More headlines

Good Headline: Exploding paperweight costs teacher his hand
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/04/paperweight.explosion.ap/index.html

The headline that was actually on the home page, but is no longer there, was what attracted me to the story: "Teacher, crushing bug with gun shell, blows up hand." It's very visual and clearly explains what happened.

Not so good headline: Criminal alien exception blocked
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060404-105601-5010r.htm


This headline didn't really give me a good idea what the story was about. Criminal, alien and exception all together was a lot to try to comprehend at once. "Exception to what?" was a question that sprang to mind. The concept of an exception being blocked was also difficult to comprehend. The use of the word "alien" is somewhat questionable too.