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    A COLLECTION OF TRUE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES THAT MERIT A SECOND GLANCE
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CRIME: Sheriff Asks For 13.7% Increase ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Like, let's triple those muggings Lefty, and Spike, I want to see you double up on those purse-snatchings!)

Sex Fund Pledged For Sheriff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Now he can take his mind off the increase in crime, eh?)

Three Ambulances Take Blast Victim To Hospital ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Wonder which one carried the vital organs?)

Once-Sagging Cloth Diaper Industry Saved By Full Dumps ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (But babies were ALWAYS 'dumping'……)

Wanted: Women To Test New Condom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (A unique approach to meeting new women)

State To Punish Duck Violaters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Perverted hunters????)

Experts Are Sure The Dow Will Either Rise Or Decline ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Well, now I can stop worrying about my investments since the future is so certain….)

Blow To Head Is Common Cause Of Brain Injury ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (It took the experts to figure that one out)

Low Pay Reason For Poverty, Study Says ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (They needed a study to find THAT out?)

Circumcisions Cut Back ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (If you have to cut back, I guess that's as good a place as any to start)

Hemorrhoids Inspire Respectful Hindsight ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Hindsight, maybe….but who could respect a hemorrhoid in the morning?)

You Can Still Bury Grandpa Out Back ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (So we don't have to wait until he's dead?)

Mortuary Adds Drive-Through ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Maybe the mourners will beep their horns loud enough to wake the dead)

Teacher Dies; Board Accepts His Resignation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (That's got to be the toughest way to quit a job that I know of!)

City Wants Dead To Pay For Cleanup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (And we all thought taxes ended with death!)

US Says Insect Parts, Rat Hair Are OK In Food ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Gimme An Order Of Insect Parts, Easy On The Fries…..)

Ants Take A Long Time To Cook In Microwave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Who thought of this recipe, anyway???)

Nudist Group Donates Clothing For Victims ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Well, they weren't using them anyway)

Londoner Fatally Injured By Turnip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (When turnips are outlawed, only outlaws will have turnips)

Man Shot Twice In Head, Gets Mad! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (It's the quiet ones you have to worry about)

Dog That Bit 2 People Ordered To Leave Town ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (But did he UNDERSTAND that he had to leave town?)

Police Recover Stolen Hamster, Arrest 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Don't you agree that it's time they brought back the death penalty?)

Robber's Description: Man, Possibly A Woman, Definitely Ugly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (But how do you interview suspects without hurting their feelings?)

Court Rules That Being A Jerk Is Not A Crime ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (We can all sleep better at night with THAT knowledge!)

Thieves Steal Burglar Alarm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (In case they wanted to catch themselves in the act?)

Terrorist Bought Bomb Parts At K Mart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Attention K Mart shoppers, plutonium on aisle 9…)

Jury Suspects Foul Play In Death Of Man Shot, Burned & Buried In Shallow Grave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Like, I guess they didn't want to discount the possibility of suicide)

No Cause Of Death Determined For Beheading Victim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Maybe stretched vocal chords…?)