Within the course of a day's news consumption, users are "checking-in" to various news sites generating a running mental map of news headlines based on the last check-in. There is a strong sense of "missing" a piece of news from the last check-in.
In some cases users are seeking out specific tags such as "Updated," "Last Update," "Revised," as well as some notion of when this news was originally published. When in this mindset, users are absorbing the entire page in a "quick scrolling" behavior, scanning titles for indications of which news titles are the most current / freshest.
Opportunities are present for creating natural eye tracking techniques when presenting news headlines. Possible consideration in placing a higher emphasis on time stamps in relation to titles.