tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-64026301897909484812008-04-10T10:01:00.004-04:002008-04-10T11:21:08.811-04:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_HVN-UM1oBn4/R_4fdNBszOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/ejQuO63oSU0/s1600-h/usatoday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_HVN-UM1oBn4/R_4fdNBszOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/ejQuO63oSU0/s400/usatoday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187618407350848738" /></a><br />USA Today tells us that 150,000 scrambled after more flights canceled. After more flights canceled <i>what</i>? You can scramble after more flight <i>cancellations</i>, or after more flights <i>are</i> canceled, but you can't scramble after more flights canceled, just as politicians can't say a bill bad. That's <a href="http://www.theslot.com/post.html" target="_blank">an improper headline shortcut</a>.<br /><br />Some more, from elsewhere:<br /><br /><strong>Dad arrested after<br />dispute over which<br />gang right for baby<br /><br />Comic says studios fear<br />femme flicks not funny<br /><br />Watchdog group<br />says law violated</strong>Billnoreply@blogger.com