No.1: "U.S. forces to exit Iraq this year" -William Petroski

This article has good transitions and information.

No.3: "Girls Night Out at the Jamboree"

The pictures made me laugh. All the people are making funny faces and it makes me want to read the rest of what it's about.

No.2: "Swat Team"

There is a really good picture to go with the article. It illustrates what happened very well.

No.1: "Laurens-Marathon sees season end in regional match versus WB-Mallard"

The article was short and sweet. It covers all the facts without leaving things out.

No.1: "Obama: Troops coming home" -Ben Feller

The story flows smoothly and covers a lot of facts.

No.2: "District 7 follows Iowa trend as fatalities drop" -Peter Kaspart

There are a lot of good facts in this article. It explains the reasons for the statistics and it makes sense.

No. 1: "Three charged after bathroom brawl"

Some of the wording in the article is weird and kind of confusing. If they reworded the sentence, it would make sense and it would flow better.