Huh?

Huh?
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People (is) (are) my business
"Singular subjects take singular verbs and plural subjects take plural verbs" (Stone & Bell, Prose Style, A Handbook for Writers)
What is our world coming to when the Texarkana Gazette, a paragon of gramatical perfection lets one go? ♪♫ ((poot)) ♪♫
Maybe it's just me but I turn to the newspaper when I get tired of "blogisms" and other bad grammar.
This time they blew my Sunday socks off with an above-the-fold faux pas.
Later in the same issue a contributer to "Dear Heloise" instructed us to sit (sic) our pet carrier on its end with the door up...
Is this what the schools are teaching or are newspapers laying off their copy editors?