The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

It’s Bad Enough They Lose Our Baggage!
“Swine Flu Boosts Charter Operators as Airlines Lose Top Fliers”–headline, Bloomberg, Sept. 15

It’s Always in the Last Place You Look

  • “Astronomers Find First Rocky Planet Outside Solar System, but It’s Hot”–headline, Associated Press, Sept. 16
  • “Sheriff’s Office Finds 100 Pot Plants in Home of 62-Year-Old”–headline, Dayton Daily News, Sept. 15

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control

  • “Muncie Fire Department Getting New Dog Thanks to Ozzy Osbourne”–headline, Star Press (Muncie, Ind.), Sept. 16
  • “Thunderstorm on Saturn Is a Record-Buster”–headline, Agence France-Presse, Sept. 15
  • “Hybrid Man-Eating Pythons? Florida Is on Alert.”–headline, Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 14

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