“Breaking News In Yuba County” (** out of four) was a strained comedy about an unhappy older woman (Allison Janney) whose philandering husband (Matthew Modine) dies but it turns out that she finds she can take advantage of this situation and reap some publicity and fame from this once the local police (led by Regina Hall) and her daughter (Mila Kunis) think he is only missing. One-joke idea in which the one joke itself isn’t all that funny or entertaining. Director Tate Taylor throws in all the screwball humor he can to keep things lively but to not much avail. Janney is strong as always and is better than film deserves; both Modine and Kunis are wasted.