Assignment 10

JOUR 3001
Assignment 10
Hard News leads
3-4-10

1. According to the Child Abuse Prevention Center of Baltimore three to four children die each day in the U.S. due to abuse or neglect.

2. Yesterday nearly 150 anti-abortion protesters were arrested outside an abortion clinic in Milwaukee, Wisc.

3. A restaurant delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint yesterday in Boulder, Colo.

4. Firefighters in Boulder, Colo. responded to a fire at 3:30 this morning.

5. According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, murders and violent crimes have recently increased, while rapes and robberies have decreased.

6. According to the United Nations Environment Program damage to the Earth’s ozone layer is increasing.

edited version of funeral article

PANORA, Ia. – Over 5oo mourners turned out to grieve the death of 23-year-old Army Spec. Michael Mills at the United Methodist Church on Friday. Flags were flown at half-staff, flowers and red, white and blue ribbons adorned the altar during the service. He is now buried in West Cemetery, outside of town.

Army Spec. Michael Mills was one of 28 people killed on Feb. 25 when an Iraqi suicide bomb exploded. Mills was one of 191 Americans killed while serving in Iraq. The people of Panora will remember Mills as a hometown boy who carried on a family tradition of serving his country in the Army.