Highlights 2012 Fiction Contest

Highlights 2012 fiction contest sounds like fun. This year, the category is a funny story inspired by an unusual newspaper headline. The word limit is up to 750 words. Stories for beginning readers should not exceed 475 words. All entries must be postmarked between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2012. Good luck to all who enter. And if you want to share an unusual headline, please do so in comments.