Tuggle caught

The man suspected of stabbing his daughter and leaving her for dead was arrested today after wandering into a Wallace convenience store in search of hot dogs. We’ll be updating the story throughout the day, and it will more than likely be a contender for the front page. Quote of the day from Shoshone County Sheriff Chuck Reynalds: “He hadn’t eaten in three days. So much for living in the wilds of North Idaho.”

D’oh!

Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that “successful” was misspelled in the deck on today’s Turiaf story. However, the main headline, “Surgeons repair Turiaf’s NBA dream,” does a nice job of combining two important ideas into five words.

Doin’ the mess-around

One editor was concerned that the headline “Navy cook wants just desserts for Bush” might come across as a bit ominous at first glance, though it was acknowledged the wordplay is fairly clear once you get into the story. The rather liberal use of puns in the story, we’re told, is to compensate for not being able to get very many quotes. Really helped spice things up…