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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: A Tombstone for Nobody

For last week's theme, we gave two hints: (1) We'll say that it's a VERY timely theme. That's probably not quite enough, so we'll also give an answer key of sorts for the five headlines that are part of the puzzle: 1B2BLFPC. That answer key is in the correct order, by the way; and (2) There are either eight or nine words or phrases, in total, that we could have used (the existence of the ninth is a matter of debate). The three or four we did NOT use were "I Don't Know," "Because," "I Don't Care," and (maybe) "Nobody." We wrote that the "answer key" to the headlines yesterday is 1B2BLFPC. If we used the same code for these additional three or four possibilities, it would work out to be 3BCFSS or 3BCFSSRF, depending on whether the maybe is included.

And now the answer, courtesy of M.K. in Long Branch, NJ:

The headlines contain players named in the Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" routine:

Whiskeyleaks: Who Will Take the Fall (if anyone)?—First base

You Win Some, You Lose Some: Stefanik Learns What She Should Already Have Known—Second base

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Why Did the Salmon Cross the Road?—Left field

This Week in Schadenfreude: No Tomorrow for J.D. Vance?—Pitcher

This Week in Freudenfreude: No Today for Unification Church of Japan—Catcher

Presumably, the code we offered is now self-evident; 1B2BLFPC = first base, second base, left field, pitcher, catcher. Oh, and last Thursday was the start of the Major League Baseball season.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

M.Z. in Sharon, MA
D.L. in Springfield, IL
J.E. in San Jose, CA
B.U. in St. Louis, MO
M.S. in Canton, NY
W.J.J. in Kitchener, ON, Canada
M.J. in Oakdale, MN
P.Q. in Chicago, IL
L.D. in Lexington, KY
M.K. in Long Branch
M.E. in Greenbelt, MD
Z.K. in New York City, NY
B.F. in Nashville, TN
D.S. in Layton, UT
P.H. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
M.W. in Altea, Spain
A.F. in Chelmsford, MA
D.B. in Pittsboro, NC
J.M. in Eagle Mills, NY
K.P. in Lutz, FL
P.W. in Tulalip, WA
B.C. in Chippewa Lake, OH
J.T.B. in Manhattan, NY
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
B.H. in Sherman Oaks, CA

H.M. in San Dimas, CA
J.P. in Fredericksburg, VA
S.C. in Philadelphia, PA
A.D. in Vass, NC
J.H. in Flint, MI
R.E.D. in Baltimore, MD
T.T. in Conway, AR
J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
R.B. in Amherst, MA
M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
P.R. in Kirksville, MO
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
M.M. in Charlottesville, VA
T.C. in Key West, FL
M.L. in West Hartford, CT
T.K. in Kirkwood, MO
S.K. in Bethesda, MD
C.O. in Urbana, IA
J.H. in Lake Forest, CA
R.S. in Milan, OH
T.C. in Danby, NY
M.T. in Simpsonville, SC
K.F. in Berea, KY
D.B. in Glendale, CA
S.R. in Robbinsville, NJ

A.D. in Vass submitted this image as their (correct) response:

A player with the last name 'Hu' standing
on first base

The 50th correct response was received at 8:26 a.m. PT on Saturday.

This week's theme relies on one word in some headlines, multiple words in others. It's in the category Arts and Entertainment and, like last week's theme, it's timely. As to a hint, we'll have to give two, since we won't have a posting tomorrow. First, we ♥ Toxic Waste, and second, if you still need more help, we're your huckleberry.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line "April 4 Headlines." (Z)

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