Here is an interesting lede from The New York Times. It was effective in urging me to read on. However, that said, at the same time, there wasn't a great deal of information offered immediately:
"Would it be all right if the Leader of the Free World stopped by your campus for a little while?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/us/29land.html?ref=todayspaper
Another good one:
"The case has existed almost as long as independent India itself. Dating from 1950, the legal battle between Hindus and Muslims over a religious site in the city of Ayodhya began as a little-noticed title dispute. With a ruling finally expected on Thursday, the case has become something altogether different: a test of India’s secular soul."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/asia/29india.html?ref=world
It's clear, densely informative and interesting. I want to read more.
Not such a great lede:
Alan G. Hevesi, the former state comptroller, is poised to plead guilty to a felony corruption charge after a lengthy investigation into his office’s rewarding of pension investment business to firms that provided financial benefits to Mr. Hevesi and his aides, people with knowledge of the case said on Tuesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/nyregion/29hevesi.html?ref=todayspaper
I found myself drifting halfway through this one. It is somewhat informative, but far too wordy (this coming from a writer with a tendency toward long-windedness).
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