The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
“Massive Dead Whale Found in Tampa Bay”–headline, St. Petersburg Times, Oct. 5

Help Wanted
“Extreme Squirreling Teams Sought”–headline, BBC Web site, Oct. 4

News of the Oxymoronic
“Extinct Black-Footed Ferret Returns to Canada”–headline, Scientific American Web site, Oct. 6

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Former Phila. Lawyer Locked Out of His Office”–headline, Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 4
  • “Paparazzi Doesn’t Recognize Meghan McCain”–headline, Politico, Oct. 5
  • “Cindy Sheehan Arrested at White House Anti-War Protest”–headline, CNN.com, Oct. 6
  • “Iceland Criticizes IMF, UK and Dutch”–headline, Financial Times, Oct. 6
  • “Granholm, Dems Devise New Taxes”–headline, Detroit Free Press, Oct. 6

For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for the “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.