(FORTUNE Magazine) – Memorializing the dog days, we hereby inaugurate Keeping Up's first annual list of the ten least surprising recent headlines -- every one a guaranteed nonastonisher.

ARRESTS BEGIN IN CITY WELFARE FRAUD -- Newsday, July 11. ALBANIAN JAIL CONDITIONS CALLED SUBHUMAN -- AP, March 11. WOMEN DOCTORS FIND PROFESSION RIFE WITH SEXISM -- Chicago Tribune, June 9. S&L BUYERS, POLITICIANS LINKED -- Chicago Tribune, July 10. RAMSEY CLARK ORGANIZES TRIBUNAL FOR U.S. GULF WAR CRIMES -- Reuters, May 10. SHORTAGE SEEN IN S&L INSURANCE FUND -- Washington Post, July 12. CASTRO PLEDGES TO STAND BY REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES -- AP, April 20. CUOMO WILL ALLOW AN INCOME-TAX RISE FOR THE WEALTHIEST -- New York Times, July 4. POSTAL SERVICE SAYS IT NEEDS HIGHER RATES -- Wall Street Journal, July 3. McENROE LOSES TEMPER -- New York Times, July 26.