Is proofreading a dying art? Even though verbiage passes the word processor’s spellchecker, does it make sense?

Great titles and headings are compelling and entice you to read more. And then there are those which make you say “Huh?”  A friend sent me an email with the following. Enjoy.

• Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges (You mean there’s something stronger than duct tape?)
• If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile (Ya think?!)
• Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures (Who would have thought?!)
• Caskets found as workers demolish mausoleum “We had no idea anyone was buried there.” (So what did you think was in there?)
• Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says (Really? Ya think?)
• Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers (Now that’s taking things a bit far!)
• Volunteers search for old Civil War planes (How’d that work out?)
• Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over (What a guy!)
• Miners Refuse to Work after Death (Good-for-nothing’ lazy so-and-so’s!)
• The meeting on open meetings is closed (Doesn’t sound very open to me.)
• Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant (See if that works any better than a fair trial!)
• Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft (That’s what he gets for eating those beans!)
• Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter (Now how was that possible? )
• War Dims Hope for Peace (I can see where it might have that effect!)
• Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge (He probably IS the battery charge!)
• DOE to do NEPA’s EIS on BNFL’s AMWTP at INEEL after SRA protest (Huh? What language is this?)
• New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group (Weren’t they fat enough?)
• One-armed man applauds the kindness of strangers (OK, that’s just cruel.)
• Missippi’s literacy programs shows improvement (And how do you spell Mississippi?)
• Tips to avoid alligator attacks—#1 Don’t swim in waters inhabited by large alligators. (Are you sure?)
• Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25. (And I thought 19 was the last age you could be a teen.)
• Kids Make Nutritious Snacks (Do they taste like chicken?)
• Utah Poison Control Center reminds everyone not to take poison (Duh!)
• Local  High School Dropouts Cut in Half (Chainsaw Massacre all over again!)
• Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors (Boy, are they tall!)

And finally …

• Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead (Did I read that right?)

Is it time to have another set of eyeballs look at your writing?

Have you seen other headings which would fit this list?