Category: Headlines

RI highway trooper delivers baby in pickup truck.

‘Lost’ painting by Titian reclaims place in history

Disabled kids put ‘do’ in tae kwon do

Is this editor ignorant of martial arts, or is he or she saying the disabled children put the D’oh! in Tae kwon do? Because that isn’t pronounced like the verb do.

American Idol auditions attract thousands in Mass.

Man charged with illegal dumping of debis

Who knew that the government now actually has laws about ending romances? On the other hand, what’s there to stop it now that “rule of law”, “contracts”, and “The Constitution” are void at the whim of the Elect(ed)?

Family Dollar sees 3Q results above Wall Street

Emergency workers rescue woman who fell through shoot, into water in Wellston:

Police and firefighters rescued a woman who fell into a shoot leading to a pool of water about 1 p.m. today at the old Wellston High School at Wells Drive and Evergreen Avenue.

Damn, those homophones are tricky.

Note to St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff: Homophones are not people who are afraid of gay people.

Most flooded homes will be raised

Them homophones are tricky. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Heartless Bastards cancel at Blueberry Hill

• Better mental care is on way for millions.
  Actually, it’s not that good of a deal; it will probably cost billions.

• MU team takes big step in cystic fibrosis battle
  Go Tigers!

Publicist: Ethan Hawke has married girlfriend

I’m not sure I’d have my publicist release this if I were Ethan Hawke.

Young woman apparently killed in hit-and-run in city

I’m not saying there’s a causal relationship here, but:

Insurer Anthem to no longer pay for medical errors

Study: Most doctors back national health insurance

Police say crime dropped in city

If you can identify it as yours, drop by the police station and pick it up.

So first I post a grammar grappler at QA Hates You, now this. Someone would think I was a stickler. However….

Note to AP: A single entity, such as a band, is singular. Not Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin Records.

Try to keep up.

Southern Residents Asses Tornado Damage

(Link courtesy of William Squire.)

MoDOT: Roads safer, more money needed

Do you get the sense that if the roads were less safe, more money would be needed anyway?

Roads remain the same….more money needed!

Flying cars invented, more money needed to convert the roads to bike paths!

Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads? More money needed to subsidize production of organic garbage for the Mr. Fusion.

Come on, everybody play “Think Inside The Bureaucratic Box”!