April 8

I thought the list of best headlines of the year was great. My personal favorite was "Deer kill 17,000" Sounds like mother nature is taking back the planet on a rampage of deer! Hahaha! But it is interesting to look at these because as someone who has to write headlines all the time, you can forget to look at the literal meaning. You know what the story is about, and you've been trying to cram in into a column head for twenty minutes. Perhaps at 2 a.m. "Deer kill 17000" looks pretty darn good!
I definitely remember that astronaut story, and all the crazy news coverage. Though I have to agree with the guy that commented on the punny headlines by the New York tabloids. Yes, they are crazy and out there all the time, but hey -- sometimes these stories warrant a little sense of humor. I mean, who wants to be the journalist on the CBS evening news conducting a serious interview with NASA when it's clearly a love triangle gone wrong, way wrong.
The bailout headlines were interesting to look at next to each other. Gives you perspective on how different just a word or two can make a headline. I love how the New York Times is so complex and punctuation heavy: A noticable trademark.
Blagojevich's headlines are even juicer! It just goes to show what one word and fantastic design can do to give impact to a page. I thought the one with the pull quote was pretty powerful (thought extrememly sensational) and calling it a "crime-spree" was unique.