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‘Too fat to work’ couple drop the kilos
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Marvel resets comic books to #1
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‘I sat on 12 manspreaders’
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‘Move or I’ll make a f*****g scene’
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‘You’re a professional basketball player?’
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Why I fought Zoo Weekly’s sexist ridicule
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Eight-year-old in transgender row
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD transgender child who was born a boy, but wants to be recognised as female, competed in a school race as a girl this week.
‘People think it’s dead’
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400 killed in cruise ship nightmare
HUNDREDS of bodies have been retrieved from Chinese waters after a nightmare cruise ship crash left more than 400 dead.
The real life Prison Break
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ISIS’s terrifying new weapons
ISLAMIC State terrorists are recruiting highly-trained experts to build weapons made from a very cheap household product, Julie Bishop has revealed.
Gay rights march triggers violence
WHILE much of the world is moving towards marriage equality for same-sex couples, in this country, even a rare pride march ended in chaos.
Buying knickers should be easier than this
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‘I lost $100m and I’ve never been happier’
WRITER Suzanne Corso was once a card-carrying member of the 1 per cent — until her financier husband lost their $100 million nest egg in the 2008 fiscal meltdown.
One thing successful people do
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Kate Langbroek has a confession to make
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Inside the world’s biggest cave
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Nude tourists blamed for Malaysia quake
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Man to live on terrifying island
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What’s going on with Oprah’s hair?
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Male celebs who went under the knife
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The MasterChef underdog Julie’s backing
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The cooking show that really rules
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Why you need to watch your drink
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Smart sex toy rates your performance
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Bear catches lunch like a pro
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Test to detect every virus you’ve had
A NEW and inexpensive test has been developed that can detect every virus a person has been exposed to, using a single drop of blood.
How your $2 is fixing the economy
BAD news Australia, the government has decided you’re not going to get an extra couple of dollars in your pay packet. On the plus side, you’re saving the economy.
Wall Street’s scariest problem
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‘We will fight these greedy developers’
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Don’t be this guy in the office
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Brutal blow finishes Geale early
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Football star’s ‘disgusting’ diet
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Ronaldo’s astonishing media tirade
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Booing of Goodes ‘disgraceful, pathetic’
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