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Efforts to rescue thousands from Houston flooding continue

The first military plane transporting evacuees from Galveston County, Texas, arrived in Dallas Monday afternoon, as rescue efforts continued to help thousands of people in Houston [...]

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Crane next to Luna Park topples into Sydney Harbour

Crane toppled off a barge into Sydney Harbour in front of the Luna ParkHundreds of tourists watched it fall about 1pm on TuesdayIt was working on a platform in front of the Sydney [...]

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Child rescued from porn ring as alleged rapist arrested

An Australian police investigation into child pornography has reportedly saved a six-year-old from a porn ring and led to the arrest of an alleged child rapist in Canada.The invest [...]

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Game Of Thrones NIGHT KING spotted Sydney Bondi Beach

Australia may be entering its spring months. But winter was in full force this week thanks to the arrival of Game Of Thrones' Night King.To celebrate the release of Game Of Throne [...]

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Playboy model Sarah Harris opens up about breast implants

She's the glamour model who boosted her bust from a 'natural' C-cup to DD.But Australian Playboy model Sarah Harris revealed her breast implants have been far from glamorous afte [...]

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Bernard Tomic crashes out of US Open and drops to 142

Just one month after boasting about never having to work another day in his life, Bernard Tomic has crashed out of the US Open and slumped to 142 in the world.The former grand slam [...]

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Victorian surfer fends off shark with a punch to the nose

Surfer Marcel Brundler fought off a white pointer shark in Victoria on TuesdayThe 37-year-old was surfing near Lorne, west of Melbourne, at the timeMr Brundler said he punched and [...]

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Cajun Navy says looters fired shots at Harvey rescue boats

A leader with the Cajun Navy has said that looters fired upon rescue boats that were attempting to assist flood victims of Hurricane Harvey.Clyde Cain, an organizer with the Louisi [...]

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Sydney Muslim youth group’s video hits female faces

A Sydney Muslim youth group's promotional video hides the faces of its female leaders.The United Muslims of Australia's website features a 13-minute promotional video which shows t [...]

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Pastor Joel Osteen closes church during Hurricane Harvey

Pastor Joel Osteen, who's televised sermons are seen by over 7 million viewers weekly, has been hit with criticism after he closed his Lakewood church due to the severe floods in T [...]

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Council tried to ban Australia Day changes mind hour later

A Melbourne council changed their mind after proposing to ban Australia Day Banyule Council suggested banning the national day but received backlashTaxpayers told the council they [...]

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West Wing advisers call Ivanka ‘Princess Royal’

Ivanka Trump is derisively referred to as 'princess royal' by White House aides while her husband, Jared Kushner, is mocked by Washington, DC insiders as a political neophyte in wa [...]

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Greens MP slammed for using Texas flood to score points

A Greens MP has been slammed on social media for using the Texas floods to make a political point about climate change.Adam Bandt, the federal member for Melbourne, sparked outrage [...]

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Man believes he is being haunted by a dead child

A man's massive Twitter thread documenting how he is apparently being haunted by a dead child is going viral.Adam Ellis of New York recently caught the eye of users after issuing a [...]

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How Alysha Frigo on This Time Next Year transformed

In March, 2016, Alysha Frigo, 35, had tipped the scales at 90 kilograms and was feeling unhealthy and increasingly unhappy with how she looked.The mother-of-one, from Melbourne, ha [...]

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LinkedIn finds women don’t sell themselves as well as men

When was the last time you gave your LinkedIn profile some love? If the answer is a while, now might be the time to update and refine it. New research by the business social netw [...]

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Baby boy ‘had drug ICE in his system when he died’

A baby boy allegedly murdered by his mother's boyfriend had the drug ice in his system, a Melbourne court has been told.Emergency crews found infant Chayse Dearing pale with strang [...]

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Adorable moment Clipper the wombat squirms free from bath

While some of us revel in a soapy warm bath, others can't think of anything worse. This must have been the case for Clipper the adorable wombat.The cute NSW wombat was captured r [...]

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Houston mom thanks cop who rescued her baby daughter

A Houston mom thanked the police officer who rescued her baby daughter after the two were separated while they were escaping rising floodwaters.Dajauh Zhane Henix took to social me [...]

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Australia offers to send troops to the Philippines

Australia has offered to send troops to help train the military in the Philippines for its fight against Islamic extremists.The role would be similar to the help Australia is provi [...]

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Study finds on-the-go breakfasts are packed with sugar

They may have 'healthy' on the label, but many on-the-go breakfast products aren't as nutritious as they appear. In fact, many of the brekkie biscuits and drinks lining our superm [...]

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Husband of woman missing at sea arrested in coin theft

A man whose wife disappeared mysteriously at sea while the two were yachting in the Bahamas has been arrested in the theft of $100,000 worth of rare gold and silver coins.Lewis Ben [...]

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Vigilante father jailed for storming ‘drug dealer’ house

A violent criminal saw texts about buying drugs on his son's phone - so he stormed the alleged dealer's house and threatened his friend with a fake gun.Steven Alexander Marshall an [...]

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Justine Damond family may wait till next year for justice

The grieving family of Justine Damond may be forced to wait until next year to receive justice for her death.The 40-year-old Australian woman was shot dead in her pyjamas outside h [...]

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Australian kids as young as 12 are working after school

Children as young as 12 are working outside of school hours, a new study revealsKids are earning an average of $10 an hour as babysitters, cashiers or waitersWorkers aged 12 to 1 [...]

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Critics slam ‘unethical’ clinical trial of herpes vaccine

Peter Thiel, the eccentric tech billionaire and supporter of President Donald Trump, is helping fund a controversial offshore test of an experimental herpes vaccine, it was reporte [...]

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Titanic soundtrack bestselling classical album in 25 years

For aficionados of Mozart or lovers of Beethoven, this news is sure to create a certain sinking feeling.For those great composers have been beaten to the bestselling classical albu [...]

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Did life begin because Earth was once a giant snowball?

Some 700 million years ago, our Blue Planet was white — imprisoned within thick ice and surrounded by an atmosphere of extreme toxicity.This was no ordinary Ice Age but a lethall [...]

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New way to kill cancer is better than chemotherapy

Scientists have new hope in the fight against cancer after finding a treatment which works better than chemotherapy.Powerful chemotherapy drugs are given to patients to destroy tu [...]

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Teenage girl sets fire to dog as friend films it

Shocking footage shows a teenage girl from North Carolina attempting to set fire to a dog.The teenage girl was filmed by her friend using an aerosol can and a lighter to set fire [...]

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Taylor Swift’s revenge by pop video

Taylor Swift is the pop star who made it cool to be nice. She boasted of her baking skills and sent surprise gifts to her many fans — the fiercely loyal ‘Swifties’. They, in [...]

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Footage reveals fish filmed at record depth of 8,178 m

A camera-rig operated by a team aboard the Japanese research vessel Kairei has captured the deepest footage yet of life in the Mariana Trench, revealing a look at a glowing ‘snai [...]

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Michigan driver slams into police car while driving drunk

Deputy was injured in crash in Washington Township, Michigan on SaturdayHe was responding to a call when a woman, 27, blew through an intersectionThe cars collided and the woman wa [...]

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Taylor Swift video smashes YouTube record with 35.5m views

She's breaking records with her new single, Look What You Made Me Do.Taylor Swift's track had racked up 35,519,224 views on YouTube by 3pm on Monday during its first 24 hours of re [...]

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Comedian Kathy Griffin hits back over Donald Trump photo

Comedian Kathy Griffin has hit back at Sunrise host Sam Armytage over the infamous photo of her holding a decapitated head of U.S. President Donald Trump.Appearing on the show ahea [...]

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Wearing virtual reality headsets may help beat back pain

Looking at the skeleton suspended in front of me, I was shocked to see how crooked it was.The hips tilted over to the right side, the spine to the left and the shoulders hunched o [...]