Headlines

[Orest]

Headlines

These are the top 25, all real headlines from newspapers, taken throughout 1999:


25. Include Your Children When Baking Cookies
24. Something Went Wrong In Jet Crash Experts Say
23. Police Begin Campaign To Run Down Jaywalkers
22. Drunks Get Nine Months In Violin Case
21. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
20. Is There A Ring Of Debris Around Uranus?
19. Prostitutes Appeal To Pope
18. Panda Mating Fails, Veterinarian Takes Over
17. British Left Waffles On Falkland Islands
16. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
15. Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead
14. Plane Too Close To Ground, Crash Probe Told
13. Miners Refuse To Work After Death
12. Juvenile Court To Try Shooting Defendant
11. Stolen Painting Found By Tree
10. Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years In Checkout Counter
9. War Dims Hope For Peace
8. If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last A While
7. Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
6. Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge
5. New Study Of Obesity Looks For Larger Test Group
4. Astronaut Takes Blame For Gas In Space
3. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
2. Local High-school Dropouts Cut In Half

and the number 1 headline.....

1. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead.

[rattler]

sometimes it makes you wonder...lol

[Newsjeff]

My favorite from the days as news editor of ECU's student paper:

"Endowed professor hired"

[sand flea]

Favorite headline written by an acquaintance of mine who was a copy editor: "Head Deadhead dead"

Subject? The death of Jerry Garcia.