Problem: "I don't want to move!" Kevin said to his father," I like living here in New York City. And I like to play in the streets. My friends are here. I want to stay!" "We have to move, Kevin." Mr. Black said, "I have a new job on the island*. Why don't you go with us?" "No," Kevin answered. After a few weeks, the Black family left the city by plane. They flew over water. In the end they saw the land*. "That is Hawaii. It is beautiful!" Mr. Black said. "I don't care* what it is like," said Kevin, "I wish I could go back to New York City now!" They lived in their new home near the sea. It rained a little every day. When the sun came out again, they could see a rainbow* every day. People in the neighborhood came to visit them. The visitors brought fruit from their farms. Weeks went by*.One day Kevin wrote to Bob and in the letter he said, "I still miss my old friends. But I think these are our happy islands. Please come to see me. I know you will like Hawaii, too."
1. Why was the boy upset?
2. Where were they currently living?
3. Where were they moving?
4. What island?
5. Why did they need to move?
6. How did the family travel to their new home?
7. Did his father think Hawaii was nice?
8. How was the weather there?
9. Was there any rainbows?
10. Did the family meet people in the area?
11. Did their new friends drop by?
12. Did they bring any gifts?
13. Like what?
14. From the store?
15. Where from?
16. Did Kevin forget about his old friends?
17. Did he try to get in touch with them?
18. How?
19. Who did he write to?
20. Did he miss Bob?
Answer: 1. He didn't want to move.
2. New York City.
3. The island.
4. Hawaii.
5. Mr. Black had a new job.
6. By plane.
7. Yes.
8. It rained a little every day.
9. Yes.
10. Yes.
11. Yes.
12. yes.
13. fruit.
14. No.
15. Their farms.
16. No
17. Yes.
18. By letter.
19. Bob.
20. Yes.

Problem: (CNN) -- A New Jersey police officer plead not guilty on Friday, a day after he was arrested and charged with setting fire to the house of an Edison police captain and his family.

Michael A. Dotro was arrested on Thursday at his home in Manalapan, New Jersey, after an investigation by the Middlesex County prosecutor's office and the Monroe Township Police Department. That investigation determined that a fire at the police captain's home early on May 20 had been intentionally started outside the house.

Police, EMT personnel and firefighters were called to the two-story, colonial-style home of police Capt. Mark Anderko shortly before 4 a.m. on May 20. Anderko was in the house with his wife, two children and 92-year old mother.

The fire was extinguished within 10 to 15 minutes and there were no injuries, but the house was damaged.

"The investigators described it as considerable, one part of the house had damage on the first and second floor of the home, " said Jim O'Neil, spokesman for the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.

Dotro, 35, was charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated arson, authorities said. A nine-year veteran of the Edison police department, he was suspended from his job with pay.

Dotro's lawyer, Lawrence Bitterman, said that his client is "in shock" and had told Bitterman that "he can't believe he's being arrested."

Superior Court Judge Bradley Ferencz on Friday upheld previously set bail conditions on Friday, which included a $5 million bail. If the bail is posted, Dotro must surrender his firearms and passport and may not have any contact with the victims.
1. When did law enforcement respond to the scene?
2. What kind of structure did the incident occur at?
3. Who did it belong to?
4. Was he there at the time?
5. Was he alone?
6. Who was he with?
7. Was anyone injured?
8. Was there harm to the structure?
9. How did law enforcement describe the damage?
10. What was the crime committed?
11. What was the nature of the crime?
12. Who was accused?
13. How did he cause this harm?
14. How long did it take to put out?
15. What was the guys' profession?
16. What was his plea?
17. When was he arrested?
18. Where?
19. What was his immediate penalty at work?
Answer: 1. before 4am on May 20th
2. a two-story, colonial-style home
3. Capt. Mark Anderko
4. yes
5. no
6. his wife, two children and 92-year old mother
7. no
8. yes
9. considerable
10. early on May 20th
11. attempted murder and aggravated arson
12. Dotro
13. a fire
14. 10 to 15 minutes
15. he was a police officer
16. not guilty
17. on Thursday
18. in Manalapan, New Jersey
19. he was suspended from his job with pay

Problem: (CNN) -- A court in Fulton County, Georgia, has temporarily stopped the scheduled Monday night execution of condemned murderer Warren Hill.

Hill was sentenced to death for the 1990 killing of Joseph Handspike, another inmate in a Georgia state prison.

He was convicted of beating Handspike to death with a nail-studded board while serving a life sentence in the 1985 killing of his girlfriend, Myra Wright. His lawyers have argued that Hill is mentally retarded.

Last minute stay of execution granted in February

"Today, the Court found that more time is needed to explore Mr. Hill's complaint, which raises serious concerns about the extreme secrecy surrounding the execution process in Georgia, and the new Lethal Injection Secrecy Act, which took effect one day before Georgia issued a death warrant for Mr. Hill," Brian Kammer, Hill's attorney said in a statement.

Monday is not the first time Hill's execution has been halted.

He had previously been scheduled to die last July, but the state Supreme Court stopped the execution on procedural grounds. Hill was granted another stay in February.

According to Kammer, a briefing on Hill's complaint will take place Thursday. A new execution date is expected to be set for the same day, he said.

"Ultimately, we are hopeful that the United States Supreme Court will hear Mr. Hill's pending Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, and will have the opportunity to consider the important new evidence in this case, that there is unanimous consensus among all the doctors who have examined Mr. Hill, including three who previously testified for the state, that he is a person with mental retardation, and thus ineligible for the death penalty," said Kammer.
1. What was supposed to happen on Monday night?
2. Why was he scheduled to be killed?
3. Who did he kill?
4. Who was that?
5. Where?
6. Why was he incarcerated?
7. How did he kill the other prisoner?
8. Was there a weapon involved?
9. What was it?
10. Was there something wrong with this man?
11. What?
12. Can a man with that issue be executed?
13. Has his punishment been put off before?
14. Who is trying to help this man?
15. What concern is being raised about the new law put out around this time?
16. When was his first day of punishment?
17. What stood in the way of it being carried out?
18. When did the postponement end?
19. What is this man's representitive hopeing to accomplish?
Answer:
1. execution
2. killing someone
3. Joseph Handspike
4. another inmate
5. Georgia state prison.
6. killing his girlfriend
7. beating to death
8. Yes
9. a nail-studded board
10. Yes
11. mental retardation
12. No
13. Yes
14. Brian Kammer
15. secrecy
16. July
17. state Supreme Court
18. Monday night
19. consider the important new evidence in this case