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Ambiguous headline watch makes a return, with Mexico's Fox May Pardon Leftist Mayor for Election.

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I found this via Dog Bites Dog. I feel like this proves some point of mine.

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Python shipped with DVD player! Uh, don't read the rest of that headline.

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Losers Fall in Line Behind Party's Choice. In Soviet Russia, all newspaper articles have that headline!

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Permalink [No comments] FHW:

Web Site Will Revolve Around Mars

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Permalink [No comments] MoreSensationalistComputerTradePress.com:

I'm branching out. Questions Dog Microsoft on Linux Studies should be "Dogs Question Microsoft On Linux Studies". Now that would be cool.

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A couple days ago I saw "San Francisco Worships 'Idol'". C'mon, just lose the quotes!

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Permalink [No comments] While You Were Out, Damned Spot:

The most depressing part of coming back from a vacation is catching up on all the depressing things that happened while you were away. At least having a news aggregator makes it easy.

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It's been a while, but "BART flies" should be "BART lies".

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Permalink [No comments] Most. Ambiguous. Headline. Ever. Watch:

I think the MTV News website has one guy who writes all the headlines, because all the headlines are similar in form and impossible to decipher unless you already know about the hot stars of the moment. I am abysmally ignorant of the hot stars of the moment, so I found the headline I saw today, "Lloyd Banks Ready To Make His Classic; Recalls Liver Shot, 50 At #1", a masterpiece of unexplained jargon and abbreviations. It brightened my whole day, thinking of things that headline could mean.

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Permalink [No comments] Alternate Universe Glimpsed When Google News Strips Cultural Artifact Signifiers From Headline Watch:

R. Kelly Calls Out Foes, Entices Fans To Join Him At Chocolate Factory

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Permalink [No comments] Fake Onion Editorial Headline:

I Thought We Had A Suicide Pact

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Permalink [No comments] Incredibly Ambiguous Headline Watch:

Hello! spoiler cost OK! dear

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Permalink [No comments] Fair And Balanced Reporting:

Varied Views on Rampaging

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Permalink [No comments] Brak's Comedy Gold Headline Watch:

Microsoft secures delay. Well, at least they managed to secure something! Tip your waitresses!

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"Sharpton Brings Show to S.F." should be "Sharpton Brings Snow To S.F."

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Permalink [No comments] Today's Underreported Story:

"Celebration Goes Back In Time" (from the Chron, of course)

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Permalink [No comments] Ambiguous Headline Watch:

Governor's budget cuts spare Legislature. Well, I guess California doesn't need a spare legislature...

What? I'm outraged!

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"The Great Wine Glut" should be "The Great Wine Gut".

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Permalink [No comments] Multiple Meaning Headline Watch:

Sex Pistols Showered With Beer in Los Angeles

From Brendan, who says "Not that the multiple meanings are all that different, but still." Indeed... but still.

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FHW: CollabNet turning Japanese, Korean.

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Segfault-ish headline inspired by the "The Future of Panel Discussions" panel discussion the other day:
Mars Probe Finds Signs of Water Ice, Smirnoff Ice

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Another reader-submitted Ambiguous Headline, this time from Sumana:
'The Osbournes' will return, Sharon says

Take that, Arafat!

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And more FHW: Web site to sell books of black interest. It's called "Amazon", you may have heard of it.

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FHW: Anti-genetic coalition says U.S. breaks protection laws. Down with genetics!

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Thieves make off with rare snake. A more catchy headline would be "Thieves make out with rare snake".

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