Friday, February 6, 2009

Leads 4

4a) Smoking Wheels

40 passengers were evacuated from their plane today at the LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Municipal Airport after an airport employee spotted smoke emanating from the aircraft’s wheels.

The plane, Northwest Airlines Flight 428, was landing after a flight from Minneapolis when the mishap occured. The cause of the smoke was uncertain.

4b) Missing Boy

A 7-year-old boy missing for three years was found Thursday night in Brick Township, N.J. , when a neighbor called the authorities after recognizing the boy’s picture from the film “Adam: The Song Continues”.

Police arrested the boy’s mother, Ellen Lynn Connor, 27; she faces charges of kidnapping and interference with a custody warrant. The motive for the alleged kidnapping remains unknown at this time.

1 comment:

  1. 4a) Good, except don't start a sentence with a numeral. Write it out. Abbreviate Wisc.
    4b) Perfect except ... avoid using semicolons in hard news.

    9.5/10

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