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where are the proof readers?


Newspaper Headlines are sometimes a bit odd.

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Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter


This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.


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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

No, really?


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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers


Now that's taking things a bit far!


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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

What a guy!


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Miners Refuse to Work after Death

No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!


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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant


See if that works any better than a fair trial!


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War Dims Hope for Peace


I can see where it might have that effect!


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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

Ya think?!


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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Who would have thought!


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Enfield ( London )
Couple Slain;
Police Suspect Homicide

They may be on to something!


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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges


You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?!


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Man Struck By Lightning:
Faces Battery Charge

He probably IS the battery charge!


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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger
Test Group

Weren't they fat enough?!


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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in
Spacecraft

That's what he gets for eating those beans!


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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half!

Chainsaw Massacre all over again!


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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors


Boy, are they tall!


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And the winner is...



Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

Did I read that right?


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