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== Daily Mirror ==
* Newcastle getting relegated on 24 May 2009, led to the following day: "Toon and out" (front page) and "[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_on_the_Tyne:Fog on the Tyne|Sob on the Tyne]]" (back page)
 
 
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* Alleged headline cited in a [[bash.org]] quote: [http://bash.org/?402739 "Bush and Kerry Hit Road, Trade Blows on Jobs"]
* An example from the Sixties in ''The Los Angeles Times'': When a very catchable pop fly fell for a base hit because of the confusion of Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Bobby Wine and second baseman Cookie Rojas, the headline read: "The Daze of Wine and Rojas."
* Slate.com had an [http://www.slate.com/id/2297924/ Explainer article] discussing whether kids were harmed more by viewing sex or violence. The headline: [[George W. Bush|Bush v. Gore]]
* A few British examples (some apocryphal) can be found [http://mefoley.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/the-call-of-the-pun/ here].
 
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