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. U R Out: Man Fired by SMS -- Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald headline
  2. U.S. Army To Use 'Green' Tungsten Bullets -- Reuters headline
  3. U.S. Audit Finds Funds For Youth Misspent
  4. U.S. Diplomat Expelled from Cuban Dog Club, Dog Stays -- AFP headline
  5. U.S. Distances Itself From Haiti -- AP headline
  6. U.S. Food Service, Feeds Thousands, Grosses Millions
  7. U.S. Govt Heads For Shutdown, Blame Flies
  8. U.S. Workers Getting Pink Slips for Christmas
  9. USDA To Shift Testing Of Ready-To-Eat Meat Plants -- Cnn News
  10. Uganda Facing Condom Shortage -- AP headline
    Ugandans Enjoying the Good Life -- AP headline apparently unrelated to the above which appeared the same day.
  11. UK Charter Aims To Improve Rights For The Dead -- British Medical Journal
  12. UN Backs Dog Jailed For Killing Bishop -- Sunday Telegraph
  13. Unconscious Can 'Think' But Not About Popcorn
  14. Uncut Workers Better Survivors -- The Australian.
  15. Under Pressure at Work? Get a Life-- Reuters headline
  16. Undergrads Flunk Sperm Bank Tests -- Straits Times Singapore)
  17. Underwater Church Rescue
  18. Unexpected Trees Jump The Gun On Playing Place Roundabouts -- West Briton (Cornwall).
  19. Unicorn Safe Thanks To Cash
  20. Unusual Millennium Parties Planned -- AP headline
  21. Urgent Plea For "Flying Lollipop" Patrols -- Cornish Guardian
  22. Use Of Heroin Shooting Up -- Huntingdon Town Crier
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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