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“Homicide Victims Rarely Talk to Police,” and Other Horrible Headlines
Freakonomics ^ | 12/05/2012 | Stephen J. Dubner

Posted on 12/05/2012 5:10:11 PM PST by Gamecock

From a friend, who got them from a friend, who got them from someone else, here’s a collection of newspaper headlines that don’t quite accomplish what the writer set out to accomplish. Anyone who has ever written or published anything can surely sympathize — and laugh. (P.S.: Are any of them real?)



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1 posted on 12/05/2012 5:10:16 PM PST by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
Homeless survive winter: Now what?

Indeed.
2 posted on 12/05/2012 5:18:17 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Larry Lucido; F15Eagle
And yet some women parade around the Upper West Side without....


3 posted on 12/05/2012 5:21:58 PM PST by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
Pretty darn funny stuff! ☺
4 posted on 12/05/2012 5:27:14 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of TheMasses Could Be Farts)
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5 posted on 12/05/2012 5:27:39 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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6 posted on 12/05/2012 5:29:06 PM PST by JZoback
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7 posted on 12/05/2012 5:31:12 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of TheMasses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
Golfing News:

"Grandmother of Five Shoots Hole in One".

8 posted on 12/05/2012 5:37:17 PM PST by Does so (Dims don't think ... they PLOT!)
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Doh!!


9 posted on 12/05/2012 5:38:05 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of TheMasses Could Be Farts)
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10 posted on 12/05/2012 5:44:14 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of TheMasses Could Be Farts)
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To: All

11 posted on 12/05/2012 5:45:07 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of TheMasses Could Be Farts)
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12 posted on 12/05/2012 5:47:21 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of TheMasses Could Be Farts)
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13 posted on 12/05/2012 5:49:29 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of TheMasses Could Be Farts)
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To: Gamecock
Nice break. My favorite was always the Teen Pregnancy headline.


14 posted on 12/05/2012 5:50:52 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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15 posted on 12/05/2012 5:53:31 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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16 posted on 12/05/2012 5:55:15 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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17 posted on 12/05/2012 5:55:42 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Revolting cat!
O'rly?


18 posted on 12/05/2012 5:56:59 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of TheMasses Could Be Farts)
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To: AngieGal

ping


19 posted on 12/05/2012 6:02:19 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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20 posted on 12/05/2012 6:21:42 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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