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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Bad News Brown

For last week's headline theme, we told you, "the theme is actually kind of dark, but we chose it because it's complementary to an element of the Schadenfreude item." On Saturday, we added, "we really wanted to use the song 'Mississippi Queen,' written by Felix Pappalardi, but there was no item it fit with." And on Sunday, we gave a bonus hint: "[We] thought that once people realized that one of the songs is from John Lennon, one is from Biggie Smalls, and one is from Tupac Shakur, the cat would be right out of the bag."

Here, courtesy of reader T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts, is the solution:

Today's headlines all feature a song title from an artist who was shot to death. (In cases where the "artist" is a band or group, at least one member of that group was lost in this fashion.):

Putting the "Tri" in "Trifecta": Hussle in the House (Nipsey Hussle)
Trump Appointments, Part I: Cemetery Gates (Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell)
Trump Appointments, Part II: Another Saturday Night (Sam Cooke)
Trump Appointments, Part III: No Me Queda Mas (Selena)
PutinWatch 2024: Mind Games (John Lennon)
ManchinWatch 2024: Ain't That Peculiar (Marvin Gaye)
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Ten Crack Commandments (Biggie Smalls)
This Week in Schadenfreude: So Many Tears (Tupac Shakur)
This Week in Freudenfreude: She Loves To Rock (Cornell Gunter)
Indeed a dark complement to the Schadenfreude item.

We warned you. Bad News Brown, from the headline for this item, was also shot to death.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

R.D. in Cheshire, CT
K.M. in Ypsilanti, MI
D.D. in Highland Park, IL
T.K. in Half Moon Bay
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
D.L. in Uslar, Germany
M.W. in Altea, Spain
J.P.M. in Eagle Mills, NY
E.K. in Arlington, MA
M.B. in Albany, NY
S.B. in Warsaw, Poland
M.T. in Simpsonville, SC
W.M. in Livonia, MI
H.B. in Toronto, ON
D.C. in South Elgin, IL
R.S. in Milan, OH
C.R. in Hunter, UT
L.D. in Bedford, MA
M.L. in Iowa City, IA
M.M. in Leonardtown, MD
E.B. in Avon, IN
L.A.J. in Bourbonnais, IL
G.K. in Blue Island, IL
P.S. in Atlanta, GA
M.B. in Menlo Park, CA

B.B. in Avon, CT
M.D. in Wakefield, MA
E.S. in Providence, RI
J.C. in Trenton, NJ
J.P. in Rowland Heights, CA
F.B. in San Diego, CA
D.H. in Portland, OR
R.R. in Pasadena, CA
T.L. in Uppsala, Sweden
P.R. in Somerville, MA
K.Y. in Morgantown, WV
M.S. in Canton, NY
H.Z. in Halle, Germany, and E.B. in Hannover, Germany
M.T. in Kent, OH
R.H. in Lakeville, MN
M.L. in West Hartford, CT
K.R. in Austin, TX
D.S. in Layton, UT
D.B. in Farmville, VA
S.R. in Robbinsville, NJ
M.A. in Union City, CA
D.M. in Austin, TX
R.I. in London, England, UK
F.B. in Santa Monica, CA
W.H. in Columbus, OH

Some respondents noted this one was especially easy, others said it was unusually hard.

As to this week's theme, it's in the Trivial Pursuit category "Geography." It relies on just one word per headline, though you could argue that it relies on two words, in one case. As to a hint, we'll remind folks that if a headline word appears to be misspelled on a Friday, it's probably deliberate.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line "November 22 Headlines." (Z)

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