"A pioneering programme to test cancer patients for nearly 100 risk genes is to start in London and could represent the future of treatment in the NHS. It will look for genes such as those which led Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to have a double mastectomy. The results will be used to pick targeted drugs or decide how much of the tissue around a tumour to remove. It will also highlight patients at high risk of additional cancers, who need to be monitored closely."

"When it scans a problematic plate, it makes a siren sound, flashes red and a voice indicates the level of the problem. The screen shows whether the registration is expired, the vehicle has been reported stolen or involved in a crime, or whether the owner has an expired license or is wanted on a warrant. It also provides additional information that's linked to the registration."

"Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had.""

"Up to one in five American youngsters - about 7 million to 12 million, by one estimate - experience a mental health disorder each year, according to a new report billed as the first comprehensive look at the mental health status of children in the country. And the rate is increasing, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which produced the study, released last week."

"The aquifer's northern reaches still hold enough water in many places to last hundreds of years. But as one heads south, it is increasingly tapped out, drained by ever more intensive farming and, lately, by drought."

"WASHINGTON - Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China's People's Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed their attacks  using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American officials."

"At least one person was killed Sunday when a string of tornadoes ripped through four states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks."

"(CNN) -- A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday. But don't be alarmed if you didn't see it; it only lasted about a second. "It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before," said Bill Cooke, of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office." There's video from NASA that can be used for this story/

"73% of American  9- and 10-year-olds  and 80% of 13- and 14-year-olds were so sleepy that they were negatively affected during math instruction, and the percentages were similar in science and literacy classes. "

Please list five stories that you feel are most newsworthy for our first broadcast. Remember to keep the visual elements and your audience in mind. If there is a story from over the weekend that you feel we should cover (check out the ones I bookmarked), you may include that as well.
Briefly explain your five choices.

"Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington and at least two other offices were involved in the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, making clear that the effort reached well beyond the branch in Cincinnati that was initially blamed, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."

"Five Hunterdon Central students will be honored by Gov. Chris Christie and meet England's Prince Harry at a ceremony tomorrow celebrating Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Hunterdon Central seniors Perri Searles, Damian Quinn, Kisakye Mugwanya, Jennifer Kuh and Brittany Bursa have been invited to the Governor's reception with Prince Harry in Seaside Heights tomorrow, May 14, on the recently rebuilt Seaside Heights boardwalk. The students were invited because of their outstanding effort to organize and run Hunterdon Central's Sweet Relief - a concert fundraiser to provide relief for Jersey shore communities, and especially schools, that were devastated by the storm."

"ours after Prince Harry strolls through Seaside Heights on Tuesday, crews are set to start demolition of the town's most iconic image of Hurricane Sandy damage: the JetStar roller coaster." Kisa will be down there for this. Perhaps we could tie the all of this together in the story.

"PHILADELPHIA - Abortion provider Kermit Gosnell was convicted Monday of three counts of first-degree murder for severing the spinal cords of infants born during abortions at his West Philadelphia clinic. Gosnell also was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of 41-year-old Virginia woman Karnamaya Mongar, who died from an overdose of drugs while undergoing an abortion at the clinic. Prosecutors described the clinic as a "house of horrors" because of the unsanitary conditions and unsafe practices that defined it."

"WASHINGTON - The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news."

"President Obama on Monday morning called the Internal Revenue Service's admitted targeting of conservative groups "outrageous" and said he "will not tolerate it.""

Please list five stories that you feel are most newsworthy for our first broadcast. Remember to keep the visual elements and your audience in mind. If there is a story from over the weekend that you feel we should cover (check out the ones I bookmarked), you may include that as well.
Briefly explain your five choices.

"Eating more insects could help fight world hunger, according to a new UN report. The report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says that eating insects could help boost nutrition and reduce pollution. It notes than over 2 billion people worldwide already supplement their diet with insects."

"CLEVELAND (AP) - The three women allegedly imprisoned and sexually abused for years inside a padlocked Cleveland house asked for privacy Sunday, saying through an attorney that while they are grateful for overwhelming support, they also need time to heal."

"(CNN) -- We are using the Internet wrong. Smartphones turn people into horrible listeners. And cat videos aren't as riveting as we think they are. These are just some of the revelations writer Paul Miller had during a year of self-imposed exile from the Internet."