The following are real strange headlines from various newspapers.

This document layout is copyright 1997-2003 Steven Ward (me).

I would like MORE. So if you have any just drop me a line to the address below.
On Thursday, September 07, 2000 this list exceeded 1000 headlines.

Unlike other headline lists on the web, this list is updated on a monthly basis and where possible I have listed the paper where the headline origniated.

Last modified: Thursday, 16-Sep-2004 14:10:47 BST


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  1. C.I.A. Drafts Covert Plan to Topple Saddam
  2. Cabbage Diced In Social Unrest - The Austrailian
  3. Cabbage Privatised - Guardian
  4. Cabbage Startles Solicitors -- Meridian News
  5. California Governor Makes Stand on Dirty Toilets -- Reuters headline
  6. California Hopes For An Alien Invasion To Solve Jobs Crisis - Times Interface Supplement
  7. California Seeks 13,000 Sex Offenders
  8. California Wildlife Destroys Over 40 Homes
  9. Canada Could Face Sperm Shortage -- Canadian Press headline
  10. Canadian Prime Minister Doesn't Think Bush Is 'a Moron' -- Reuters headline
  11. Cancer Society Honors Marlboro Mann
  12. Car Lost In Untended Garden - Daily Telegraph
  13. Cardigan Keeps Hampshire Cosy - Guardian
  14. Caribbean Bananas Are Ethical Bananas --UK Minister
  15. Caribbean Islands Drift To Left
  16. Carter Plans Swell Deficit
  17. Carter Ticks Off Black Help
  18. Cash Boost By Elderly Satan -- Dudley Express & Star.
  19. Cash Boost For Truancy -- Hounslow Guardian
  20. Cash Compost Means That Trees Can Grow On Money -- The Times
  21. Cash Plea To Help Dyslexic Cildren -- South Wales Evening Post
  22. Cat Tossing Latest Fad On Israeli Highways
  23. Cats To Replace Husbands -- Times
  24. Cattleman Grilled by Oprah's Lawyers
  25. Cause Of Aids Found - Scientists
  26. Cave Plan Arouses Stalactite Concern -- Irish Times.
  27. Celibacy Could Make Priests Extinct -- Dally Record.
  28. Cement Supplies Seen As Adequate
  29. Cemetery Faces Grave Problems Over Space -- Basingstoke Observer
  30. Central Bank Aims To Replace The Mattress -- Guardian
  31. Chaos As Church Split Widens -- Nairobi Nation.
  32. Chaos As Dead Rat Makes A Break For It - Manchester Evening News
  33. Chaos Warning As The Sun Explodes -- Metro (London)
  34. Charges Filed in Fla. Electrocution -- AP headline
  35. Checkout Counter Killer Sentenced To Die For Second Time In 10 Years
  36. Chef Finds New Game as Rat Exterminator -- Reuters headline
  37. Chef Gets Life for Cooking Wife -- Reuters headline
  38. Chef Throws His Heart Into Helping Feed Needy
  39. Cher Immortalized in Plastic -- AP headline
  40. Chicken Banned From Crossing The Road
  41. Chicken With Artificial Legs Dies A Hero -- Associated Press
  42. Child's Death Ruins Couple's Holiday
  43. Child Abuse Service Gains Corporate Sponsorship -- The Adelaide Advertiser.
  44. Childminders Get Right To Smack -- Daily Telegraph
  45. Children's Stool Great For Use In Garden
  46. Children Can Glow Safely -- Luton News
  47. China Drag Queens Have Officials On Their Knees
  48. Chinchilla Dirige El Museo Arqueologico Nacional -- (Chinchilla Is Manager Of The National Archaeological Museum) El Pais (Spain).
  49. Chinese Apeman Dated
  50. Chocolate Biscuit Bites Man In Midnight Snack Attack -- Shetland Times
  51. Chocolates, Kissing Could Help Fight Cavities -- AFP headline
  52. Chopper Search For Man In Underpants -- Luton News
  53. Chou Remains Cremated
  54. Christ's Plans Under Fire From Wandsworth -- Richmond & Twickenham Times.
  55. Christ Resigns As Police Chief
  56. Christian Cars Stoned in Nazareth -- AP headline
  57. Christmas Trees Don't Grow On Trees
  58. Church Goes Missing
  59. Church Homes Shut For Employing Christians
  60. Church In Northwick Talks -- Berrows Worcester Journal.
  61. Church Members Given Right To Die -- Guardian
  62. Church Plan Upsets Brothel -- Adelaide Advertiser
  63. Circumcision Now Seen As Pointless -- Straits Times (Singapore)
  64. City May Impose Mandatory Time, For Prostitution
  65. City Pact Fight Boils
  66. City Workers Rarely Fired for Doing a Bad Job -- Houston Chronicle headline
  67. Cliches, to Be Honest with You, Drive Us Mad -- Reuters headline
  68. Clinton Claims Credit for Y2K Quash -- AP headline
  69. Clinton Demands Children's Drug Dosages
  70. Clinton Places Dickey In Gore's Hands - Bangor Maine News
  71. Clinton Pledges Restraint In Use Of Nuclear Weapons -- Cedar Rapids Gazette, April 6
  72. Clinton Stiff On Withdrawal - The Bosnia Bugle
  73. Cloning Warning As Japanese Grow Frog Eyes In Laboratory -- Daily Mail
  74. Cocaine Use Hits New High -- Brentwood Yellow Advertiser
  75. Cold Is No Good For Blubs -- Richmond Borough Guardian
  76. Cold Wave Linked To Temperatures
  77. Collapsed Bridge in China Faulty -- AP headline
  78. Collegians Are Turning To Vegatables
  79. Columnist Gets Urologist In Trouble With His Peers
  80. Community Bands Together to Help Burn Victim's Family -- Bay City (Mich.) Times headline
  81. Commuter Tax On New Yorkers Killed In New Jersey
  82. Complaints About NBA Referees Growing Ugly
  83. Complaints About NHL Referees Growing Ugly
  84. Compromise on Ten Commandments -- AP headline
  85. Condom Firm Streches Product Line
  86. Condon's Pledge To Murder Witnesses - Daily Mail
  87. Confidence Sinks in September -- UPI headline
  88. Congressmen Try To Revive Suit -- International Herald Tribune.
  89. Connie Tied, Nude Policeman Testifies
  90. Constipation Is Not the Root of All Evil After All -- Reuters headline
  91. Cookies With Condoms Fail Family Taste-Test
  92. Cops Demanding Bribes From Aliens -- Johannesburg Star.
  93. Cops Halt Doughnut Shop Robbery
  94. Cops Quiz Victim In Fatal Shooting
  95. Cops: Man Steals Car to Get to [Car] Theft Hearing -- Jersey City Journal headline
  96. Coroner In Call To Put A Stop To Drink-All-You-Can-Nights After Death -- Sheffield Star
  97. Cost of Being Poor Rising -- Denver Post headline
  98. Council Informs Woman Who Died Two Years Ago She Is Dead -- Irish Times
  99. Council Not Liable Over Fatally Locked Widows -- The Times
  100. Council Staff Could Be Axed -- Hounslow Guardian
  101. County Bars Further Erections
  102. County Officials Seek Public Input On Adult Stores - Hunstville (Texas) Item
  103. County Officials To Talk Rubbish
  104. Couple Names Baby After Web Site -- AP headline
  105. Couple Slain: Police Suspect Homicide
  106. Court Rules Boxer Shorts Are Indeed Underwear -- Journal of Commerce, April 20
  107. Court Would Not Accept God Paid For TV Licence -- Somerset Standard
  108. Cow Attacks School Cook -- Halifax Evening Courier
  109. Cow Disarms Soldier, Another Kills Witch
  110. Cow in Police Custody Linked to Headless Chicken Case -- Lansing (Mich.) State Journal headline
  111. Cow Thefts Blamed on Low-Carb Craze -- Tallahassee Democrat headline
  112. Cowboy Warning In Tornado-Hit Town -- Ceefax (BBC Teletext Service)
  113. Crashed Jet May Have Flown Too Low -- AP headline
  114. Crazed Elephant Found In Sea
  115. Creepy, Crawly Creatures Invade DC -- AP headline
  116. Crematorium Plans Put On Back Burner -- Selkirk Advertiser
  117. Cretin Streaking Toward National Record -- Minneapolis (Mn) Star Tribune.
  118. Crime Rise Blamed On Lack Of Police -- ITV Teletext Service
  119. Crook Joins Barclaycard UK -- Financial Times
  120. Croupiers On Strike - Management: "No Big Deal"
  121. Cuba Tries Short Cut To Tailor Economy-- The Times
  122. Curious George Goes High-tech -- AP headline
  123. Cuts Could Hurt Animals -- The West Briton

Many thanks to Richard Edkins, Jon Hall, B G Dorgan and Hawkmoon for submitting quite a few headlines, Andy from Seagate for the trash compacter story, Colin Matthews, Mike Wilson, Jennifer Woodmansee, Newt, Dave Monk, David Cook, Lynda Featherstone, John McBride for informing me of my Googlewhack "Malaysian Gyrator" [ GoogleWhack ], Anna Tickle, Katy Smith, Jim Ness for the Air Head Fired source, Debbie Carter, Terry Shea, Steve Cawood of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo.

Special thanks to [ Randy Cassingham ]


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