In an effort to cram in all the sordid details of a terrible crime, The Daily News gives us this confusion, which would be entertaining if finally realizing its meaning weren’t so gruesome.
The Kicker — January 19, 2010 08:58 AM
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I remember coming across that earlier in the week and thinking it was one of the worst headlines I'd ever seen.
#1 Posted by Martin L. Cahn, CJR on Tue 19 Jan 2010 at 10:21 AM
Do headline writers not know the use of commas? It seems that two commas, or m-dashes, would have made that at least readable.
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