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jb1991 on Jan 6, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: North Korea announces successful hydrogen bomb tes...

Yes, a colon nearly always means "said this..." in journalism headlines.

piffey on Jan 6, 2016 [–]

I had to pull out my AP stylebook since I couldn't find a copy online, but the colon does mean that in headlines -- along with a few other things. Best link I could find below.

[1] http://web.ku.edu/~edit/heads.html

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