REVIEW OF EXERCISE:

WRITING LEADS 2 Due July 20, 2015

JNL-1102

U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur

Fined gallery owner Meryl Platt $6,000 and sentenced her to 30 days in jail.

today

Chicago

After she pled guilty to receipt of two stolen Buddha statues

The statues from Myanmar, worth $50,000 each, were found in her gallery.

CHICAGO -- An American gallery owner will serve 30 days in jail and

pay a $6,000 fine after pleading guilty to receiving $100,000 worth of

stolen Buddha statues from Myanmar.

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

CHICAGO -- An

American gallery owner

will serve 30 days in jail

and pay a $6,000 fine

after pleading guilty to

receiving $100,000

worth of stolen Buddha

statues from Myanmar.

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The Martin Marietta company

Postponed the launch of its Titan 3 rocket for one week

today

Not sure

Stiff winds

It will boost a Japanese satellite into Earth orbit. Fifth

postponement this month

Martin Marietta postponed Wednesday for a week the launch of its

Titan 3 rocket because of stiff winds.

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

Martin Marietta

postponed Wednesday

for a week the launch of

its Titan 3 rocket

because of stiff winds.

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A 3-year-old boy

Died in a hit-and-run accident

Monday night

Merchant Road, just west of Botahtaung Pagoda Road

Struck by hit-and-run driver

From head injuries

A 3-year-old boy died in a hit-and-run accident in Botahtaung

Monday night, police said.

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

A 3-year-old boy died in

a hit-and-run accident in

Botahtaung Monday

night, police said.

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The Yangon Lions mascot’s uniform

Was stolen

Thursday or earlier

Not sure

Not sure

When an equipment bag was stolen with the 200,000 kyats uniform

Thieves took the Yangon Lions mascot’s uniform, worth about 200,000

kyats, Coach Miodrag Jesic said Thursday.

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

Thieves took the Yangon

Lions mascot’s uniform,

worth about 200,000

kyats, Coach Miodrag

Jesic said Thursday.

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Three people in their 70s

Died in a house fire

Late Saturday

54th Street

One of them fell asleep while smoking in bed.

The wood house burned quickly.

Three people in their 70s died in a house fire on 54th Street

late Saturday after one fell asleep while smoking, a fire

official said.

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

Three people in their 70s

died in a house fire on

54th Street late Saturday

after one fell asleep

while smoking, a fire

official said.

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The Yangon Regional Parliament

rejected a ban on plastic bags

Monday

in the parliament building in Dagon

not sure why it rejected MP U Kyaw Soe’s arguments

by a vote of 100 to 23 after pleas from MP U Kyaw Soe to protect

the environment

Yangon’s parliament rejected a ban on plastic bags Monday, despite one

member’s environmental pleas.

1. Accurate?

2. 30 words or

fewer?

3. Most important

facts 1st?

4. Strong, active

verb?

5. Attribution?

Yangon’s parliament

rejected a ban on plastic

bags Monday, despite

one member’s

environmental pleas.

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