1 I dunno. I found the article on Lexis, and the paper appears to be right. Having peeked through the headlines of that time though, it's a little odd for this to be a deliberate misrepresentation rather than just sloppiness. After all, there are other headlines from that time that serve the same purpose... and from better news papers.

2 I'm from the Central Illinois area, and I can say from everything I have read this seems to be entirely true. The funny part is this story has been brewing for about a month now -- the national media just finally took notice. Images are available over at MooreWatch if you want to take a look. It's a pretty egregious difference -- and according to the paper, the F911 blowup headline is in a font they never use as well. Pantagraph's not a bad rag for a town of 150K Nice blog btw.

3 The $1.00 lawsuit is a literary tradition. It's partly because the law on copyright damages requires proof of loss and partly to show that it is all about principle.

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