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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Rock Fish

We had two hints for last week's headline theme. The first was: "[W]e are reminded of our Shakespeare: 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves.'" The second, which we nearly forgot to share, was: "The solution is a killer." And here is that solution, courtesy of J.N. in Zionsville, IN:

This week's headlines all feature symbols or animals associated with the Zodiac.

Confirmation Hearings: Trump May Not be Able to Ram Gabbard, Kennedy Through—Aries

Trumponomics: A Heaping Pile of Bull... Well, You Know—Taurus

Today in Fawning Obeisance: Meta Appears to Have Abandoned All Pretense of Balance—Libra

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Little Lion Man—Leo

This Week in Schadenfreude: Boebert Tries to Be a Hawk, Ends Up as a Goat—Capricorn

This Week in Freudenfreude: Fires, Meet Water Bearer—Aquarius

Naturally, we accepted answers that were in the vicinity, like "constellations" and "astrological signs." And, of course, the "Fish" from this headline is Pisces.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

J.N. in Zionsville
B.F. in Nashville, TN
D.S. in Layton, UT
J.R. in Austin, TX
S.R.G. in Grecia, Costa Rica
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
A.D. in Vass, NC
A.O'N. in Wiesbaden, HE, Germany
P.M.C. in Vero Beach, FL
J.M.R. in Muncie, IN
N.H. in London, England, UK
M.M. in Leonardtown, MD
E.S. in Providence, RI
T.P. in Kings Park, NY
S.C. in Mount Airy, MD
M.B. in Albany, NY
M.T. in Simpsonville, SC
T.C. in Danby, NY
P.R. in Kirksville, MO
M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
C.G. in Pittsburgh, PA
K.M. in Olympia, WA
B.G. in Bedford, MA
B.W. in Tyngsborough, MA
B.F. in Madison, WI

S.S. in Emmenbrücke, LU, Switzerland
J.U. Chicago, IL
D.C. in Teaneck, NJ
K.R. in Austin, TX
M.W. in Northbrook, IL
G.G. in Nottingham, UK
T.B. in Richardson, TX
B.R. in Arlington, MA
G.K. in Blue Island, IL
M.K. in Long Branch, NJ
W.S. in Greenville, NC
M.W. in Altea, Spain
V.F. in Bowie, MD
J.W. in York, England, UK
P.L. in Skövde, Sweden
S.F. in Pemberton Borough, NJ
G.W. in Avon, CT
M T. in Wheat Ridge, CO
J.P. in Fredericksburg, VA
S.S. in Santa Monica, CA
D.S. in Brookville, OH
S.T. in Federal Way, WA
J.D.W. in Baltimore, MD
D.B. in Pittsboro, NC
R.G. in Bella Vista, AR

Just in case the second hint flew over anyone's head, it was a reference to the Zodiac Killer, who remains at large, though he's probably dead.

For this week's theme, the Trivial Pursuit category is Entertainment. It relies on one word per headline, and as a hint, we'll note that the headline for the first item today was almost "MuskWatch: Americans are Leary of Elon." We scrapped that because we did not want a bunch of messages correcting our deliberate misspelling.

If you think you have the solution, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject "February 7 Headlines." (Z)

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