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. Haddock Bids For NFU Leadership -- Western Morning News
  2. Haddock Leads The Race For Top Farmers' Job -- Western Daily Press
  3. Hairdo Kills Mum - Daily Mirror
  4. Hairdresser "On Another Planet" -- Southampton Daily Echo
  5. Half-Blind Swede Loses Battle for Half-Price TV -- Reuters headline
  6. Half Of Scottish Farms In The Red -- The Scotsman 25/01/2000. Also in the same paper
  7. Half Of U.S. High Schools Require Some Study For Graduation
  8. Half Women Living In Fear -- Daily Record
  9. Half-Million Italian Women Seen On Pill
  10. Hamiltons To Be Shot Into Space -- Midweek Visitor (Southport)
  11. Happiness Cannot Be Bought but it Lengthens Life
  12. Harrowing, Hungry Voyage For 22 Aliens -- New York Daily News
  13. Head In Pot Lands Man In Can -- Rockland (NY) Journal News
  14. Head of Anti-Violence Group Arrested for Hitting Referee -- AP headline
  15. Heads Fly To Funeral
  16. Heads In Short Supply
  17. Heads Thrown Out Of Meeting -- Woolwich & Plumstead News Shopper
  18. Headless Chickens Roam The Commons -- Daily Express
  19. Health Officials Were Given Hip Warning In 1995 -- The Times
  20. Heart Donor Recovers -- Irish Independant
  21. Heaven Is Giving Up Smoking, Says Pope -- Daily Mail.
  22. Henman Sees Balls As Key To His Success -- Evening Standard
  23. Henshaw Offers Rare Opportunity, To Goose Hunters
  24. Hershey Bars Protest
  25. Higher Costs Explain Why U.S. is Cheaper than U.K. -- Reuters headline
  26. Hitler Hits Tourists -- - Wolverhampton Express & Star
  27. Hitler Travelled For Years After Death -- Melbourne Age.
  28. Hitler, Nazi Papers Found In Attic
  29. Hobgoblins Have A Wardrobe Problem -- Cornishman
  30. Holy Russia Quashes Alien Worship -- Independent
  31. Home Secretary To Act On Video Nasties
  32. Honey, Let's Dye the Dog Red and Green for Christmas -- AFP headline
  33. Hooked on Internet? Help Is a Just a Click Away -- Reuters headline
  34. Hooters Off-Limits to Coast Guard
  35. Hopes Soar For First Supersonic Pumpkin Flight - The Times
  36. Hornets Will Accent Throwing Game In '81
  37. Horse Goes Back In Time For New Look -- The Licensee.
  38. Hospital Ban On Babies -- Newark Advertiser
  39. Hospital Plans Hinge On Roads -- Oxford Times.
  40. Hospitals Are Sued By 7 Foot Doctors
  41. Hostage-Taker Kills Self; Police Shoot Each Other
  42. Hotel Burns.Two Hundred Guests Escape Half Glad
  43. Hotline To God Great Success -- Bradford Telegraph & Argus.
  44. House Passes Gas Tax Onto Senate
  45. How Many Condoms Is Enough?
  46. How Sardines Saved Stranded Potholers -- Daily Mail.
  47. How to Drink and Still Stay Sober -- Reuters headline
  48. How We Feel About Ourselves Is The Core Of Self-Esteem, Says Author Louise Har -- Boulder, Colorado, Sunday Camera, February 5
  49. Human Version of Fly Gene Found
  50. Humpty Dumpty Wins Award For Balance
  51. Hundreds Hurt During Annual Stone-throwing Festival -- PA news headline
  52. Hungry Body Ate Fasting Buddhist Alive -- The Times
  53. Hunt For Doorstep Attacker -- Halifax Evening Courier
  54. Hunt For Killer Toxic Lard -- Homg Kong Standard
  55. Husband Bites Wife's 'Thing' - The Monitor (Uganda)
  56. Husband Put Rat Poison In Wife's Tea "As A Health Cure" -- Daily Telegraph
  57. Husband's Internet Date Turns out to Be His Wife -- PA headline
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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