Lede week 7

Cole Jolovich

Saskatchewan a jobs 'hot spot' in Canada

March 4, 2009- Are you wondering where you should go in this time of increase in unemployment and jobs dropped off? The best place to be during this bad time the best place to move to would have to be Saskatchewan. They, unlike most of the U.S and Canada, have had lowered unemployment rates from December of last year to January of this year. Ontario and the city of Toronto had an unemployment rate of 8.5% and British Columbia dropped 68,000 full-time jobs. (Question lede)


Sudan soldier: 'They told me to kill, to rape children'

March 4, 2009- How bad to you really think it is in Darfur? It is really bad since there are not only deaths of soldiers but there are also is constant rape within their own camps. It occurred so much that there were about 20 births a month of babies who had to be abandoned. The older people weren't the only ones getting raped, for the rapists also raped young children. (Question lede)

20 dead in Mexico prison riot, official says

March 4, 2009- How safe are prisons any more? They can't be to safe since 20 were killed in the Juarez prison. The riot started between two rival groups and was stopped by the guards, army, and a helicopter. To calm down the inmates enough to break up the fight 20 of the inmates were killed. (Question lede)

Study: Want a smart baby? TV's not going to help

March 4, 2009- How smart do you want your baby to be? If you do want them to be smart then don't go and buy all the educational videos you see advertised. The Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and Harvard Medical School found that television does absolutely nothing for them. The supposed "educational" videos for toddlers have absolutely no effect on them at all. (Question lede)