The Graduate

I love this story because it uses serious reporting techniques to illuminate a subject that's pure fun.

Ben Montgomery and Alexa Volland:

ST. PETERSBURG — Brett Maddox graduated from Seminole High School on Wednesday night. Now it's Thursday, and he's already bored.

"What are you doing tonight?" he asks his friend Ari.

"Going to St. Pete High," Ari says. "My cousin is graduating."

They look at each other.

"What if," says Brett, "we graduated from St. Pete High, too?"

No. No way.