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BEST NEWSPAPER HEADLINES OF 1999

[Or - Do all journalists suffer from foot in mouth disease?]

1) Include your children when baking cookies.
2) Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Say Experts.
3) Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers.
4) Drunks Get Nine Months in Violin Case.
5) Iraqi Head Seeks Arms.
6) Is There a Ring of Debris Around Uranus?
7) Panda Mating Fails; Vet Takes Over.
8) British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands.
9) Teacher Strikes Idle Kids.
10) Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead.
11) Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told.
12) Miners Refuse to Work After Death.
13) Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant.
14) Stolen Painting Found by Tree.
15) Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Counter.
16) War Dims Hope for Peace.
17) If Strike is not Settled quickly, It May Last a While.
18) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide.
19) Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge.
20) New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group.
21) Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Space.
22) Kids Make Nutritious Snacks.
23) Local High School Dropouts Cut In Half.
24) Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead.
25) Plane with 128 Crashes