In the Headlines

I get endless (probably too much) amusement from reading and misreading headlines. One of the joys of the Internet is that there are so many more places to find things it's easy to find slip ups or things to poke harmless fun at.

Non Sequitur: from cbs5az.com, Man who scaled cliff to propose arrested for drugs
Huh? Turns out the guy wanted to do something memorable while calling his girl on a cell phone to ask her to marry him. As he was climbing down, he got stuck on the cliff face and had to be rescued, at which point the rescuers noticed he was acting even goofier than the usual guy who'd just proposed. No word on whether she said yes.

Magic Misread, dangling modfier division: from abc15.com, Veteran run over by SUV trying to break up fight
Which goes to show commas are useful or breaking up fights with SUVs is a poor idea. (The veteran survived.)

The wonders of science: from nbcnews.com, Scientists discover rare planet that has three stars
Which could imply there is something rare about the planet other than the fact they haven't discovered many three-star systems with planets yet.