The rest of the story became an almost daily international headline story.
And while the veep is getting his daily health-care headline with this week's Florida get-out-the-seniors-vote tour, Bush has been mired in number-crunching his own tax cut and wondering whether Dick Cheney could maybe try to grab some headlines that don't involve the campaign's lack of a prescription-drug plan.
Cause for celebration in the Daily Mail, under the headline "The debt we owe her".
Less charitable sentiments in the Daily Mirror, under the headline "The old witch".
"Pope Francis the humble" is the main headline in the Daily Telegraph, which says he appeared "as surprised as anyone" by his election.
Perhaps their role is complementary now, as a nice thing to have, rather than as the news-leading, headline-breaking daily must-have they used to be.
The Guardian describes the accident as a "fireball in the rush hour", while the headline in the Daily Star calls it a "flaming miracle" more people were not killed as "hundreds cheated death".
" Its headline contrasted with the Daily Mirror's: "The woman who divided a nation.
"Barcelona with merit but also with a bit of help, " was the headline in Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport.
And a front page headline in the top football daily Marca screams: "Beckham shuts LaPorta", a play on the Catalan word for "door".
"The farce has ended" reads a headline in the Rijeka-based daily, Novi list.
But for every anxious voice there are many more raised in excitement - as the headline in Cameroon's biggest daily paper declared - serious business begins at last.
None of this, however, seems to bother the headline-writers at the China Daily, which today leads with a story announcing further missile tests titled "Taiwan Heads to War Abyss, " supplemented by a five-column photo of PLA trucks replete with missiles rolling into Beijing for a 50th Anniversary celebration rehearsal.
"It was in the Daily Mirror on 29 June, 1977 with the headline - "What an escort for the Queen - Steptoe joins the parade.
"Israel fears Hezbollah anti-aircraft missiles could spark war, " reads a Tuesday headline from one of Israeli's main daily newspapers.
People's Daily features a photo of the two leaders shaking hands and the headline: "China firmly supports the just cause of the Palestinian people".
Not surprisingly, The Daily Mail attempted to spice up the SEO-attractiveness of its headline by noting the possibility of a gay Marvel super hero in the future, which originated in a quote from Ultimate Fallout artist Sara Pichelli.
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"From Paris to Rio, " was the block headline on the cover of Mundo Deportivo, a Spanish sports daily, on Wednesday.
"Publicize information to prevent 'bird flu panic', " read a headline of a recent front-page commentary in the People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's newspaper, that urged government departments to release information quickly about an outbreak that has killed nine and sickened 26 others.
Daily Mirror readers are left in no doubt: "Mr Incredible" runs the front-page headline, below a picture of Mr Brown's head - complete with superhero-style eye mask - superimposed on the muscular frame of one of characters from one of last year's top movies, The Incredibles.
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