Problem: "Mom, you should put some of your things away. The house should be safe for the baby," said my son Mark as he walked upstairs with his wife and fifteen-month-old Hannah.

They visited us for the Thanksgiving holiday. After driving all day from Salt Lake to Ft. Collins, his temper showed. "That one finger rule may work with other kids, but never Hannah," he insisted.

When my three granddaughters first moved into our house three years ago, my friend offered me her secret to behave grandchildren. "Teach them the 'one finger rule'." All of her five grandchildren learned it at a young age and it proved to also work well with mine.

I picked up my granddaughter and said, "Well, Mark, just watch." I hugged her and walked all around the great room.

"Hannah, you may touch anything in this room you want, but, you can only use one finger." I showed the technique by touching my forefinger to the sculpture. Hannah followed my example. "Good girl. Now what else would you like to touch?"

She stretched her finger toward the lamp. I allowed her to touch everything in sight, plants, glass objects, TV, VCR, speakers, etc. If she started to grab , I gently reminded her to use one finger. She always obeyed. However, Hannah, an only child, possessed a more adventurous personality. Her father predicted it would prevent her from accepting the "one finger rule".

During their four-day stay, we aided Hannah in remembering "one finger rule". She learned quickly.

Months later, my husband and I drove to Salt Lake. I watched Mark continue to practice the one finger rule. I smiled happily each time he asked Hannah to touch with "one finger".
1. Where does Mark live?
2. What is the one finger rule?
3. What did Hannah touch?
4. Where did the narrator drive later?
5. Why did she smile during the trip?
6. How old is Hannah?
7. Did Mark initially have doubts the one finger rule would work?
8. Is Hanna an only child?
9. What holiday did Mark and his family visit?
10. Is Mark married?
Answer: 1. Salt Lake to Ft. Collins,
2. you may touch anything in this room you want, but, you can only use one finger
3. the lamp
4. Salt Lake
5. she watched Mark continue to practice the one finger rule
6. fifteen-month-old
7. Yes
8. No
9. Thanksgiving
10. Yes

Problem: (CNN) -- Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has made his proverbial bed. And, oh, is he lying in it now.

The ugly comments about blacks and Latinos attributed to him have hit struck another nerve -- this time with players, fans and most decent-thinking Americans.

NBA players protest racist talk attributed to L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling

The tape released a few days ago reportedly shows that the person identified as Sterling can profess his own kind of love for a woman who's black and Latina but refuses to "allow" her to befriend her own kind: blacks and Latinos.

Sterling allegedly says his girlfriend (whom he at one point on the tape calls "stupid") can meet with blacks and sleep with blacks but not take pictures with them (in this case former Lakers star turned entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson) or bring them to Clippers games.

Like some slave owners who kept their mixed-race female slaves in better living conditions and bestowed privileges upon them, Sterling can allegedly be heard telling a woman identified as V. Stiviano that he doesn't have a problem with her or her race but that she shouldn't fraternize with blacks and Latinos because it disturbs him.

He selected her. So that makes her "special." She's not really black.

It sounds like Sterling, who has been married for nearly 50 years, shared a rarely heard perspective that his lover/girlfriend/mistress can mitigate the "inferiority" (my term) of her racial mixture by spending more time with him. Oh, yeah, Sterling is white.
1. Who are people upset with?
2. What does he own?
3. Did he say bad things about people?
4. About who?
5. Were his remarks recorded?
6. And made public?
7. When?
8. Why is his girlfriend "special"?
9. And what does that mean?
10. Who is she not to be buddies with?
11. Who is he allegedly speaking to on the recording?
12. And her name is?
13. Did he insult her intelligence?
14. What did he call her?
15. What is she allowed to do?
16. Can she bring them to watch the team play?
17. How long has he been married?
18. What race is Sterling?
19. How did the players reaact?
20. Were fans upset?
21. And who else?
Answer: 1. Donald Sterling
2. Los Angeles Clippers
3. yes
4. blacks and Latinos
5. yes
6. yes
7. a few days ago
8. because he selected her.
9. that she can mitigate the "inferiority" of her racial mixture by spending more time with him.
10. blacks and Latinos
11. girlfriend
12. V. Stiviano
13. yes
14. stupid
15. meet with blacks and sleep with blacks
16. no
17. nearly 50 years
18. white
19. they protested
20. yes
21. most decent-thinking Americans.

Problem: (CNN) -- Concertgoers at the Indiana State Fair panicked and fled in the immediate aftermath of the concert stage collapse. But just as quickly, they returned, offering what they could during the moments that mattered.

"I'm a nurse. I'm a doctor. I'm a trained EMS responder," they said, according to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whose voice broke with emotion as he recalled the extraordinary efforts of ordinary people.

"The individual Hoosiers ran to the trouble, not from the trouble," he said, using the name for Indiana residents. "It's the character that we associate with our state. People don't have to be paid to do it."

The stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair Saturday night killed five people and injured 40 others.

Video showed the blue canvas top fraying and flapping just seconds before the steel scaffolding gave way, sending a heavy bank of stage lights and metal onto fans closest to the outdoor stage.

Ivan Gratz, a professional videographer, witnessed the event and filmed what happened after the collapse.

"Everybody ran away from the stage," he said. "And then as soon as the stage, like it was stable on the ground, everyone turned around and they ran back. And that's what was incredible in the pictures where you see the people grab a hold of the stage and they're lifting it up."

"Just amazing," said Gratz.

Allison Hoehn, another concertgoer, said that many attendees rushed to help those trapped after the stage crumbled.

"We tried to get down to help, but no one was moving," Hoehn said. "The storm came on so fast and the stage just snapped like a toothpick."
1. Where was the concert?
2. What happened?
3. Who is the governor of the state?
4. Was anyone killed?
5. How many?
6. Was anyone hurt?
7. How many?
8. What day of the week was it?
9. Did anyone film the event?
10. What was his name?
11. What was his occupation?
12. Did the concertgoers help the victims?
13. What caused the collapse?
14. Was the weather sunny?
15. Did the event have a covering?
Answer:
1. the Indiana State Fair
2. the concert stage collapsed
3. Mitch Daniels
4. Yes
5. five
6. Yes
7. 40
8. Saturday
9. Yes
10. Ivan Gratz
11. videographer
12. Yes
13. the scaffolding gave way
14. No
15. no