diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Content/grammar.json b/isometric-park-fna/Content/grammar.json
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Content/grammar.json
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Content/grammar.json
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
   "greeting": [ "Hi", "Hello", "Greetings" ],
   "addressGreeting": "#greeting#, #name#",
   "howdoing": [ "I'm good.", "Fine", "Alright, I guess." ],
+  "city": ["Milwaukee", "Chicago", "Washington", "Minneapolis", "Dallas", 
+	  "Oklahoma City", "Boston", "Los Angeles", "Portland", "Santa Fe", 
+	  "New York City"],
   "vars": "assistantName = #assistantName# \n whatever = #whatever#"
 
 }
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs b/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
 
     private Node<DialogOption> currentNode;
     private Queue<Node<DialogOption>> remainingDialog;
+    private NewsItem[] newsItems;
 
 
     private bool showGrid;
@@ -194,6 +196,19 @@
         this.output = grammar.Flatten("#greeting#");
         var result = grammar.Flatten("#[assistantName:#assistantNames#][whatever:whatever]vars#");
 
+	Func<string, string> toUpper = delegate (string i)
+	{
+		return i.ToUpper();
+	};
+
+	grammar.AddModifier("toUpper", toUpper);
+
+	this.newsItems = new[] {new NewsItem{hed="test", contents="#city.toUpper# - This is where the lede would go.", source="Wire"},
+                        new NewsItem{hed="Politicians Debate Stimulus Package", contents="WASHINGTON - Politicians debate the latest stimulus package, which opponents argue might help some people who don't deserve it. So it's impossible to say whether it's good or bad.", source="Wire"},
+            new NewsItem{hed="The Rare Subspecies of Spruce Making a Comeback", contents="Maeve Redding didn't think", source="Arborist"},
+            };
+	this.newsItems = this.newsItems.Select(s => s.Flatten(this.grammar)).ToArray();
+
         this.remainingDialog = new Queue<Node<DialogOption>>();
 
 #if DEBUG
@@ -881,11 +896,10 @@
 
         if (this.showNews)
         {
-            NewsWindow.Render(ref this.showNews, debugWindow.monoFont, this.simulation, 
-                    new[] {new NewsItem{hed="test", contents="MILWAUKEE - This is where the lede would go.", source="Wire"},
-                        new NewsItem{hed="Politicians Debate Stimulus Package", contents="WASHINGTON - Politicians debate the latest stimulus package, which opponents argue might help some people who don't deserve it. So it's impossible to say whether it's good or bad.", source="Wire"},
-			new NewsItem{hed="The Rare Subspecies of Spruce Making a Comeback", contents="Maeve Redding didn't think", source="Arborist"},
-			});
+
+
+
+            NewsWindow.Render(ref this.showNews, debugWindow.monoFont, this.simulation, this.newsItems);
         }
 
 		bool quit = false;
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/UI/NewsWindow.cs b/isometric-park-fna/UI/NewsWindow.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/UI/NewsWindow.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/UI/NewsWindow.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
                 public string hed;
                 public string contents;
                 public string source;
+
+                public NewsItem Flatten(TraceryNet.Grammar grammar) {
+                        return new NewsItem {
+                                hed = grammar.Flatten(this.hed),
+                                    contents = grammar.Flatten(this.contents),
+                                    source = grammar.Flatten(this.source)
+                        };
+                }
         }
 
         public static class NewsWindow
@@ -46,36 +54,36 @@
                         ImGui.PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol.Button, new Num.Vector4(0.75f, 0.75f, 0.75f, 1f));
                         ImGui.PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol.Text, new Num.Vector4(0f, 0f, 0f, 1f));
                         ImGui.Begin("NEWS", ref show, ImGuiWindowFlags.NoResize | ImGuiWindowFlags.NoCollapse | ImGuiWindowFlags.NoSavedSettings);
-			
+                        
 
                         if (ImGui.BeginTabBar("Sources", 0)) {
                                 if (ImGui.BeginTabItem("Wire")) {
                                         foreach (NewsItem story in content.Where( s => (s.source == "Wire" ) )) {
-						if (ImGui.TreeNode(story.hed)) {
-							ImGui.TextWrapped(story.contents);
-							ImGui.TreePop();
-						}
+                                                if (ImGui.TreeNode(story.hed)) {
+                                                        ImGui.TextWrapped(story.contents);
+                                                        ImGui.TreePop();
+                                                }
                                         }
-					ImGui.EndTabItem();
+                                        ImGui.EndTabItem();
                                 }
-				ImGui.EndTabItem();
+                                ImGui.EndTabItem();
                                 if (ImGui.BeginTabItem("Arborist")) {
                                         foreach (NewsItem story in content.Where( s => (s.source == "Arborist" ) )) {
-						if (ImGui.TreeNode(story.hed)) {
-							ImGui.TextWrapped(story.contents);
-							ImGui.TreePop();
-						}
+                                                if (ImGui.TreeNode(story.hed)) {
+                                                        ImGui.TextWrapped(story.contents);
+                                                        ImGui.TreePop();
+                                                }
                                         }
-					ImGui.EndTabItem();
+                                        ImGui.EndTabItem();
                                 }
                                 if (ImGui.BeginTabItem("All True News")) {
                                         foreach (NewsItem story in content.Where( s => (s.source == "Arborist" ) )) {
-						if (ImGui.TreeNode(story.hed)) {
-							ImGui.TextWrapped(story.contents);
-							ImGui.TreePop();
-						}
+                                                if (ImGui.TreeNode(story.hed)) {
+                                                        ImGui.TextWrapped(story.contents);
+                                                        ImGui.TreePop();
+                                                }
                                         }
-					ImGui.EndTabItem();
+                                        ImGui.EndTabItem();
                                 }
                         }