Journalism Lead Stories

Some time you have to create a Lead from a journalism story concept. Below are a listing of stories that should be adjusted into lead stattus.

CHELSEA, Vt. - A woman whose estranged husband blinded and disfigured her by dousing her with lye faced him in court at his sentencing Wednesday, describing the painful torment of not even being able to see how badly he injured her.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of its kind in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station.

LOS ANGELES - A doctor who is the son of Bermuda's leader was ordered to stand trial Wednesday on 33 counts of molesting female patients at Los Angeles medical clinics where he practiced.

STARKE, Fla. - A Florida rapist convicted of murdering his girlfriend's teenage daughter more than 25 years ago has been executed.

EL PASO, Texas - The FBI headquarters in El Paso was evacuated Wednesday after two people in the mail room were exposed to a white powdery substance in a letter that was addressed to Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate.

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Lisa Henson got some satisfaction from facing the thief who used her missing niece's identity to scam her way into an Ivy League school.

LUCEDALE, Miss. - To build the breathtaking speed he would need to run out of his southeastern Mississippi hometown and into the NFL, George County High School junior Billey Joe Johnson used to race against his horse through the woods.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas House on Wednesday approved a bill allowing concealed handguns in churches, despite hearing arguments that lawmakers should put their faith in God, not guns.

BEIJING (AFP) - US swimming star Michael Phelps has posted a video clip vowing to make his Chinese fans proud of him again after a photograph was published appearing to show him smoking marijuana.

NEW ORLEANS - Neil Young will join a slew of other first-time performers at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a bittersweet announcement given that the "Queen of Soul" canceled her coveted appearance.

NEW YORK - Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for people. The flossy stuff may be just right for creating networks of blood vessels within laboratory-grown bone, skin, muscle or fat for breast reconstruction, researchers suggest.