Fame, Love, Redemption, Violence…

Given the topic of today’s article, I just had to link to this Times Online (UK) article (via Seth Godin). Seth calls it the “headline of the year,” and I have to agree it’s an excellent example of a compelling attention grabber:
Eminem remarries sweetheart he vowed to murder
Even if you don’t give a flip about Eminem, how do you resist reading that story?
Want to write compelling post titles? Appeal to the recurring themes that define our humanity.