I clearly remember early days in journlism classes discussing basics, such as "What is news." I remember defining it is something unusal, different, current and the like. Specifically, the instructor said: "Man bites dog, that's news." Well, unfortunately for me, I missed out on this stroy, but at least someone got it:

To save her Lab, Minneapolis woman bites pit bull on nose:

http://www.startribune.com/local/17247504.html

How about that!

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