Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Proofreading



Headlines you’ve gotta love

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

Miners Refuse to Work after Death

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

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

Typhoon rips through cemetery; hundreds dead

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft

Red Tape Holds up New Bridges

Just a Reminder......

STROKE OF GENIUS CONTEST

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Have a great day, friends.

5 comments:

Mona Risk said...

Typhoon rips through cemetery; hundreds dead>>

This is the best.

Unknown said...

I love the bleeding obvious headlines...

Anny Cook said...

I kind of like the seven foot doctors....

Jacquéline Roth said...

I love those headlines! I worked at a paper briefly and one of the staff I worked with botched a headline so bad it ended up on Leno. The article was about the civil air patrol and her headline was about "Civil War Planes."

Sandra Cox said...

Too funny.