Lede week 5

Obama approves Afghanistan troop increase

February 17, 2009- Obama wanted us to pull our troops out of Iraq, but he is now sending all of them and 12,000 more troops over to Afghanistan. Currently we have about 38,000 troops over there now searching for Bin-Laden and fighting the al Qaeda and that will increase to over 50,000 soon. Since he believes that Afghanistan is a more important area to investigate that is where he has decided the troops will go. (Impact Lede)


Beheaded woman's sister: I might have heard deadly confrontation

February 17, 2009- Is being incapacitated the best way to die? Well Muzzammil Hassan has been charged with second-degree murder for beheading his wife. His sister-in-law believes that she heard her sister struggling to breathe while talking to her on the phone. From this information, and the fact that they argued constantly and were getting divorced, they believe that Muzzammil Hassan beheaded his wife.
(Question Lede)


Drunk man run over by train awarded $2.3 million

February 18, 2009- How much would you want to be run over by a train? Dustin Dibble got drunk on April 23, 2006, in a bar with friends watching a hockey game, and the court finally came upon an agreement of $3.6 million for the accident. Even though he was drunk that only makes about 35% his fault so he got deducted down to $2.3 million. His lawyer found that the drivers are trained to be looking for people on the tracks and especially for people who may be intoxicated. (Quote Lede)

Will Obama convince allies to help out in Afghanistan?

February 18, 2009- Are we going to join the rest of the world and evacuate from Afghanistan or will President Obama convince someone to help us out? So far Obama has tried to convince Canada to help us out in Afghanistan with the Taliban. Although he hasn't gotten anyone to help us yet he is looking hopeful as to acquire some assistance from someone. (Quote Lede)