News reporters rarely, if ever, get to write their own headlines. That can be both a good and a bad thing, as I discovered when I was writing for a local newspaper.
Sometimes titles bear little or no relation to the articles they accompany. Other times, though, they can draw attention in a way the story itself might not.
Case in point: "Bavarian Bakery Bicycle Burglary".
If I didn't know any better, I might wonder whether some thief took off with a strudel-maker's Kalkhoff in Munich.
Turns out, the perp robbed the Bavarian Bakery of Dover, Delaware and fled on his bicycle.
Some time after midnight on Friday, police officers saw 56-year-old Samuel L. Curtis riding on the wrong side of the road with no lights or reflectors, and wearing dark clothing while carrying a dark backpack. When the cops tried to stop him, he kept on riding--until he fell off his bike. That's when the constables collared the crook and, on him, found a box he took from the bakery and tools he used to break in.
He was released on a $15,150.00 unsecured bond. For that price, he could have gone to Bavaria--and a few other places!
Sometimes titles bear little or no relation to the articles they accompany. Other times, though, they can draw attention in a way the story itself might not.
Case in point: "Bavarian Bakery Bicycle Burglary".
If I didn't know any better, I might wonder whether some thief took off with a strudel-maker's Kalkhoff in Munich.
Turns out, the perp robbed the Bavarian Bakery of Dover, Delaware and fled on his bicycle.
Some time after midnight on Friday, police officers saw 56-year-old Samuel L. Curtis riding on the wrong side of the road with no lights or reflectors, and wearing dark clothing while carrying a dark backpack. When the cops tried to stop him, he kept on riding--until he fell off his bike. That's when the constables collared the crook and, on him, found a box he took from the bakery and tools he used to break in.
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| Bavarian Bakery Bicycle Burglar |
He was released on a $15,150.00 unsecured bond. For that price, he could have gone to Bavaria--and a few other places!
