Headlines (Contemporary)

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    <name>Headline (Contemporary)</name>
    <author>Lance Boudreaux</author>
    <description>Creates a contemporary random news headline</description>
    <genre>Modern</genre>
    <category>Other</category>
    <parameters />
    <supportsMaxLength>false</supportsMaxLength>
    <items>
        <item name="Start"><![CDATA[<div style="font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; Margin: 3px 0 3px 0;">[Subject] [Action] [Location]</div>]]></item>

        <item name="Subject">A [JobC]</item>
        <item name="Subject">An [JobV]</item>
        <item name="Subject">A local [JobC+JobV]</item>
        <item name="Subject">A [GroupC]</item>
        <item name="Subject">An [GroupV]</item>
        <item name="Subject">A [=Pick('local','county','parish','state','federal') politician</item>
        <item name="Subject">[=Pick('A famous','An up-and-coming','A washed up')] [Entertainer]</item>

        <item name="Entertainer">actor</item>
        <item name="Entertainer">artist</item>
        <item name="Entertainer">athlete</item>
        <item name="Entertainer">dancer</item>
        <item name="Entertainer">director</item>
        <item name="Entertainer">musician</item>
        <item name="Entertainer">producer</item>
        <item name="Entertainer">writer</item>

        <item name="GroupC">group of teens</item>
        <item name="GroupC">group of local parents</item>
        <item name="GroupC">workers union</item>
        <item name="GroupC">teachers coalition</item>
        <item name="GroupC">motorcycle gang</item>
        <item name="GroupC">police officers union</item>
        <item name="GroupC">city council</item>
        <item name="GroupC">justice department committee</item>
        <item name="GroupC">group of concerned citizens</item>

        <item name="GroupV">internet activist group</item>

        <item name="JobC">[=Pick('club','bar','tavern')] owner</item>
        <item name="JobC">[=Pick('mechanical','petroleum','chemical','civil')] engineer</item>
        <item name="JobC">C[=Pick('A','B','D','E','F','O')]O</item>
        <item name="JobC">baker</item>
        <item name="JobC">bartender</item>
        <item name="JobC">business owner</item>
        <item name="JobC">businessman</item>
        <item name="JobC">city councilman</item>
        <item name="JobC">citizen</item>
        <item name="JobC">computer programmer</item>
        <item name="JobC">criminal</item>
        <item name="JobC">dentist</item>
        <item name="JobC">doctor</item>
        <item name="JobC">drug dealer</item>
        <item name="JobC">gang [=Pick('member','leader')]</item>
        <item name="JobC">homeless [=Pick('man','woman','child')]</item>
        <item name="JobC">landscaper</item>
        <item name="JobC">park ranger</item>
        <item name="JobC">police detective</item>
        <item name="JobC">police officer</item>
        <item name="JobC">police sergeant</item>
        <item name="JobC">private investigator</item>
        <item name="JobC">religious leader</item>
        <item name="JobC">scientist</item>
        <item name="JobC">stay-at-home mom</item>
        <item name="JobC">student</item>
        <item name="JobC">surgeon</item>
        <item name="JobC">systems administrator</item>
        <item name="JobC">teacher</item>
        <item name="JobC">teenager</item>
        <item name="JobC">town councilman</item>
        <item name="JobC">veterinarian</item>
        <item name="JobC">waitress</item>

        <item name="JobV">acrobat</item>
        <item name="JobV">antique dealer</item>
        <item name="JobV">art collector</item>
        <item name="JobV">artist</item>
        <item name="JobV">assessor</item>
        <item name="JobV">[=Pick('electrical','aerospace')] engineer</item>
        <item name="JobV">entrepreneur</item>
        <item name="JobV">environmentalist</item>
        <item name="JobV">executive</item>
        <item name="JobV">intern</item>
        <item name="JobV">insurance [=Pick('agent','adjuster')]</item>
        <item name="JobV">investigator</item>
        <item name="JobV">eye doctor</item>
        <item name="JobV">oil rigger</item>
        <item name="JobV">undertaker</item>
        <item name="JobV">union head</item>

        <item name="Action">observed acting oddly last night</item>
        <item name="Action">seemingly on PCP was seen running amok</item>
        <item name="Action">disappeared mysteriously</item>
        <item name="Action">found murdered</item>
        <item name="Action">vetoes funding for local renovation</item>
        <item name="Action">rioted</item>
        <item name="Action">decried the decaying morals of society</item>
        <item name="Action">are displaying symptoms of [Disease]</item>
        <item name="Action">claim to have seen a [=Pick('UFO','sasquatch','chupacabra','ghost','vampire','werewolf')]</item>
        <item name="Action">are responsible for a string of prank 911 calls</item>
        <item name="Action">began protesting [=Pick('recent police shooting','public school funding','welfare requirements','abortion clinics','gay rights')]</item>
        <item name="Action">expressed outrage at tainted products being sold to the poor</item>
        <item name="Action">heard muttering about [=Pick('rats','roaches','ghosts','people')] in the walls</item>
        <item name="Action">claimed the meat served was in fact human flesh</item>
        <item name="Action">found in possession of [AmountOfMoney] worth of [IllegalSubstance]</item>
        <item name="Action">are still looking for survivors</item>
        <item name="Action">have not stopped the search</item>
        <item name="Action">expect that there are no survivors</item>
        <item name="Action">notes that "Well, they were asking for it"</item>
        <item name="Action">is wrapped up in a sex scandal</item>
        <item name="Action">arrested on charges of [Crime]</item>
        <item name="Action">released on bond pending trial</item>
        <item name="Action">was [=Pick('shot','stabbed','mugged','assaulted')] and killed</item>

        <item name="Location">[=Pick('in front of','inside of','outside of','behind','at','near')] [LocationSub]</item>
        <item name="Location">behind a wall of cameras on the Capital steps</item>
        <item name="Location">around family dinner tables</item>
        <item name="Location">in their home</item>
        <item name="Location">in the [=Pick('wilderness','local forest')]</item>
        <item name="Location">in a press conference</item>
        <item name="Location">at an abandoned art gallery</item>
        <item name="Location">on the witness stand</item>
        <item name="Location">at the Congressional hearing</item>

        <item name="LocationSub">several burning cars</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a car on fire</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a subway station</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a police station</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a firehouse</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a residential home</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">an apartment complex</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">the[=Pick(' state',' city','')] capitol</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a [=Pick('local','national')] business office</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a restaurant</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a neighborhood park</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a bus station</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a [=Pick('science','natural history','art')] museum</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a factory</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a line of picketers</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">the local sports arena</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a [=Pick('lake','pond','river','creek')]</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">an undeveloped lot</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a supermarket</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a grocer store</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a general store</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">the courthouse</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a water treatment plant</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a train station</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">an apartment complex</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">a [=Pick('hotel','motel')</item>
        <item name="LocationSub">the sewer</item>

        <item name="Crime">laundering</item>
        <item name="Crime">murder</item>
        <item name="Crime">manslaughter</item>
        <item name="Crime">human trafficking</item>
        <item name="Crime">prostitution</item>
        <item name="Crime">bribery</item>

        <item name="Disease">malaria</item>
        <item name="Disease">scarlet fever</item>
        <item name="Disease">ebola</item>
        <item name="Disease">e coli</item>
        <item name="Disease">tuberculosis</item>
        <item name="Disease">small pox</item>
        <item name="Disease">an unknown disease</item>

        <item name="AmountOfMoney">over a million dollars</item>
        <item name="AmountOfMoney">thousands of dollars</item>
        <item name="AmountOfMoney">millions of dollars</item>

        <item name="IllegalSubstance">marijuana</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">cocaine</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">heroine</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">PCP</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">amphetamines</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">prescription drugs</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">counterfeit money</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">moonshine</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">stolen [=Pick('electronics','car parts','money','merchandise')]</item>
        <item name="IllegalSubstance">spice</item>
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