Dog bites man, not news. Man bites dog, now thats news.
Actually it looks like this got picked up by the AP Wire Services. Thats why a NC TV station is covering a Michigan story, on their website.
If a so called "normal thief" had done this, hitting the police blotter section of the local paper would have been the end of the story. However the "man bites dog" element is the CD side of the story. Hence probably made the local section of that town in MI newpaper and then got picked up by the AP.
The steak is the story, the sizzle is the headline. It's the sizzle/headline that moves the paper/story.
In our next story, we cover the nationalization bailout of the newspaper industry.
