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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Elvis Is the King and I Am the Queen

For those who are not familiar, that headline comes from Little Richard, in 2016, during one of the several periods of his life that he was out of the closet. He would be back in again within the next year, doing an interview with a Christian TV network in which he said being gay or trans is an "unnatural affection" that goes against "the way God wants you to live."

Anyhow, we gave two clues as to last week's headline theme. The first was that it required readers to add some letter, maybe to the beginning or maybe to the end, of one word in each headline, which would then create a new word. On Saturday, we added: "We'll tell you that those readers who solve the puzzle will do it with ease (as it were)." And now, the solution, courtesy of reader C.S. in Mt. Laurel, NJ:

Add an "E" at the beginning of the indicated words:

Legal News: A Very Roundabout Approach to the Citizenship Question—EVERY

In Congress: At Long Last, Are Republicans Finding Their Spines?—EAT

Today in Stupid Distractions: Comey Posts Pic, Now Under Investigation—EPIC

Jolly Olde England: A Few More Reports on the Late Election—ELATE

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Ron Turcotte Rode Secretariat to Victory—ERODE

This Week in Schadenfreude: Consistency Is Not a Quality that Kid Rock Possesses, Apparently—EQUALITY

This Week in Freudenfreude: You Want Malicious Compliance? We Got Malicious Compliance—EWE

Some readers used EGOT for the last headline, which we allowed, though that's really an acronym more than a word. And from the headline for this item, King + E = EKING.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

M.B. in Albany, NY
D.D. in Highland Park, IL
S.G. in Durham, NC
R.B. in Amherst, MA
M.W. in Chicago, IL
D.L. in Springfield, IL
D.P. in North Bethesda, MD
E.V. in Derry, NH
C.S. in Mt. Laurel
C.W. in Atlantic Beach, FL
K.R. in Austin, TX
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
R.P. in Brooklyn, NY
T.T. in Conway, AR
G.S. in Basingstoke, England, UK
D.D. in Carversville, PA
G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
T.C. in Key West, FL
K.H. in Eldora, CO
E.M. in New York, NY
M.K. in Long Branch, NJ
A.D. in Gaithersburg, MD
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
M.S. in New York City, NY
M.M. in Charlottesville, VA

S.L. in Brussels, Belgium
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
J.S. in Germantown, OH
D.E. in High Springs, FL
M.S. in Royal Oak, MI
A.H. in Espoo, Finland
D.B. in Glendale, CA
M.W. in Altea, Spain
P.R. in Kirksville, MO
M.H. in Ottawa, ON, Canada
B.W. in Tyngsborough, MA
D.W. in State College, PA
T.M. in New York City, NY
S.F. in Pemberton Borough, NJ
D.S. in Nashua, NH
K.H. in Albuquerque, NM
W.S. in Greenville, NC
M.T. in Wheat Ridge, CO
H.B. in State College, PA
N.K. in Cleveland Heights, OH
E.P. in Tillson, NY
N.P. in Santa Rosa, CA
P.H. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
K.M. in Bloomington, IN
S.F. in San Marcos, CA

The 50th correct response was received at 9:34 a.m. PT on Friday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word in some headlines, multiple words (and/or punctuation) in others, and it does not include the item about the two people who were killed. It's in the Trivial Pursuit category Arts & Entertainment. For a hint, we'll say that it's certainly been a tiring week (see above note), but you shouldn't cry for us, especially if you're in Argentina.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line "May 23 Headlines." (Z)

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