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CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri real estate agent was charged Friday with...

The headline is a window into a story. It's also one of newspapering's most interesting (and fun) challenges. How do you convey the nuance of a story in just a few words? How do you alert people that an Anthropologie store is moving into Schaumburg, all in a one-column hed (which is newspaper jargon for "head," which is short for "headline")?   We have a bunch of award-winning headline writers on staff who constantly amaze me. But sometimes even they get stumped. Neil Holdway, who heads up our night copy desk operation, wrote me an overnight note about a particular challenge: "So we struggle...

Updated 1/30/2021 10:37 PM When you're new to the U.S. presidency, you want to surround yourself with people of action. That seems to be what President Joe Biden is doing.   No, I'm not foolishly wading into the murky waters of political advocacy. I merely noticed a pattern the other day when Antony Blinken was confirmed as secretary of state. Take a look at the lineup of Biden's confirmed cabinet members and others waiting to be confirmed and tell me you don't see the same pattern: Yellen, Blinken, Rouse, Power, Burns and ... Fudge. Yep, all verbs. Like-new You'll probably find more euphemi...

Today Jim is a day late and a dollar short with a D.C. glossary.

Updated 1/16/2021 6:20 PM I had a friend during the 1980s, whose identity I will not divulge, who was fond of the film "Henry V," starring Kenneth Branagh as Henry, Prince of Wales. I loved it, too.   Branagh, who cut his teeth on Shakespeare on stage, took on a big, sweeping production for his first Hollywood directorial effort. My friend was so enthralled by the battle scenes and a young Branagh that she asked me whether we could rent the prequels. (cough) Unless you're a student of Shakespeare, you might scoff at this request. No, it's not like "Rocky II," "Rocky III," "Rocky IV" and "Roc...