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. "Weirdos" Will Visit Cornwall -- West Briton
  2. W.I To Remove Jam From Toilets
  3. Wachtler Tells Graduates That Life In Jail Is Demeaning -- The Buffalo News, February 26
  4. Wang Ousts 'Nutcracker' for Next Year -- Boston Globe headline
  5. Wanted: Suitable Position for Disoriented Indian Maharaja
  6. War Dims Hope For Peace
  7. Watchdog Gets A New Head -- Luton Times.
  8. Water Missing In The Middle Of The Sea -- Guardian
  9. Waves Of Chaos Wash Over Road -- Walthamstow (London) Guardian
  10. We've Rescued A Deer (We Found It In A Tree)
  11. We All Hope And Pray For Peach In Northen Ireland
  12. We Think Rain Caused The Floods, Says Thames Water -- Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle
  13. We Will Sell Gasoline To Anyone In A Glass Container.
  14. Weber's worldwide devotionals: Mount Joy minister encourages hurting people via the World Wide Web -- (From Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster
  15. Website For Penguins -- Western Dally Press.
  16. Week Ends Month of China Relations -- AP headline
  17. Weekly Sex May Prevent Colds and Flu --study -- Reuters headline
  18. Weird and Wacky Reigned Supreme in 2003 -- Reuters headline
  19. Welfare Exorcises 70,000 Ghosts -- Johannesburg Star.
  20. Westinghouse Will Buy Infinity For $3.9 Billion
  21. Whale Flatulence Stuns Scientists -- Sydney (Australia) Telegraph headline
  22. Whatever Their Motives, Moms Who Kill Kids Still Shock Us -- Holland Sentinal, date unknown
  23. When Doctors Smoked and Hair Was Lacquered -- New York Times headline
  24. When Ebola and HIV Are Your Friends -- AFP headline
  25. When Elephants Ruled... Hackney -- Times
  26. White Flower Two Day Sale-(Friday Only)
  27. White Sox Like Scent Of Colon -- The Grand Rapids Press
  28. Whoopee? Oopsie! Honk If the Dealership Used Your Car for Sex -- St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times headline
  29. Why Americans Love to Hate Government -- Reuters headline
  30. Why My Brain Hates Your Mistakes -- Reuters headline
  31. Why Tarts Are Big In Telford -- Irish Times.
  32. Wife Drowns In Kitchen While Looking For Food
  33. Wife Forgives Killer Elephant -- Melbourne Herald-Sun
  34. Wife Regrets Staying With Man She Killed
  35. Wife Stabs Husband After He Brings Her Bouquets -- Reuters headline
  36. Wild Wife League Will Meet Tonight
  37. Wildcat's Garbage Puzzles County Board --Berlin Reporter
  38. William Kelly, 87, Was Fed Secretary
  39. Windows 95 Were For Houses, Thief Belived -- Irish Times
  40. Winner Dies in Russian 'Vodka Marathon,' Five Runners-up Hospitalised -- AFP headline
  41. Wolves In Complex Bid For Brewer -- Guardian.
  42. Woman's Body Found In Cemetery -- Lancashire Evening Post
  43. Woman Accused Of Giving Bears Ice Cream -- Las Vegas Review-Journal
  44. Woman Beats Off Rapist -- Daily Mail
  45. Woman Fights Giant Radish -- Johannesburg Citizen.
  46. Woman Fined for Not Giving 30-day Notice Before Dying -- Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel and Enterprise headline
  47. Woman Flushes Toilet, Then Catches Fire -- Rocky Mountain News
  48. Woman From Mars Says Nothing -- Leyton (London) Guardian
  49. Woman Gives Birth to Tortoise (Metro, UK)
  50. Woman Hit Twice By Same Car in 24 Hours -- Reuters headline
  51. Woman Is Pregnant Thanks To Her Sister
  52. Woman Loses Miss World Suit -- AP headline
  53. Woman Rents House But Complains About Corpse
  54. Woman Scolded For Killing Husband
  55. Woman Swims 12 Miles After Sinking -- Irish Times
  56. Woman Tries to Give Away Dad on Internet -- AP headline
  57. Woman Uses Breasts as Bird's Nest -- Reuters headline
  58. Woman Was Left A "Monster" -- Irish Times
  59. Woman with Two Wombs Gives Birth to Twins -- Reuters headline
  60. Women's Movement Called More Broad-Based
  61. Women Bowlers Vote To Keep Their Skirts On -- Sunday Telegraph.
  62. Work Starts On New Zebra -- Bridlington Free Press.
  63. Workers Down Tools at Viagra Factory Over Hard Helmets -- GMB union circular regarding a health and safety dispute
  64. World Rubber Body Unlikely to Make Major Changes
  65. Worry On Educaion -- Express & Star
  66. Would She Climb To The Top Of Mr. Everest Again? Absolutely! -- The Houston Chronicle
  67. Wrecks Blamed On Carelessness -- AP 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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