[Lead Moderator]

To be honest, it depends on how busy of a news day it is. However, breaking news should be new, should be important, should be something of interest to a significant number of freepers, should not be analysis or opinion, and something that isn't just a slight incremental update of an ongoing live event (live threads can be BN, and can have the title updated by polite requests).

On busy news days, the threshold for what can be in BN goes up. On slow days, it goes down.

[NautiNurse]

On busy news days, the threshold for what can be in BN goes up

Sounds like busy includes World Series. I don't envy your job.

[jrushing]

On busy news days, the threshold for what can be in BN goes up. On slow days, it goes down.

Hey, can't we add a new "Terri" sidebar?
Then the dozens of new posts can go there.
There are so many posts that I've had to do a search to find the one I wanted to read.