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nation’s copy editors mostly resist ‘hello, dolly’ heds

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

By Charley Daniels
As people in Southern Texas and Northern Mexico girded themselves for weather, almost every news organization that ran a story about Hurricane Dolly avoided the obvious headline. Almost.
MarketWatch: Hello Dolly!
Global Surf News: Hello Dolly, Cristobal cruises nor’east, Genvieve forms
The National Guard: Hello, Dolly: Texas Guard gears up for storm
Wall Street Journal MarketBeat blog: [...]

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news slice: those doing the ‘nailing’

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

By Charley Daniels
CNN: Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy raises legal questions
Yes, she’s pregnant, she’s 16, her boyfriend is 18, and there’s a bunch of hubbub. Depending on where they got down, it could be illegal. Blah blah blah, who cares. What’s really at issue is the unfortunate choice of phrasing used by the law professor whom [...]

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news slice: hurts the little guy?

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

By Charley Daniels
Lost Remote: For me, Google News + AP = frustration
Good thoughts from Don Day about Google’s deal with the Associated Press:
I get that the Google algorithm puts more weight on “The Associated Press” than it does on KTVB. But the fact that it puts SO much weight on AP over a story that [...]

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news slice: gender and society

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Charley Daniels
Frsno Bee: SoCal court reinstates ‘men only’ sex charge against woman
An appeals court reinstated a charge of indecent exposure against a woman who disrobed in front of a 14-year-old boy.
The three-member panel overturned a ruling by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Robert W. Armstrong, who had dismissed charges against Alexis Luz Garcia last year, [...]

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news slice: reports

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

By Charley Daniels
Reuters: Congress watchdog says violence still high in Iraq
A U.S. Congressional report on Tuesday said “violence remains high” in Iraq, with little political progress and mixed results on security a day after President George W. Bush visited Anbar province and struck an upbeat tone.
Also in this issue: Water is quite wet, most dirt [...]

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