Proofreading a dying art?

I got this email from a friend. And it made me laugh. I can definitely relate to these funny headlines. I work for the local newspaper as a proofreader. Every week I come home complaining about headlines. It would have been faster to type it & then add my own formatting. Instead, I copied & pasted & then worked hard to get it to look the way I wanted it to.

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter  This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this.  It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!!  They put in a correction the next day.       Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says No crap, really? Ya think? Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers Now that's taking things a bit far! Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over     What a guy!      Miners Refuse to Work after Death     No-good-for-nothin' lazy so-and-so's!    Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant   See if that works any better than a fair trial!    War Dims Hope for Peace    I can see where it might have that effect!     If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile    Ya think?!  Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures     Who would have thought!    Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide     They may be on to something!  Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges   You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?       Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge      He probably IS the battery charge!    New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group     Weren't they fat enough?!   Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft     That's what he gets for eating those beans!      Kids Make Nutritious Snacks      Do they taste like chicken?    Local  High School Dropouts Cut in Half      Chainsaw Massacre all over again! That'll teach'm to be dropouts!  Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors      Boy, are they tall! Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead      Did I read that right?

Some of our own bloopers are a house with a wooden dick instead of deck, LOTOJA peddles though town - bicyclists pedal, not peddle; through not though.