It might be a New York Times thing, or at least one that has perhaps spread to other American journalists: [0][1][2] "The new-style headlines are a far cry fro

It might be a New York Times thing, or at least one that has perhaps spread to other American journalists: [0][1][2] "The new-style headlines are a far cry from stereotypical Times headlines, which have been mocked for the prepositional phrases that often introduce them, like this one from last Monday’s paper, “After 8 Shots, a Quiet Officer Now Scorned.” Their frequency years ago once led to a Twitter meme in which book titles were rewritten in that style. (Among them: “Of Oz, the Wizard.”)" 0. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/public-editor/hey-google-check-out-this-column-on-headlines.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/public-editor/hey-google-c... 1. http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/193943/on-twitter-book-titles-rewritten-as-new-york-times-headlines/ http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/193943/on-twitter-book... 2. Yes, the irony is that this is also a New York Times article.