(FORTUNE Magazine) – Again saluting the dog days, Keeping Up presents its second annual canine- bites-person awards, given this time for the dozen most boring headlines sighted since last August. Main qualification for inclusion on the list: The message delivered must be the polar opposite of one that would be at least mildly astonishing.

BOYS PREOCCUPIED WITH SEX: SURVEY -- Montreal Gazette, March 12 MAYORS SEEK MORE AID FOR AMERICA'S CITIES -- San Francisco Chronicle, June 25 REVAMPED COUNTRIES COMPLICATE OLYMPICS -- Boston Globe, July 19 SAUDI ARABIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD CALLED DEPLORABLE -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 7 SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARD SLOW TO CHANGE -- Houston Chronicle, February 23 KOREANS RETHINK LIFE IN LOS ANGELES -- New York Times, June 21 ALBANIAN ECONOMY IN DIRE STRAITS -- Xinhua News Service, July 14 DEMOCRATS GET HELP FROM HOLLYWOOD -- USA Today, July 13 WALL STREET WATCHES CORPORATE EARNINGS -- Christian Science Monitor, April 6 SF STUDENTS BACK PLAN FOR FREE CONDOMS -- San Francisco Chronicle, October 10 WOMEN CARPENTRY GRADS HAMMER AT STEREOTYPES -- Calgary Herald, June 13 TOP OFFICER SAYS POLICE CORRUPTION IS HARD TO STOP -- New York Times, June 20