Police crack down on drinking in Aussie driving race Posted: 1 day ago by aclister
Petrol heads will have to survive on a slab of beer a day at next month's Bathurst 1000 car race. A "slab" is a term used in Australia to refer to a box of 24x375ml cans.
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Plane soared past destination as pilots slept Posted: 2 months ago by aclister
An Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber by air traffic control, a report said.
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Australia now world's fattest nation Posted: 3 months ago by aclister
Australia has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation, a new report says.
The report, Australia's Future Fat Bomb, says 26 per cent of adult Australians - almost 4 million people - are now obese
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Police warn artist over chicken video Posted: 3 months ago by aclister
An exhibition by the Australian artist Mike Parr, which includes a film showing a live chicken being decapitated, has prompted a complaint to the RSPCA and a visit from police.
(Video not included)
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Village re-elects dead mayor Posted: 3 months ago by aclister
The residents of a Romanian village knowingly voted in a dead man as their mayor in Sunday's municipal election, preferring him to his living opponent.
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Italian girl imprisoned for 18 years for getting pregnant Posted: 3 months ago by aclister
An Italian woman whose family kept her locked in a room for almost two decades after she was accused of becoming pregnant out of wedlock has been freed by police, authorities and media reports said.
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Porn Found On L.A. Obscenity Case Judge's Webs Posted: 3 months ago by aclister
A closely watched obscenity trial in Los Angeles federal court was suspended Wednesday after the judge acknowledged maintaining his own publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos.
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Jurors caught playing Sudoku abort $1m drug trial Posted: 3 months ago by aclister
After 105 witnesses and three months of evidence, a drug trial costing $1 million was aborted today when it emerged that jurors had been playing Sudoku since the trial's second week.
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Toilet gives birth - to a possum Posted: 3 months ago by aclister
When it comes to toilets, there's a simple directional rule: everything goes downstream. When things move against the tide, then you have problems.
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Car clocked at 163 mph held together with cable ties Posted: 4 months ago by aclister
A 21-year-old driver has been booked for doing 263kmh (163 mph) in a 13-year-old car held together with cable ties.
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Angry driver takes out 50-strong cycle pack Posted: 4 months ago by aclister
About 50 cyclists - including Australian racer Kate Nichols, who was injured in a 2005 German road racing crash in which a teammate was killed - have been involved in a hit-and-run crash in Sydney this morning.
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BASE jumpers land near cops Posted: 4 months ago by aclister
Two "unlucky" Sydney BASE jumpers were arrested soon after leaping from a city tower overnight, after they landed just metres from shocked police officers on a regular patrol of the city.
Note: George Street is Sydney's main street in the heart of the CBD
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A Rather Messy Bonus Story Posted: 8 months ago by aclister
The story begins with rumors that a fixed income research analyst, had 'inappropriately relieved' himself in the office in protest at being given a piss-poor bonus......
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Germany's fastest taxi driver: Michael Schumacher Posted: 9 months ago by aclister
Seven-time formula one world champion Michael Schumacher shocked a cab driver by taking over the wheel in order to be on time for a flight.
Only in Deutschland!!
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Can you see Jesus Part II Posted: 10 months ago by aclister
An American eBayer has auctioned off a week-old pancake for $338, claiming it contains images of Jesus and Mary.
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Even erotic food has to follow the rules Posted: 10 months ago by aclister
Norway's largest erotic chain store was forced to change the labeling on products such as penis pasta, candy cuffs and chocolate body painting, to comply with Norwegian food regulations.
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Kept alive by intravenous vodka Posted: 11 months ago by aclister
Australian doctors used an intravenous feed of vodka to keep an Italian tourist alive after he consumed large quantities of a poisonous substance.
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Chainsaw victim puts hand in fridge Posted: 1 year ago by aclister
An Adelaide man accidentally cut his hand off with a chainsaw and then put it in a fridge until help arrived
But he waited for 2 hours to contact help......
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Serial dog killer still on the loose Posted: 1 year ago by aclister
Some people like dogs, some don't. Prominent among those who do not is the person who has been poisoning dogs in Hong Kong since 1989
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Toadzilla caught in the act Posted: 1 year ago by aclister
A cane toad the size of a small dog has been nabbed in the middle of a "breeding frenzy" in Darwin in the north of Australia.
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Cheney's coldie: the beer that stopped Sydney Posted: 2 years ago by aclister
Police closed the Sydney Harbour Bridge for half an hour, just so Mr Cheney could drive across it to have lunch with John Howard.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 5 [+].