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Black, White, & Red/Read All Over
Follow the rules and write some news!
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A funny thing happened to me while I was doing one of my favorite IN & Outs:

ID: 379352   (Rated: 13+)
Cheap Imitation Crystal Ball 
Are you psychic? ... I *knew* you were going to say that.
by Erika



For my question, I decided to write:

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

For those of you not familiar with journalism, these are the questions that are all supposed to be answered in a newspaper story.

Your assignment is to make up a news tidbit answering all of those questions--preferrably, in the order I placed them, though this isn't absolutely required.

The story doesn't have to be true--though it can!

It can be funny or it can be serious. Ever so often, I'll add my own--and I've added the first one as an example so you'll know for sure what I'm talking about!

Reporter: AJ Looking On The Bright Side
Put To Bed: 06-12-02 @ 1:15pm
Juicy Tidbit: Johnny Angel hopped a plane to Australia today from Indianapolis International Airport to avoid encountering me shrieking like a Banshee: "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Gimme a big kissie!"

Reporter: Jax: Not here.
Put To Bed: 06-12-02 @ 3:03pm
Juicy Tidbit: President Bush was vacationing this weekend in Hawaii because of the fall in popularity and was eaten by a shark. (is this right AJ?)

Reporter: AJ Looking On The Bright Side
Put To Bed: 06-12-02 @ 3:17pm
Juicy Tidbit: Absoluteamundo, JAX!!!

Reporter: Persephone
Put To Bed: 06-13-02 @ 12:13am
Juicy Tidbit: I confirmed that I had lost my mind today when I felt a sudden lightheadedness...too much going on there I suppose.

Reporter: AJ Looking On The Bright Side
Put To Bed: 11-12-02 @ 8:05am
Juicy Tidbit: WRITEING arrived here on Veteran' Day in order to add this brilliant thoughts to this IN & OUT--and did a very clever job of it, I might add!

Reporter: Ginfla
Put To Bed: 03-12-07 @ 8:37pm
Juicy Tidbit: Lonewolf arrived back, late last night, to the monastery in order to attend the feast of Fehmarh.

Reporter: Steve Ellen
Put To Bed: 03-13-07 @ 6:26am
Juicy Tidbit: Late last night a visitor to the monastery was accidentally chopped to pieces and arranged as sushi on a platter to be served at the Feast of Fehmarth.

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