First you twist it…

A day late, but no shortness of likes for this surprising pro-pride promotion from Oreo-brand cookies.

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Pay for what you’ve bought

Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc.’s Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels.

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A cold one for a job

A Queensland father is offering a year’s supply of beer to anyone who will employ his 19-year-old son as an electrical apprentice.

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Laughter is the best medicine (but keep it down to a low chuckle)

Indian court tells laughter group to zip it after neighbour complains of “mental agony”.

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Bieber Fever

The symptoms include uncontrollable screaming, swooning and spending hours on Twitter and Facebook. It primarily affects preteen and teen girls, yet it is highly contagious and can infect mothers, too. In severe cases, sufferers camp out on sidewalks for days.

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Birthday suit

What would you do for some free groceries?

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The voice that needs to be silenced

HE WAS the epitome of wholesome values on The Voice. And Darren Percival seems prepared to go to great lengths to keep that carefully constructed image in tact.

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Hair for a hair

A US judge told the Utah mother of a 13-year-old girl who chopped off a toddler’s long hair in a restaurant that he would reduce her daughter’s sentence if she cut off the teenager’s own ponytail in court.

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Zombies, please explain

Sometimes, questions just need to be asked.

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Birthday suit 2.0

Germans naked again? But this time it’s for art, not groceries.

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Olympics not so spicy

Mel C, more commonly known to those of us who grew up in the 90s as “Sporty Spice,” is upset by designer Danny Boyle’s decision to exclude the Spice Girls from his Olympic opening ceremony playlist. Since the rumored playlist has not yet been confirmed, Sporty hopes it might not be quite right.

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iObselete

ALL those expensive iPhone accessories you own, the stuff that plugs into the bottom of the device – speakers, docks, chargers etc. They’re about to become obsolete.

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Death, taxes and the end of the world

If you thought the end of the world was near, would you pay your taxes?

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Hi-five for hands

For most people, climbing Africa’s tallest mountain is an impossible achievement. But how about doing it without legs? For Spencer West, nothing is impossible. Or as he would put it: everything is possible.

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Turtles fossilized in intimate moment

Teenagers, beware! Here is another very good reason to never, ever have sex. Like these 50-million-year-old turtles, you could get so caught up in the act, that you don’t notice you are sinking into a bog full of toxic volcanic gasses.

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Self-diagnosis

“Ah, springtime. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and love is in the air. But so are germ… and viruses… and diseases.”

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The butler did it!

The Vatileaks are now just one in the long list of scandals that have been rocking the Catholic Church recently. But did the butler really do it?

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iAdventures

Losing your phone is one of the worst things that can happen to a y-gener or otherwise. But what if your phone sent you postcards?

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Get it while it’s hot

“America’s hottest new export is made by hand. Demand for American sperm is surging — up by as much as 40 percent in the last five years — as other countries clamor for genetic material with the “Made in America” label.”

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Short and tweet

Paper books? Old news. PDFs? Yea, we’re used to that too. Ebooks, getting old. How about tweeting a story instead?

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Why they recorded it at the end of May I do not know, but there are plenty more inexplicable things happening sixty years later.

Prison, sweet prison

Looking for a new home? Something a little spacious with a fantastic array of facilities and beautiful secluded views to boot? Why not put an offer in for a former prison?

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Bieber the boxer

Has the pop sensation finally snapped? According to TMZ, the Biebs allegedly assaulted a photographer. The singing heart throb has not made any comment.

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Is that you, Dave?

There are a lot of ways to identify an animal. You can check it’s ears, check it’s fur, even check it’s droppings. But there is another way.

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Battleship battle cry

Hate losing? Well, these mathematicians have taken it to a whole new level. Hopefully they come up with a foolproof way to win Solitaire next.

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A cold one

Beer, Australia’s favourite beverage. But if you don’t like the taste of beer, don’t cross it off your list just yet. There are many, many more ways to enjoy a cold one.

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There’s nothing better than a weekend of Eurovision. But, outside the war of crazy costumes and startling key changes, what went on in our world?

You have reached level five.

Someone really needs to send this to Steve Spielberg. Sooner rather than later, before Woody Allen nabs it. 

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Back to work!

Staying motivated at work can be hard with Facebook statuses to like and astoundingly deep thoughts to Tweet. But that’s not all that’s distracting us…  

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Nice crown

Selfies were always a bad idea, particularly when they get you sent to prison.

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Embrace those inner voices

Okay, it might sound crazy, but you know that nagging voice in your head? Well they’re actually there to help things get done.

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C’est vrai!

You know how we always thought Yowies were made up? Well, we were wrong! Read the compelling truth.

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What a colourful, diverse world we live in. Website creators are household names, age holds no barriers when it comes to picking up work. Even dads are learning a thing or two about parenting.

Papa?

Parenthood is fraught with challenges. Do you let your kids walk home from school? Do you force them to compete in soccer until they are ready to join the Roar? Do you speak to them in English accents to make them think you’re British?

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Working class student

More than ever, kids are feeling the pressure of growing up, finding a job and becoming sensible, law-abiding adults. But what’s better? Working for money or grovelling for some work experience?

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Mark Zuckerberg is in a relationship

He’s the man of every social media fantatic’s dreams… but forking out for an engagement ring for his one and only was a little bit too hard.

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Prostitute and Proud

You need to love your job and be proud of it. Age should be no barrier. Just ask these Amsterdam twins.

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Monkey business

We may complain about delayed flights but that is nothing compared to the funny business that delayed a Beijing-bound flight yesterday.

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“Need someone to do your dirty work? Try God,” by Tory Shepherd, The Punch

Punishing the baddies is only fun in the movies. In real life it’s messy, expensive, and fraught with guilt and danger. So why not outsource it?

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“Sex and Punishment: 11 of the Most Outrageous Cases of Sex Being Criminalized Throughout History,” by Eric Berkowitz, The Huffington Post

Sex and Punishment did not start out as a project about sex. My initial, admittedly overambitious, goal was to write a narrative history of the law using colorful cases as examples.

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“A good mind to ignore experts,” by Jane Fynes-Clinton, The Courier-Mail

Their mouths move and words spill out, but it is what politicians don’t say that attracts as much attention as what they do. Body language is the source of endless conversation, conjecture and theory.

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“Confirmed: Geeks are the Best People to Watch Movies With,” by Michael Ann Dobbs, io9

Want to enjoy a pure movie-going experience? You’re going to have to stay up late. 

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“Does Your Relationship Pass the 1920s Marriage Test?,” by Madeleine Davies, Jezebel

We tend to think that romance and relationships have gotten more complicated as we tumble further into the world of Grindr apps and online dating. 

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-Lara Lauth-

The Olympic flame carries more than just the spark of the games.

“A torch the Nazis lit”, by Guy Walters, The Guardian

It took the Nazis to realise the full propaganda potential of the Olympics, and thanks to them the torch quickly became a symbol more of political willpower than harmless sporting pageantry.

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“Payback for a Facebook tax refugee”, by Bruce Ackerman, Los Angeles Times

The number of Americans renouncing their citizenship grew from 238 in 2008 to 1,534 in 2010. This sixfold increase no doubt includes a hefty portion of super-rich cosmopolitans. Citizens of Davosland, they can look with disdain upon the struggling 99.9% who believe that a commitment to their country is a lifetime affair.

Read it at The Independent

“Nuns on the Frontier”, by Anne M. Butler, The New York Times

While the current debate has focused on the nuns’ progressive stances on birth control, abortion, homosexuality, the all-male priesthood and economic injustice, tension between American nuns and the church’s male hierarchy reaches much further back.

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“US politics gets ugly as economy teeters on the edge”, by Nick O’Malley, The Sydney Morning Herald

As experts warn that the economy could fall off the “fiscal cliff” when the various patches the divided Congress put together in lieu of a budget expire later this year, politicians have been reduced to finger-pointing and bellowing.

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“The black-tie dinner at an Oxford college that told me dress codes do matter”, by John Walsh, The Independent

In the very dining-hall where the undergraduate David Cameron once breakfasted on toast and Frank Cooper’s marmalade, the new generation are shovelling down porridge in their night attire. No wonder the Brasenose principle used nanny language to dissuade them (“I trust that this slovenly practice will cease forthwith.”)

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Amy Kelly
@amykellyCM 

Money, money, money. It’s dominated this week’s headlines and kept us on our toes. But what else has been happening around town?

Hulk Smash! How Much Damage Would The Avengers do to New York? – by Katherine Cooney
We all love The Avengers. We rave about it. But what kind of damage would the dynamic super team really do to a city in their quest to save the world?
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She told me to 

Shortly after a meeting with a fortune teller, a British woman locked her children in their rooms, confiscated their light bulbs, toys and mattresses and later made two of them work as slaves for Roma people, otherwise known as gypsies, prosecutors said. The abuse apparently lasted for six years.

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Ultimate Bucket List

Ever thought about making a bucket list? Well, join the cue.

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It’s not over yet

According to the Mayans, the world is NOT going to end in 2012. Phew!

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Art of Schizophrenia

Have a listen, increase your awareness.

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