Interesting if not completely successful attempt to do a newspaper layout in WordPress. Note it requires a lot of Javascript to work, so it's not something we can just start doing on every new site, nor did columns magically appear in HTML.
Description of Chapter 3's (high profile Drupal-based consultancy) design process, starting with a template of common Drupal elements so everything is captured and the design process is sped up and costs of implementation are reduced. Template is download