Articles from Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication (January 28, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Adding fuel to the fire.		Brief article	175
All the way to the top.	McCoy, Gary	Cartoon	38
Black Tuesday.			463
Bubble trouble? Oil cost, housing slump may burst U.S. economy.		Cover story	793
Chasing dreams on cloud nine.		Brief article	357
Comprehension.		Brief article	251
Comprehension.		Brief article	141
Glass Bottle Divas.		Brief article	110
Hitting home.		Brief article	214
Inching closer.		Brief article	146
Money makes the words go round.		Brief article	363
One laptop per child comes home.		Brief article	177
Razmataz!		Brief article	117
Rough seas for whales.		Brief article	144
School daze? One U.S. senator supports a nine-hour school day!	Parks, Kaylynn; Hill, Kayla		850
Talk back.	J., Zoe; L., Ariel	Letter to the editor	207
The great race of 2008.		Brief article	371
Touchdown!		Brief article	62
Word power.		Brief article	121
Words in the news.		Glossary	192