2012’s most convoluted headline

“Coffee cup guided hikers caught out after Mount Rainier ranger killed”

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Coffee-cup-guided-hikers-caught-out-after-Mount-2438833.php

The story was that after the park ranger was killed on Mt Ranier, police warned other hikers in the park to move to safety – dropping coffee cups with  messages written on them.