I don't know how headlines are written these days. I trained to be a print journalist, and had a real talent for writing heads. One is given so much space and has to write a head that will 1. grab the readers' attention 2. give the gist of the story and 3. fit the space.

It was kind of like writing haiku. I can still "Count heads." Each letter has a number value. A or b count as one. I, or small l count as 1/2. N counts as 1 1/2. M or w count as 2. A useless skill, since it's all done on computers now.

I agree that that one about Ms. Knightly is ridiculous. I had a piece in last Saturday's Post-Gazette about the stupidity of homophobia. The headline read "Gays Cause Trouble". Which meant I not only got nasty emails from homophobes. I got them from Gays too.