Problem: Chapter 14: The Battle Of Clissow.

Charlie sent in his name, and was shown in at once.

"I glad, indeed, to see you, Captain Carstairs," the minister said, as he entered. "We had given you up for lost. We heard first that you had been murdered in the streets of Warsaw. A month later, a man brought a letter to me from your Scotch friend Ramsay, to say that you were accused of the murder of a Jew trader, a man, it seems, of some importance in Warsaw. Ramsay said that you were in the company of a band of brigands, and that the man who went with you as your servant had joined you, and had taken you some money. He forwarded the letter you had sent him explaining your position, and said he thought that, upon the whole, it was the best thing you could have done, as a vigorous search had been set on foot, at the instance of the Jews, and there would have been but little chance of your making your way through the country alone. He added that he felt confident that, if alive, you would manage somehow to rejoin us before the campaign opened in the spring.

"I am glad that you have been able to do so, but your appearance, at present, is rather that of a wealthy Polish noble, than of a companion of brigands."

"I was able to do some service to Count Staroski, as, when travelling with his wife and child, and his brother, Count John, he was attacked by a pack of wolves. I have been staying with him for some weeks, and his brother has now had the kindness to accompany me here. He has thereby made my passage through the country easy, as we have travelled with fast horses in his sledge, and have always put up at the chateaux of nobles of his acquaintance. I have, therefore, avoided all risk of arrest at towns. In the letter forwarded to you I explained the real circumstances of the death of the Jew."
1. what is the chapter number?
2. what is the title?
3. who is the minister talking to?
4. what is his first name?
5. what did they first hear about him?
6. where?
7. how did they find out this was not true?
8. from who?
9. what did it say?
10. what else did it say?
11. who had joined him?
12. did he look as they thought he would?
13. what did they expect him to look like?
14. how was he instead?
15. who was Charlie able to work for?
16. did John get into a problem?
17. what was that?
18. was he alone?
19. how many people was he with?
20. Did John repay the help?
Answer: 1. 14
2. The Battle Of Clissow.
3. Captain Carstairs
4. Charlie
5. he had been murdered
6. streets of Warsaw
7. they received a letter
8. Ramsay
9. he was accused of the murder of a Jew trader
10. he was in the company of a band of brigands
11. the man who went with him as his servant
12. no
13. a companion of brigands
14. a wealthy Polish noble
15. Count Staroski
16. yes
17. he was attacked by a pack of wolves
18. no
19. Three
20. yes

Problem: ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network) and the Hearst Corporation (which owns a 20% minority share) The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his brother Scott and Ed Egan.

ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices in Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles. John Skipper currently serves as president of ESPN, a position he has held since January 1, 2012. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been much criticism of ESPN, which includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN is available to approximately 94,396,000 paid television households (81.1% of households with at least one television set) in the United States. Nielsen has reported a much lower number in 2017, below 90,000,000 subscribers, losing more than 10,000 a day. In addition to the flagship channel and its seven related channels in the United States, ESPN broadcasts in more than 200 countries, operating regional channels in Australia, Brazil, Latin America and the United Kingdom, and owning a 20% interest in The Sports Network (TSN) as well as its five sister networks in Canada.
1. What station is this about?
2. Where does it mainly run from?
3. Anywhere else?
4. How many other places?
5. And they are?
6. Is the name an anagram?
7. What does it stand for?
8. How many companies own it?
9. Between whom?
10. Who controls the least?
11. Does the station have a sparkling reputation?
12. What are the problems?
13. Anything else?
14. How many homes can use it?
15. Does it keep growing quickly?
16. Is it in more than one country?
17. How many?
18. When was it created?
19. By how many people?
20. And they are?
Answer: 1. ESPN
2. Bristol
3. yes
4. Five
5. Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles
6. yes
7. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
8. one joint venture
9. The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation
10. Hearst Corporation
11. no
12. accusations of biased coverage
13. conflict of interest
14. approximately 94,396,000
15. no
16. yes
17. more than 200 countries
18. 1979
19. Three
20. Bill Rasmussen along with his brother Scott and Ed Egan

Problem: (CNN)A Georgia police chief who said he accidentally shot and seriously injured his wife while the couple were sleeping in bed has resigned, the Peachtree City Police Department said Wednesday.

William McCollom stepped down as chief of police in Peachtree City nearly a week after a prosecutor announced that although the New Year's Day shooting appeared accidental, McCollom could eventually face a misdemeanor charge accusing him of recklessly taking a gun to bed after drinking alcohol and taking sleeping medication.

The shooting in Peachtree City, an upscale community of 35,000 people south of Atlanta, left Margaret McCollom paralyzed below the waist.

"I have had had two families in Peachtree City -- my police family and my personal family. In light of the recent tragedy in my personal family, I need to continue to focus my time and efforts there," William McCollom said in a message posted Wednesday on the police department's Facebook page.

Medics and police rushed to the McColloms' home early on January 1 after the chief called 911 to say he accidentally shot his wife as both were sleeping -- by inadvertently moving a gun that he had taken to bed with him.

"The gun was in the bed, I went to move it, put it to the side, and it went off," McCollom says in a recording of the 911 call.

Later in the call, the operator asked McCollom, "Were you asleep also when this happened?"

"Yes," the chief, 57 at the time, replied.

Last week, Scott Ballard, district attorney for a several-county area that includes Peachtree City, said a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe found the following:
1. What day did the shooting happen on?
2. Where was the gun found?
3. Who is William McCollom?
4. What happened to his wife?
5. Did she die?
6. Was she injured?
7. Who shot her?
8. What charges could he get?
Answer:
1. New Year's Day
2. unknown
3. chief of police
4. shot
5. No
6. Yes
7. William McCollom
8. a misdemeanor