What Were These Headline Writers Thinking?

A headline is designed to capture the reader's attention and draw him or her into the story. Sometimes that happens in entirely unexpected ways. Take a look at some of the most hilarious headlines to have graced the newspapers. Sometimes the attempt to correct the mistake can be even more entertaining, as was the case...

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Funniest Newspaper Correction is …. Drugroll, Please!

In 2012 the editors of Centralia, Illinois' Morning Sentinel learned the value of one little letter. Red-faced, the editors ran the following correction: "Due to a typing error, Saturday’s story on local artist Jon Henninger mistakenly reported that Henninger’s band mate, Eric Lyday, was on drugs. The story should have read that Lyday was on...