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Two weeping nurses somehow saved the tiny premature twin babies before dawn.
Five words
nursessavedprematuretwinbabies
One sentence
Nurses saved premature twin babies.
Headline
Nurses save premature twin babies
Dropped: Weeping, somehow, tiny, dawn.
Brown flood water, rising within ten minutes, ruined the entire ground floor.
Five words
floodruinedentiregroundfloor
One sentence
Flood water ruined the entire ground floor.
Headline
Flood ruins entire ground floor
Dropped: Brown, ten minutes.
Furious unions, calling the terms an insult, rejected all final contract offers.
Five words
unionsrejectedfinalcontractoffers
One sentence
Unions rejected the final contract offers.
Headline
Unions reject final contract offers
Dropped: Furious, insult, all.
Overnight parking was allowed on every street until the mayor banned it.
Five words
mayorbannedovernightstreetparking
One sentence
The mayor banned overnight street parking.
Headline
Mayor bans overnight street parking
Dropped: Allowed, every. The ban is the news.
Volunteers, not the council, reopened the railway line that collapsed in March.
Five words
volunteersreopenedcollapsedrailwayline
One sentence
Volunteers reopened the collapsed railway line.
Headline
Volunteers reopen collapsed railway line
Dropped: The council, March.
The last giant sundaes were licked by thirty cheering children after the van broke down.
Five words
childrenlickedlastgiantsundaes
One sentence
Children licked the last giant sundaes.
Headline
Children lick last giant sundaes
Dropped: Thirty, cheering, the van.
From Wellfleet in November to a Coney Island afternoon eight months later, turtle Pancake rejoins the Atlantic.
Five words
WellfleetturtlePancakerejoinsAtlantic
One sentence
Turtle Pancake rejoins the Atlantic.
Headline
Turtle Pancake rejoins the Atlantic
Dropped: November, Coney Island, eight months. Wellfleet can stay in the five. It does not have to stay in the sentence.
In thirty years at an Ohio children's hospital, one surgeon draws ten thousand cartoons on little bandages.
Five words
surgeondrawscartoonsonbandages
One sentence
A surgeon draws cartoons on bandages.
Headline
Surgeon draws cartoons on bandages
Dropped: Thirty years, Ohio, ten thousand, little.
Rex, a wobbly four-month-old kitten who never could walk, gets in the wheelchair Michael Hawley built him from Lego.
Five words
wobblykittengetsLegowheelchair
One sentence
A wobbly kitten gets a Lego wheelchair.
Headline
Wobbly kitten gets Lego wheelchair
Dropped: Rex, four-month-old, never could walk, Michael Hawley.
After a prank order of pizzas in Wyoming, one pizzeria owner gives the whole lot to the ER.
Five words
pizzeriagivespizzastoER
One sentence
A pizzeria gives pizzas to the ER.
Headline
Pizzeria gives pizzas to ER
Dropped: Prank, Wyoming, whole lot, owner.
After a call from an Ohio church, a friendly pygmy goat rode to the county fair in the back seat of a police cruiser.
Five words
pygmygoatrodepolicecruiser
One sentence
A pygmy goat rode a police cruiser.
Headline
Pygmy goat rides police cruiser
Dropped: Ohio, church, friendly, county fair, back seat.
A Seattle dog called Eclipse rode the bus alone to the park, a few stops off, in a red harness, with her own pass on her collar.
Five words
Seattledogrodebusalone
One sentence
A Seattle dog rode the bus alone.
Headline
Seattle dog rides bus alone
Dropped: Eclipse, the park, red harness, the pass.
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