Researchers develop paint-on solar cells (ABC)

Paint your house solar,
Liquid suspends tiny cells,
Save Earth and save dough.

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Singer Annie Lennox collects OBE for charity work (BBC)

Aid work recognised,
Lennox receives O.B.E.,
Sweet dreams made of this.

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Toe Wrestling Championships take place (Sky News)

Best feet put forward,
World's best toe wrestlers step up,
'Predatoe' claims win.

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Beyonce's epic climax to Glasto (The Sun)

Irreplaceable,
Beyonce's set runs the world,
Glastonbury in love.

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Tomic stuns Soderling (SBS)

Game on Wimbledon,
Fifth seed upset in third round,
Last Aussie standing.

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Brain study confirms stress of life in the city (SMH)

City folk at risk,
Brain reactions to stress proved,
Country peace of mind.

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Lost Penguin in New Zealand Has to Find Its Own Way Home (abc International)

Penguin makes wrong turn,
Nature left to take it's course,
Happy feet phone home.

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Chile volcano ash causes renewed air chaos in Australia (BBC)

Chile ash returns,
Cloud travels round world and back,
Flights halted again.

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Man who quit college in 1932 graduates — at 99 (Today)

An eight-decade wait,
A Great Depression drop-out,
A degree now earned.

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Springsteen sax man Clemons dies (ABC)

Clemons suffers stroke,
Forty years in E Street Band,
R.I.P. 'Big Man'.

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U2 confirmed as richest rockers (music-news.com)

With or without you,
Proud in the name of money,
U2 earn top spot.

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US vows to 'capture and kill' Ayman al-Zawahiri (BBC)

US hunt-to-kill,
Al-Quaeda leader announced,
War will continue.

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Girls, 13 and 14, jailed for poison cookie death of boy at their school (SMH)

Biscuits kill school boy,
Teen girls try poison rivals,
Messenger is 'shot'.

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Natalie Portman welcomes a son with fiancé Benjamin Millepied (Daily Mail)

Portman gains new role,
The Swan Queen spawns cygnet Prince,
Vegan days are gone.

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Nepal declared free of mines five years after civil war (BBC)

Last minefield destroyed,
A milestone on road to peace,
Still long way to go.

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Palfrey sets ocean swim record (ABC)

In shark-filled waters,
Over forty hours swam,
New swim record set.

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Tyson, Tszyu inducted into Hall of Fame (ABC)

Boxing legends praised,
Great fights there for all to chew,
Mike the main event.

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Grandmother gets eviction notice for gang activity (9news)

No gang bang Grandma,
Landlord wrongly points finger,
Nan could be forced out.

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Katy Perry gives Rebecca Black another shot at viral fame (The Arizona Republic)

Friday all but gone,
Katy Perry brings Black back,
We so excited!

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Citibank confirms hacking attack (BBC)

Another hacking,
Private details compromised,
As wars move on-line.

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Kill a camel, claim a carbon credit (Herald Sun)

New Oz carbon plan,
Cull camels to cull methane,
Could mines be culled first?

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Titanic II sinks on maiden voyage (ABC)

No icebergs in sight,
Yet Titanic II still sinks,
Her heart will go on.

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US congressman admits crotch pics (SBS)

Weiner shares weiner,
Shows his balls with admission,
Still has funny name.

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French Open: Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer to win title (BBC)

Roger fed a serve,
Nadal claims sixth French Open,
His tenth grand-slam win.

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Chile: Puyehue volcano chain erupts, forcing evacuation (BBC)

Smoke and ash clouds rise,
Evacuations ordered,
A region erupts.

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Shania Twain gets Hollywood star (ABC)

From this moment on,
Shania always a star,
Surely now impressed.

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The Village People To Judge Bestival Fancy-Dress Competition (NME)

Fancy-dress Gurus

Hold lifetime of joy in hand

Judgement Day is nigh.

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Spain furious at cucumber slurs (SBS)

Sick of the food fight,
Spain proves their vegetables good,
Still E-coli spreads.

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Bieber's Blue Blood: JB Signs Deal With Middleton Family

Future Queen-Mum sells
Justin Bieber Party Kit!
Like, majorly Squeeeeee!!! ^________^

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Bjork's New Album To Be Released With IPad App For Every Song (musicnews.com)

"Biophilia"

Released as app and album

Industry's future?

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Russian man dies burying himself alive (Telegraph UK)

Aim: test endurance,
Procedure: bury yourself,
Result: foolish man.

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East 17 Reunite!

In the house of love,

Original bad-boy band,

Stay another day!

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Hobbit movie names are announced (BBC)

Frodo will return,
Two new Lord Of The Rings films,
Hobbit is the word.

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