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[maggiebee]

Not sure which section to put this in? These are apparently all headlines from American newspapers:

Rally against apathy draws small crowd
Starvation can lead to health hazards
Police arrest everybody on 22nd February
Miracle cure kills fifth patient
Diana was still alive hours before she died
Student excited dad got head job
Bugs flying around with wings are flying bugs
Republicans turned off by size of Obama’s package
Illiteracy an obstacle, study finds
Tiger Woods plays with own balls, Nike says
Marijuana issue sent to a joint committee
Lady Jacks off to a hot start in conference
Study shows frequent sex enhances pregnancy chances
Total lunar eclipse will be broadcast live on Northwoods Public Radio
The bra celebrates a pair of historic milestones this year
Parents keep kids at home to protest school closure
New sick policy required two day notice
Hospitals resort to hiring doctors
Barbershop singers bring joy to School for Deaf
Caskets found as workers demolish mausoleum
City unsure why the sewer smells
Meat head resigns
Bridges help people cross rivers
17 remain dead in morgue shooting spree
Homicide victims rarely talk to the police
Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25
Homeless survive winter: Now what?
Federal agents raid gun shop, find weapons
Meeting on Open Meetings is closed
Worker suffers leg pain after crane drops 800 lb ball on his head

[mrs_overall]

I have cuttings of my two favourite headlines from my local paper

Police watch as farmer plough's field
and
Man throws biscuit at sheep

[DTCwordfan]

Edinburgh brothels - Council go into look for unauthorised erections

[Sipowicz]

Steve.5, you are not a number......you are a free man!

[rtimai]

My all-time favorite is a "double-erratum" in a British newspaper. One wonders if it may really have been intentional -- both times. In either case I think it's funny in a quintessentially British way.

"We apologize for the error in last week's paper in which we stated that Mr. Arnold Dogbody was a defective in the police force. We meant, of course, that Mr. Dogbody is a detective in the police farce." [Erratum notice in the Ely Standard]

[emmie]

not verbatim but near enough, printed in local paper

we are holding a pubic meeting, all welcome