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.

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  1. "The Pill" Might Prevent Acne Too -- AP headline
  2. TABLETS Viagra blamed for 69 deaths -- Ceefax News Page
  3. Tarmac Close To Merger With Aggregate -- Sunday Times
  4. Tarzan's Loincloth Hid A Big Swinger -- Sunday Times (South Africa).
  5. Tax Break For Hedgehogs -- Nottingham Evening Post.
  6. Tax Mooted For Flatulent Cows -- Brisbane (Aust) Sunday Mail.
  7. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
  8. Teen-Age Girls Often Have Babies Fathered By Men -- The Sunday Oregonian, September 24
  9. Teen Girls Driving More Like Boys -- AP headline
  10. Tenant Failed To Give Notice Before Dying
  11. Tennessee Williams Brought To Life In A Unique Setting
  12. Tequila Helps Actress Take Her Clothes Off -- Reuters headline
  13. Termites Lay Siege To New Orleans -- Sunday Times (South Africa)
  14. Testicles On Sale -- The Nambian
  15. Texans Chip in to Rescue Stranded Chicken-Hypnotist -- Reuters headline
  16. Textron Inc. Makes Offer To Screw Company Stockholders - The Miami Herald
  17. Thanks To President Clinton, Staff Sgt. Fruer Now Has A Son - The Arkansas Plainsman
  18. The Correct Version Declares God Ambidextrous
  19. The Mad Hatter Saves Alice From Knifeman
  20. The Queen Is A "Parrot" Says Paisley -- Daily Telegraph
  21. The Unknown Clouds Search for School Superintendent -- Louisville, Kentucky
  22. There Can Be No Excuse For Drinking While Under The Influence Of Alcohol -- Hull Daily Mail
  23. There May Be Diamonds in Planets -- AP headline
  24. They Came They Saw... Swindon --Western Daily Press
  25. Thief Nabbed Returning for Ass -- UPI headline
  26. Thieves Steal 8 Tons of Spa Mud -- AP headline
  27. Thomas the Tank Engine Discovered Driving Taxi -- Reuters headline
  28. Thousands See Green Man -- North Devon Journal.
  29. Three in hospital after fresh Legionnaires' outbreak -- Ananova
  30. Three Wise Men Refused Visas By Saudi Arabia
  31. Thugs Eat Then Rob Proprietor
  32. Tigers Shoot Down Gunship -- Irish Tmes
  33. Time Machine Found In Brain
  34. Titanic Shipyard May Sack Workers -- AP headline
  35. Toad Stuck In Share Hole Despite High-Profile Signing -- Daily Telegraph
  36. Toads Stop Play In Top Cricket Pub
  37. Tomatoes Come In Big, Little, Medium Sizes -- The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 30
  38. Tomorrow: Political Guru Ed Rollins At 9 AM
  39. Tony Blair Promises Parents The Right To Smack --Independent
  40. Too Much Homework is Bad for You, UK Academics Say -- Reuters headline
  41. Top Evangelist Caught Red-Handed With Nanny-Goat – People & Places (Ghana)
  42. Top Surgeon Is To Head New Body In Medical Ethics -- Evening Standard
  43. Top Terror Fugitive Hid from Police on Nudist Beach -- AP headline
  44. Tortoises Held Hostage As Lobster War Turns Nasty -- Independent
  45. Town To Drop School Bus, When Overpass Is Ready
  46. Towns Must Spend Big To Fight Alien Plans -- Boston Globe
  47. Toxic Waste Tour Planned
  48. Traffic Dead Rise Slowly
  49. Traffic Stop May Check Alien Status -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  50. Tragedy Of Mother Eaten By Maggots -- Mirror.
  51. Train Driver Temporarily Blinded by Exploding Pigeon -- PA headline
  52. Transsexuals Benefits Cut Off -- Highbury & Islington Express.
  53. Trapeze Artist Attacks Rival with Castration Tongs -- Reuters
  54. Trapped Dragons Are Blamed For Problems At New Hong Kong Airport -- Weekly Telegraph
  55. Trojan Is New EU Secretary-General -- Irish Times
  56. Trout Being Tempted By Extra-Terrestrials - Dudley Chronicle
  57. Tuna Biting Off Washington Coast
  58. Turkey Blamed For Appaling Driving
  59. Turkey Votes for Christmas -- Financial Times
  60. Tv Reporters Feel Pressure On Cha-Cha -- Philippine Dally Inquirer.
  61. TV Sets To Book Hols
  62. Twinkles Shortage Looms -- New York Dally News.
  63. Two Cars Were Reported Stolen By The Groveton Police Yesterday.
  64. Two Convicts Evade Noose Jury Hung
  65. Two Guns Beats Four Aces: Armed Robbers Hit Paris Poker Tournament -- AFP headline
  66. Two One-Legged Inmates Skip Jail -- Reuters headline
  67. Two Sisters Reunited After Eighteen Years At Checkout Counter
  68. Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies
  69. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
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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