I would think it depends on the site... maybe some special html characteristics around the first headline? I usually use lynx, which strips down the html and o

I would think it depends on the site... maybe some special html characteristics around the first headline? I usually use lynx, which strips down the html and only outputs the text. News site tend to have the same structure for every article, so after passing the html to lynx, the headline for a news site article will probably be around line 5-6.