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Headline Hall of Fame

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by gordon edes, Oct 24, 2009.

  1. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    "Crack Discovered Behind Bush"
     
  2. bumpy mcgee

    bumpy mcgee Well-Known Member

    A weekly I once worked for ran the head:
    Manly man marries Fertile woman.
    Manly and Fertile are two towns in north Iowa.
    And a favorite from THE USA Today:
    Lebron: Hummer was a gift from mom
     
  3. murphyc

    murphyc Well-Known Member

    Shortly before I got there, a former shop had an area mayor arrested for embezzlement and other fun stuff. Said mayor's FT job was as a corrections officer:
    Jailer by day, jailbird by night
     
  4. bpoindexter

    bpoindexter Active Member

    Can't remember the New York paper, but one of my faves was the front-pager after that guy decided it would be in his better interests not to testify against the late Dapper Don:

    "I forgotti"
     
  5. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    that's funny.
     
  6. FishHack76

    FishHack76 Active Member

    There's some good ones mentioned in this article, including the infamous "Enola Homosexual" headline.

    http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/01/15/editorial/flanagan.html
     
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