Specifically, it’s called telegraphese. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphese My guess is that laying a newspape

Specifically, it’s called telegraphese. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphese My guess is that laying a newspaper out on paper is essentially a 2D packing problem—which is an NP-hard optimization problem. I assume removing unnecessary words from headlines when helpful is a good way to give yourself some wiggle room in terms of what goes where.