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Washington Post 's Week in Review

1 ) For the week of May 13-19 , six items made it to the Washington Post 's Week in Review . According to the article , the numbers of fire hydrants that do not work are 23 out of 256 , almost 10 percent , in contrast to what the Water and Sewer Authority (WASA ) first said about less than 1 percent are not working . WASA and the fire department are now working on a program to inspect and then fix or replace the hydrants as needed . The article also mentioned the

2007 Auto Vantage road rage survey showed Washington with the fifth rudest drivers in the nation only behind Miami , New York , Boston and Los Angeles . It was also mentioned that congested highways might mean more conflict as people get frustrated

The article states that the District has agreed on the improvements at St . Elizabeth 's as a part of a settlement with the U .S Justice department . The improvements outline tailored individual treatments health and safety hazards at the hospital corrected , and abuse and neglect of patients to be halted , with different programs to be completed from within a year to three years . Moreover , the article brings up Sen . Hatch 's proposal of giving the District a full vote in Congress together with Sen . Lieberman . Also , some visiting police officers solicit late-night complaints during the National Police Week Lastly , the article informs the readers that the District Council members have approved Mayor Fenty 's 5 .7B budget for 2008 , and added a 30M for residential and small business tax relief

2 ) The news article is relevant and useful because it gives an up-to-date summary of the important events in the district of Washington . It gives only the important events and thus the reader can save time reading the news . By giving only the snippets , the reader can browse through it and if he finds any of the stories particularly interesting , he can do more research on the issue . Meanwhile , he is kept abreast of the latest news with only the necessary information . Also the Washington Post 's Week in Review functions as a refresher of the past week 's highlights in case the reader has not been able to follow closely the events the past week

The source is fairly reliable - it is an established daily news and the facts can be double-checked for accuracy against public records or announcements . The article is concise , coherent , and clear - it focuses on the most important details and does not waste space on opinion and grey areas , favoring the delivery of hard facts . This can be seen with the items that the article devotes space to , on figures and quotations , as when it gave the breakdown for the tax relief measure and how it will help the citizens : The tax measure would increase the standard deduction on individual income tax returns from 2 ,500 to 4 ,000 , raise the homestead deduction for homeowners from 60 ,000 to 64 ,000 and...