exercise #2

A US Air airplane on its way from Chicago plummeted into the ground yesterday as the plane was approaching the runway. All 131 people on board were killed resulting in the worst air disaster in the U.S. in the past three years.

1 comment:

camccune said...

#1 - Close. End it "for injuries suffered in a March accident."
#2 - Good.
#3 - What makes this news is not that a building caught on fire, but that three firefighters were injured and 41 families evacuated. Start with that.
8.5/10

Lead Exercise #2 - Same problem as #3. One hundred thirty-one dead passengers trumps where the plane came from.
8/10