Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Rain stops playing: Playground Weekender festival cancelled (SMH)

Playground weekender,
Torrential rain predicted,
Festival washed out.


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Big NZ fossil penguin reconstructed (BBC)

From fossil remains,
Extinct bird reconstructed,
New Zealand penguin.


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Saturday, 18 February 2012

Friday, 17 February 2012

Shakira tweets about sea lion attack in Cape Town (The Telegraph)

Shakira makes claim,
Sea lion attacks 'She Wolf',

And her hips don't lie.

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Thursday, 16 February 2012

Bus driver charged with filming passengers (ABC)

Cameras in bus floor,
Passengers filmed from below,
Sydney driver charged.


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Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Man jailed for chainsaw attack in a Hull public house (BBC)

Man jailed for 3 years,
Hull pub chainsaw massacre,
Tekken addiction?


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Monday, 13 February 2012

Whitney Houston, dead at 48, will be remembered at Grammy’s (sun-times)

Unknown cause of death,
Houston we have a problem,

We'll always love you.

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Friday, 10 February 2012

Space skydiver seeks record (SBS)

Aussie seeks record,
Skydiver to fall from space,
Jump fraught with danger.


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Monday, 6 February 2012

Lana Del Rey conquers UK album chart (BBC)

Lana plays no games,
Del Ray debuts number 1,
Born to dominate.


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Bee Gees' Robin Gibb 'feels fantastic' after cancer recovery (NME)

Feeling fantastic,
Robin Gibb stayin' alive,
Avoids tragedy.


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Saturday, 4 February 2012

Newsmaker: Louie the Fly (SMH)

Mortein swats its staff,
Louie and 200 jobs
Move offshore from Oz.


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Thursday, 2 February 2012

First Plants Caused Ice Ages, New Research Reveals (Science Daily)

As first plants emerged,
Atmosphere lost CO2,

Temperatures tumbled.

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Facebook to go public in billion-dollar IPO (ABC)

From college dorm room
Society was transformed,

Now purchase your share.

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Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Disabled NSW kids to get their buses soon (SBS)

Disabled stranded,
Contractors offered more pay,
Kids to ride again!


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