"scare" "quotes"

I still don't understand what the BBC are up to with their headlines. Today, we have

Bigley 'handed' to another group
Spain vows to 'crush' Eta

but despite this frequent use of scare quotes, they still managed

Psycho actress Janet Leigh dies

which IMHO could have done with said quotes to avoid implying that Leigh was short a few marbles.

you forgot about Poland

Maybe Kerry knew something that Bush didn't.