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I remember taking a journalism class with Edwin Diamond back in '84. On the first day of class he presented us with a formula derived from several years of New York Times front page stories. I wish I had my class notes handy, but it went something like: one dead white girl midtown = 5 dead African-Americans uptown = a dozen dead out of state = etc etc....
(If I can find the specific formula, I'll edit the post...).