And the top story this evening is …
Choose one of the following as a writing prompt for a news story. (They’re all real headlines gaffes.)
- Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
- Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
- Survivor of Siamese Twins Joins Parents
- Farmer Bill Dies in House
- Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
- British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
- Eye Drops off Shelf
- Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
- Enraged Cow Injures Farmer With Ax
- Miners Refuse to Work After Death
- Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
- Stolen Painting Found By Tree
- Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies
- Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Counter
