Even though the threads were posted essentially at the same time, there is no excuse for failing to to another search just before hitting the "post" button. (Open a new window to check this.)
It is "vanity" to try to be the first, at the expense of the system's resources and your fellow members' time. There is nothing wrong with waiting 5 minutes to see if it was posted. There are no "winners" in the race to post first. Only losers.
Smart, common sense reply. Jim may want to consider a search on the first sentence or two of the article body, as an alternate to the title search. I've noticed enough minor variability in titles across different news sources--even for AP articles--to warrant it. This problem will improve in time as sites increasingly adopt
news syndication standards.