I’m hardly the one to criticize sloppy writing, but check out this article on NYTimes.com on the bomb scare at LaGuardia airport. Talk about a rough draft (emphasis mine — note: official spelling is LaGuardia, not La Guardia):

By AL BAKER and LIZ ROBBINS
Published: August 1, 2009
La Guardia Airport reopened at 9 a.m. Saturday, nearly four hours after a man with a fake bomb hidden in a bag tried to board a flight in the central terminal.
The early-morning scare forced the hurried evacuation of thousands of passengers onto the roadways and created a snarling domino effect of traffic that crippled operations on one of the bigger travel days of the summer.
Before noon, tempers were still flaring inside and outside the re-opened terminals. Long lines snaked around the curbs for baggage check-ins, and frustrated passengers jostled one another inside, enduring conditions that were as congested as subways at rush hour, to the point where. oOne woman tripped over a bag and needed medical attention.
The scene was surreal as the sun rose and, streams of people spilled out of the airport and onto the nearby ramps during the evacuation.. Limousine drivers were staying stayed parked at the airport to pick up waiting passengers, creating a traffic jam around the airport that cascaded onto the Grand Central Parkway. Vans bringing flight crews were being caught indelayed by the motorist traffic, setting off causing further flight delays.
At 5:05 a.m. on Saturday, a man who was apparently intoxicated when he walked up to the United Airlines ticket counter in Terminal Concourse C, said John Kelly, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. . The ticket agent noticed his strange behavior and alerted officials for with the Transportation Security Administration, who soon approached the man and separated him from his bag.
Law enforcement officials said they saw wires sticking out of coming from the bag.
Agents for the T.S.A. then notified Port Authority officers, — who patrol the airport in northern Queens, — and those officers, in turn, contacted the New York Police Department. Investigators from the police bomb squad opened the bag and discovered that it the device was a set of batteries and wires attached to what looked like an electrical power strip with a toggle.
The police arrested tThe man, whom officials identified as Scott McGann, 32. , was taken into custody and later arrested. The Port Authority Police Department charged him with three felonies:, placing a false bomb, placing a false bomb in a transportation facility, and making terrorist threats.
“The guy is collared and the bomb is not a bomb,” Mr. Kelly said.
About 5:30, officials evacuated the airport, and some passengers who had already been cleared through security were transported by bus taken to gates at other terminals, Mr. Kelly said.
The oA law enforcement official who requested anonymity because of the ongoingcontinuing investigation said Mr. McGann had a boarding pass for United Airlines Flight 667 to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. From there, he was scheduled to board a flight to Denver, and then one to Oakland, Calif., the official said. Mr. McGann appeared “highly intoxicated,” the official said.
As the morning wore on, the investigation was continueding, and a motive for the apparent ruse was not immediately disclosed — but the law enforcement official said the man appeared “highly intoxicated.”
By 11 a.m., all the concourses in the main terminal were open, including Concourse C, except for Terminal C, which serves United, United Express and American Eagle. That concourse reopened at 10:45.
That would remain closed indefinitely so the investigation could continue. “That’s a crime scene,” Mr. Kelly said.
The disruption came after extensive weather-related problems at La Guardia canceled flights on Friday. , causing passengers to scramble. But what started as a security scare had evolved into a travel nightmare by the late morning.
Anna Mulligan, 59, and her husband James, 60, had arrived at La Guardia from Staten Island at 3 a.m., extra early for their 6:40 flight on Spirit Airlines to Ft. Fort Lauderdale.
Before 6 a.m., they were at the gate in Terminal Concourse B when they were directedheard an announcement on the public address system saying that they had to evacuate the terminal. The Mulligans described a scene of chaos, which only worsened by the time they were able to return. Spirit Airlines, according to the Mulligans said, told them they could not fly out of La Guardia
People and their baggage clogged the free space in the terminals, which was when and Ms. Mulligan caught her foot on some bagsgage and hit the floor. She injured her left knee and hit her head, and the police and emergency medical technicians responded. To make matters worse, the Mulligans were told that their checked baggage was nowhere to be found.
Some flights on those airlines were departing and arriving at other terminals, he added. “We recognize that this is a unique circumstance, and we’re looking for everyone to understand what has occurred and have patience.”
Micheline Maynard and Mick Meenan contributed reporting

And you wonder why newspapers are having trouble? It took four reporters to come up with this gem.