Election Day, Herman Cain, sexual harassment and the asteroid

Lisa Sorg — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:15:00 -0500

At 8:40 this morning, I was Voter No. 39 at Rogers-Herr Middle School and, with the exception of the poll workers, the only soul in the gymnasium. Early voting turnout for this year's Durham general election was double that of the October primary (5,039 to 2,298) but still pitiful considering there are 133,452 registered voters in Durham County.…

Whose headline is it anyway? Plus Rapiscan, David Price and X-ray scanners

Lisa Sorg — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:09:00 -0500

"Light my faucet"

"The pun also rises"

Headline writing is an art—a lost art, thanks to Search Engine Optimization and the Internet—but those of us still living in the print world know that crafting a compelling "head" (or "hed," in journo shorthand) can be tougher than polishing 1,000 words of prose.

At the Indy, the section editors and I generally write the headlines, although occasionally a writer will come up with a pithy, punchy one.…

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Election Day, Herman Cain, sexual harassment and the asteroid

Whose headline is it anyway? Plus Rapiscan, David Price and X-ray scanners