The Talkin’ Headline Blues is a weekly series of recordings using unedited headlines from CNN.com written as a song. This week’s topic: Whoever Smelt It Dealt It.

Death stuns Rust Belt.
U.S. vs. extinction and police.
Fish star laundry.
Poison submarines limit mauled Cuba.

You see what I did here with this week’s topic? See how one of the headlines has the word “fish”? See how “smelt” is also a kind of fish? See that picture I dropped in there of a politician (could have been any politician)? See?

Well, now that you have a clear understanding, go ahead and read up on some more fart jokes. It’s okay. We all love letting a good one fly. Then, after you’re finished with that, read some ass smoke that CNN baked up this week:

• Prince’s death: Developments
• New Beyonce album stuns Internet
• Rust Belt voters: We need big change
• China wins big from U.S. trade
• Cruz, Kasich team up vs. Trump
• Penguins are facing extinction
• Who did it and why?
• Town’s entire police dept. resigns
• Man caught 400-pound fish with wrench
• NBA star gets technical while on bench
• Laundry packet poisonings increase
• 24 die after eating poison sweets
• Russian submarines a big threat?
• For pro stair climbers, sky’s the limit
• Mauled tiger keeper broke rules says zoo
• Cuba may clear way for Carnival cruise