07-19-2009, 11:26 AM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Strangest/funniest/worst headlines
What are some of the headlines that made you laugh, do a double-take, or just shake your head?
This one stuck out to me because of how badly they butchered the headline.....
Diving tragedy
An Edmonton is dead died following a cliff-jumping mishap that left him under water for about an hour Sunday evening.
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...ac995c41&k=351
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07-19-2009, 11:35 AM
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07-19-2009, 11:40 AM
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07-19-2009, 11:45 AM
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Fearmongerer
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Two more and i will stop....
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07-19-2009, 12:40 PM
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Police seek man with fetish for exercise balls
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Court documents said the man told police he slashed the rubber balls to satisfy a sexual urge. Experts said he has an unusual attraction to inflatable exercise devices.
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http://news.aol.com/article/police-s...xercise/577028
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07-19-2009, 01:08 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I wish I scanned an image of it during the last NHL lockout. There was an article designed to pull at the heart strings because young hockey players and fans couldn't watch their favorites play and so on. There was a nice close-up pic of some young hockey player kid. The headline?
"Kids Real Losers"
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07-19-2009, 02:30 PM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
I wish I scanned an image of it during the last NHL lockout. There was an article designed to pull at the heart strings because young hockey players and fans couldn't watch their favorites play and so on. There was a nice close-up pic of some young hockey player kid. The headline?
"Kids Real Losers"
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I'm sure Locke would concur.
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07-19-2009, 08:24 PM
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Scoring Winger
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07-19-2009, 08:40 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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The Edmonton Journal one? Yup. I took a screenshot of that too. That was, I think, the crowning glory of the night Heatley almost became an Oiler.
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07-19-2009, 08:42 PM
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Franchise Player
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07-19-2009, 08:50 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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The worst headline I've ever seen was the Calgary Sun when my aunt was killed: "Son may have seen mom murdered". The first paragraph of the story itself said that he was asleep elsewhere in the house, and never saw anything. My grandmother was so pissed that the Sun would use such a blatant lie to sensationalize the story she wouldn't give their reporters the time of day.
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07-19-2009, 11:20 PM
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Scoring Winger
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"Flames win Stanley Cup"
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07-19-2009, 11:22 PM
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Not a casual user
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