| The Story | County Commissioners come under
attack regarding their decision to ban the use of fireworks. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | "It's our constitutional
right to sell firecrackers to citizens who want to pretend to be
celebrating out country's birth as they risk burning the county to the
ground. I think it's in the Sixth Amendment or something," said one
fictitious fireworks booth owner. |
| The Story | One of the wildest cases in Wise
County history gets started in Tarrant County as Bridgeport resident
Rebecca Simpson goes on trial for the allegation of solicitation of
capital murder. |
| News worthiness | **** |
| The Spin | And the craziest quote came from the Star Telegram on Saturday: "Simpson later told him [the hit man] that $2,000 seemed an awful small amount of money for someone to go away. Before her husband cut her allowance, she said, she could 'spend that must on a purse.'" |
| The Story | The Bridgeport Index and the Messenger run a story about the
Rhome Police Chief making bribery allegations against the D.A. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Read the headline - get
interested. Read the story - realize there in nothing to be concerned
about or be interested in at all. |
| The Story | The Decatur City Council quietly
take steps to prohibit sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet from
where children gather in such places as churches, parks and schools. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | That will exclude all land
except for 4.5 acres on the east side of town. |
| The Story | For 91 minutes on May 25th,
customers visiting Legend Bank's web site who clicked on the "My
Account" button were redirected to a site that was set up to illegally
"harvest internet banking user names and passwords." |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | The culprits might have
gotten away with the scheme had they not become greedy by trying to
assess a "internet trick to get your information" surcharge. |