Which of the following leads has the most value for readers?
A. Police responded to a robbery on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Birch Street on Friday night.
B. Armed robbers posing as janitors stole more than US$50,000 worth of antique jewelry from a store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Birch Street on Friday night.
C. The jewelry store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Birch Street was robbed by two armed individuals posing as janitors on Friday night.
D. Armed robbers evaded police and made off with handfuls of antique jewelry from the store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Birch Street on Friday night.
B. Armed robbers posing as janitors stole more than US$50,000 worth of antique jewelry from a store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Birch Street on Friday night.
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A. transition B. partitioning step C. orienting material D. division
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