Like most Americans I start to read my newspaper before I've finished unfolding it. I begin every morning by pulling the papers out of their translucent plastic bags and spreading them out on the kitchen table, and only after scanning the headlines of the top stories of the day ("above the fold") do I unfold the newspapers to their full-length. But on Thursday October 24th my gaze stayed frozen on the three top headlines. They were: "Chechens seize Moscow Theatre"; “Security Council gets U.S. Proposal”; and finally "Sniper Team Seeks Two Men in Case". The story beneath that final headline...