Rundown 11/11/10

I opened with Luisa's wrap about Veteran's Day celebrations in the area because today is Veteran's Day and it didn't fit anywhere else.

I moved to the Doctor who pleaded guilty to sending suggestive text messages to a teenager and now has to register as a sex offender. I put this second because if not for the Veteran's Day story I would have lead with this, and it starts a block of crime stories.

The following story was the sentencing of a local woman to 23 years in prison for spiking her boyfriend's margarita with anti-freeze, resulting in his death. Fit in with the crime block.

I broke up the readers with Kevin's wrap about Jason Forshee. Forshee pleaded guilty to DUI after hitting a woman, her husband, and their dog, killing the woman. It was Forshee's third incident this month, which could increase his penalty.

This was followed by the story of a mother who crashed while swerving to avoid a deer. She lost control of the car and hit a tree, which killed her 5-year-old son. I added this because it tied in with the auto accident in the previous story.

I followed with Christina's anchor actuality about an alarming rise in the number of people who are attending the Samaritan Center Soup Kitchen. I did this to break up the readers and move away from crime.

Next, I wrote about Chuck Schumer encouraging the state Liquor Authority to ban caffeinated alcoholic beverages. He said he was frustrated by the pace at which the FDA was investigation the drinks, and, because caffeinated alcoholic drinks were never approved by the FDA, the state itself could ban it. There wasn't anywhere else to put it, but such a move could affect a city like Syracuse which revolves so much around the university.

After that came Christina's anchor actuality about the successful docking of the cruise ship that caught fire off the coast of Mexico. I thought this was a big enough national story, but it comes after the more local news.

The decline in mortgage rates came last because, while it was interesting and certainly applicable information, I didn't explain the numbers because it was a reader. I could afford to drop it, which I did, but if it did get on air it was a good enough story.