Some people don’t know when to use the Shift key. Sure, they know to hit it when starting a sentence, but other times, they’re unsure of what words to capitalize. So they guess. And if those folks work on the Yahoo! front page, they probably guess wrong.
When referring to the legislative body in Washington, it’s the House:
When they’re not knocking down the House to a common noun, they’re seeing that common nouns get some capital gains.
The cochlear implant is great! But it’s not a proper noun:
If you’re referring to Pope Francis, his title gets a big, fat P. But when pope doesn’t precede his name, it doesn’t:
Terribly Write 
January 9, 2014 at 10:15 pm
I thought those hearing things were developed by Dr. Alphonse P. Cochlea.
About that Pope: as there’s only one, it automatically becomes a proper noun.
Sorta like the House. (Rather than the “House of Representatives”.)
January 10, 2014 at 8:05 am
Actually, the Catholic Church is not the only church with a pope. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Chalcedonian Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria also have a pope. According to the Associated Press style, which most legitimate news media follow, it’s not capitalized when it stands alone.
January 11, 2014 at 10:01 am
Don’t forget the Pope of Greenwich Village, you two.