Here's what looks like a perfectly normal article about a tropical storm headed towards the Florida peninsula:

By Tom Brown

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ernesto began intensifying on Tuesday as it left Cuba and headed over open water toward south Florida where forecasters said there was a chance it could come ashore at hurricane strength.

But what's the headline?

Ernesto targets Florida

Hmm, that's a strange verb…

tar·get (tärgt)  Pronunciation Key

tr.v. tar·get·ed, tar·get·ing, tar·gets

1. To make a target of.
2. To aim at or for.
3. To establish as a target or goal.

target. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved August 29, 2006, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=target&x=0&y=0

So, according to Reuters, Tropical Storm Ernesto has made - that is, chosen - Florida as a "target," defined in the noun part of the same definition as "something aimed or fired at," or "an object of criticism or attack," or "one to be influenced or changed by an action or event."

I can sympathize with the desire to stop writing the headline "Ernesto heads for Florida," but please, let's leave out the notion that the storm is "targeting" or "choosing" its path. It only encourages Pat Robertson.