The bizarre is now banal

Have you noticed that ever since the National Enquirer scooped an unresponsive mainstream media over the John Edwards sex scandal, headlines now sound as if they were ripped off the front pages of your typical tabloid? Here are just a few examples from normally staid CNN:

Pup cloning recalls Mormon kidnapping case

Family dog chases 200 lb. bear up tree

Student pole dancers take off pounds

And my favorite:

38 dead after being bitten by vampire bats

Can Bat-Boy be far behind?