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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Cry Baby

For last week's headline theme, the first hint we gave was: "we'll say that we would imagine scientists (especially chemists) and finance professionals will be at an advantage." We knew that wouldn't help much, but expected the second hint—"shaken, not stirred"—to break the bank, and indeed it did. Here is the solution, courtesy of reader J.H. in Flint, MI:

All the (eligible) headlines refer to types of bonds:

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As for the hints: chemists often talk about molecular (or nuclear) bonds, financial professionals use various tools called bonds, and, of course, one of James Bond's catch phrases was "shaken, not stirred."

Exactly. And from the headline for this item, a baby bond is a security with a face value of less than $1,000.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

J.N. in Zionsville, IN
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
S.M. in Portland, CT
J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
M.W. in Frederick, MD
J.B. in Waukee, IA
T.T. in Conway, AR
S.S. in Lucerne, Switzerland
D.F. in Corcoran, MN
D.E. in High Springs, FL
D.O'N. in Tucson, AZ
D.M. in Oakland, CA
B.G. in Houston, TX
C.R. in St Louis, MO
F.D. in Dunedin, FL
P.E.F. in Baltimore, MD
D.L. in Springfield, IL
C.W. in Atlantic Beach, FL
T.F. in Craftsbury Common, VT
N.H. in London, England, UK
A.P. in Kitchener, ON, Canada
M.T. in Wheat Ridge, CO
M.S. in Canton, NY
A.G. in Concord, NH

B.L. in Ferndale, MI
J.H. in Flint
R.S. in Landing, NJ
A.D. in Vass, NC
H.B. in Toronto, ON, Canada
R.L.D. in Sundance, WY
G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
T.P. in Kings Park, NY
P.H. in Ft. Lauderdale
J.T. in Sydney, NSW, Australia
M.W. in Altea, Spain
R.K. in Indianapolis, IN
B.A. in Edmond, OK
J.E. in San Jose, CA
P.A. in Redwood City, CA
D.D. in Carverville, PA
R.K. in Bel Air, MD
F.D. in Dunedin, FL
D.F. in Norcross, GA
S.W. in Winter Garden, FL
O.B. in Santa Monica, CA
R.E. in Chicago, IL
M.A. in San Francisco, CA
J.J. in Miami, FL
J.C. in Trenton, NJ

The 50th correct response was received at 8:15 a.m. PT on Tuesday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, and it's in the category Language. The human trafficking headline is NOT part of the game, for obvious reasons.

For a hint, we'll tell you that we tried to use the word "myrrh" in the last headline, because it fits the theme and it kinda pairs with gold from the previous headline. However, it was too hard to make that work, and besides, people would be e-mailing in and asking "What happened to the frankincense?"

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line September 19 Headlines. (Z)

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