[After all, while terrorist issues continue to dominate the news,] there's only so much people can take, ... When it doesn't necessarily sell papers after a certain amount of time, you've got to have something more upbeat.

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Basically, we're making the most of a bad situation. That doesn't mean making up stories, of course, but we tend to relish certain kinds of odd news more than we would at other times of the year.

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