Ledes Examples
Feb 5th, 2013 by Maria Burns Ortiz
WHO: The lights
WHAT: when out
WHEN: during the Super Bowl on Sunday night
WHERE: the Superdome in New Orleans, La.
WHY/HOW: A power surge
OTHER: The power outage lasted 34 minutes; after being outscored 28-6 before the power outage, the 49ers were 25-6 after the lights came back on
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WHO: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
WHAT: visited Egypt
WHEN: Tuesday
WHERE: Cairo
WHY: to attend an Islamic summit
OTHER: It was the first trip by an Iranian president since the 1979 revolution.
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WHO: The skeleton of King Richard III
WHAT: was found
WHERE: buried in a parking lot in Leicester, England
WHEN: The finding was confirmed on Monday
WHY: Not applicable
HOW: DNA evidence from his sister’s descendants was used to confirm the identity
OTHER: A screenwriter researching a movie came upon what she believed to be the location of his burial and launched an archaeological dig; Richard III was portrayed as a villainous king in the Shakespeare play of the same name