Sunday, 6 January 2013

Serena sends Open message to rivals (ABC)

A relentless force,
Serena slams hard for win,
Open girls beware.


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Friday, 28 December 2012

Whale beached in New York City (SBS)

A whale of a time,
Trying to find his big break,
Finback does it tough.


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Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Eastern Europe deadly freeze leaves hundreds dead (BBC)

A cold, harsh winter,
Temps plummet far below norm,
Many cold, some dead.


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Saturday, 22 December 2012

Julian Assange: WikiLeaks to release 1 million new documents (CNN)

Big news for new year,
WikiLeaks will wiki-flood,
To hit all countries.

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Ricky Gervais will star in The Muppets sequel (BBC)

Puppets set for laughs,
From the Office to big screen,
Gervais Muppets-up!


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Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Apple Australia Map Glitch: Snakes! In The Desert! (yahoo7)

An Apple a day,
Keeps you lost in a bad way,
In desert of snakes!


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Monday, 10 December 2012

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Sydney named best city in Australia (SMH)

Travel readers vote,
For buzzing cosmo delights,
Sydney best in Oz.

Monday, 3 December 2012

Gangnam Style now world's most watched video (ABC)

Massive global hit,
Psy 'horse-rides' Biebs off top spot,
YouTube Gangnam Style.


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Saturday, 1 December 2012

Nine hospitalised as NSW temps hit 42C (9 News)

Hottest summer start,
Sun-fun not for everyone,
As heat wave exhausts.


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Scottish GP runs seven marathons in five days (SBS)

GP leads the way,
To encourage exercise,
Scot runs round the world.


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Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Nicki Minaj blames retailers for album flop (NME)

Flogging a dead horse,
Target blamed for Minaj flop,
Re-release just sucks.


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Monday, 26 November 2012

At least 117 killed in fire at Bangladeshi clothing factory (CNN)

Workers jump for life,
Hundreds trapped by raging blaze,
Factory hots up.


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Saturday, 24 November 2012

Southern schoolies prepare for Gold Coast party (ABC)

Death, arrests and more,
Tragedy casts a shadow,
Party turns sombre.


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Friday, 23 November 2012

North Korea leader lauded in giant hillside slogan (BBC)

Visible from space,
Tribute paid to 'Shining Sun',
North Korea writes.


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Thursday, 22 November 2012

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

The Wiggles to sell Big Red Car (SBS)

Wake up SIDS and Kids!
Everybody's ebaying,
For a Big Red Car!


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Monday, 19 November 2012

One Direction top UK single and album charts (BBC)

The Little Things please,
One Direction to top spot,
A Boy Band double.


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Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Where and when to view solar eclipse (ABC)

A nice view for few,
Total eclipse of the sun,
True Kodak moment.


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Sunday, 11 November 2012

Gomez 'couldn't trust' Bieber (music-news.com)

Bieb flirts with twitter,
Gomez leaves that scene behind,
Can't trust that Baby.


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Wednesday, 7 November 2012

President Barack Obama defeats Romney to win re-election (BBC)

Two heated campaigns,
Nation split down the middle,
O's prez for four more.


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Prebble over the moon to win for Williams (ABC)

Top horses upstaged,
A full Green Moon for Melbourne,
Prebble wins fourth cup.


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Monday, 5 November 2012

Australia prepares for royal arrival (ABC)

Polish those tubas,
Throw some snags on the barbie,
Royals go outback.


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Thursday, 1 November 2012

Superstorm Sandy: interactive before and after images (ABC)

Devastated land,
Damage captured from above,
See Sandy destroy.

Flamingo on the run 'causing havoc' (SBS)

Three months on the run,
A fugitive flamingo,
Zoo keepers baffled.


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Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Rod Stewart: 'I used to take cocaine anally' (NME)

Rock, drugs, and groupies,
Virgin tales of Maggie May,
Risqué Rod Reveals.

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Tuesday, 30 October 2012

US braces for hurricane landfall (BBC)

US coast threatened,
President presses warnings,
Sandy's wrath beckons.


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Sunday, 28 October 2012

Autumn International Series: England thrash Wales (BBC)

Welsh take a beating,
England bags a big tally,
Eyes on the final.


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Monday, 22 October 2012

Timberlake, Biel tie the knot (ABC)

Biel has JT's love,
Stars find their Seventh Heaven,
Wedding Justified.


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Friday, 19 October 2012

World's oldest dad, 96, fathers second baby in two years (metro)

Still making babies,
Near one hundred and still hot,
A very grand dad.

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Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Beyonce set for Super Bowl show (BBC)

Superbowl '13,
R'n'B Queen to headline,
She runs that mutha.


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Monday, 15 October 2012

20 shot dead at Nigerian mosque (ABC)

A place of worship,
Becomes one of blood and grief,
Armed thieves kill in mosque.


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Friday, 12 October 2012

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Nun caught on camera stealing beer (Metro)

Boozy nun busted,
Sister shows off bad habit,
Next stop, Confession.

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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Gillard's misogyny speech goes global (ABC)

For double standards
And sexism, Abbot slammed,
Headlines praise Gillard.


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Elderly UK couple 'unwittingly' grew pot (SBS)

Pot-growing grannies,
Fence-height cannabis plant seized,
Old-timers smoked out.


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Monday, 8 October 2012

Glastonbury tickets sell out in record time (BBC)

World's biggest rock gig,
Thousands grab sell out tickets,
But who will perform?


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Saturday, 6 October 2012

Jobs numbers give Obama a boost (ABC)

As joblessness falls,
Obama's job prospects rise,
Will voters agree?


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Friday, 5 October 2012

Adele's Bond theme, Skyfall, tops iTunes chart (BBC)

Shaken but not stirred,
Anxious Adele delivers,
Skyfall tops iTunes.


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Thursday, 4 October 2012

Graham guilty of biting charge (ABC)

Bulldog gets bitten,
For pulling an 'Iron Mike',
Twelve match punishment.


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Man jailed for attacking wife with sandwich (Metro)

Sandwiched between bars,
Post-bready attack on wife,
A man feels crumby.


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Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Oregon farmer eaten by his pigs (BBC)

Farmer becomes swill,
The tables have turned it seems,
As pigs butcher man.

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Justin Bieber pukes on stage in Arizona (NME)

Sickening Biebs gig,
Pop brat adds cool new dance move,
The 'vomit and run.'


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Monday, 1 October 2012

In pictures: Benin's artist Gerard Quenum's spooky dolls (BBC)

These Dolls Never Die,
Play time for Benin artist,
Baby dolls as art.


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Saturday, 29 September 2012

Swans victorious over Hawthorn (ABC)

AFL final,
With savage momentum swings,
Swans are champions!

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Friday, 28 September 2012

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

New owner to rebuild MySpace from scratch (ABC)

Time to un-friend 'Tom',
Get set to revamp your space,
Fresh start for Myspace.


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Monday, 24 September 2012

Hero pig dives into water to save goat from drowning (Metro)

Super Swine takes charge,
"That'll do pig, that'll do",
Goat finds its hero.

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Crocodile breaks loose on Qantas flight (SBS)

Surprise passenger,
Crocodile rocked the cargo,
Freight firm is questioned.


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Sunday, 23 September 2012

Saturday, 22 September 2012

Australian Roman Catholic Church admits child sex abuse (BBC)

A rare confession,
Over six hundred abused,
Church admits child harm.


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Friday, 21 September 2012

Fukyu! Court bans sushi restaurant name (SBS)

A sushi name game,
'Fukyu' restaurant too rude,
Avoid the blowfish!


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Thursday, 20 September 2012

Stephen King's Shining sequel due next year (The Guardian)

Thirty-six years on,
Crazy Jack re-emerges,
"Heeeeere's Johnny...again!"

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Prison 'torture' footage sparks protests in Georgia (ABC)

Prisoners tortured,
Horrific scenes of abuse,
Georgia takes to streets.


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Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Illegal rat meat `sold to public' (BBC)

Come to East London,
Try our tasty meat products,
Caught fresh by the cat.

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Monday, 17 September 2012

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Koala sparks Adelaide police incident (SBS)

Intruder alert!
Koala mistook for thief,
Questioned and released.


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Friday, 14 September 2012

Neil Armstrong remembered at public memorial (BBC)

Armstrong not so strong,
One giant leap remembered,
Lunar legend gone.


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Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Graffiti artist loses freedom of expression appeal (ABC)

City ads defaced,
Graf not deemed free expression,
Artist tagged a crim.


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Monday, 10 September 2012

Thursday, 6 September 2012

Madonna opens Hard Candy Fitness Gym in Sydney (music-news.com)

Hung up on fitness,
Four minutes to work ya ass,
Gym for hard Madge fans.


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Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Runaway bull causes pandemonium at Edinburgh Zoo (Metro)

Running of the bull,
Guests hide with chimps (fitting, no?),
Scottish zoo madness!


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Thursday, 23 August 2012

Ronan Keating: 'I deserved what I got' (music-news.com)

Ronan learns lesson,
When you say nothing at all,
Wives will still find out.


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Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Star is caught devouring planet (BBC)

An ageing star grows,
It grows larger and larger,
Then eats a planet!


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Monday, 20 August 2012

Tainted pickles kill six in Japan (BBC)

Beware the pickle,
Chinese cabbage is to blame
For dead Japanese.


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Saturday, 18 August 2012

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Melbourne remains world's most liveable city (ABC)

Melbourne crowned again,
Worlds most livable city,
Global survey says.


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Spice Girls rock Olympic Closing Ceremony (music-news.com)

Olympics spiced up,
The games close with a party,
Music legends star.


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Saturday, 11 August 2012

Hooker title defence falls short (ABC)

Confidence issues,
Hooker has no luck with pole,
No gold earned today.


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Thursday, 9 August 2012

Trapped squirrel police rescue ends in tragedy (Metro)

The squirrel is trapped.
The squirrel is free at last.
The squirrel is dead.

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Beyonce And Jay-Z Are The Highest-Paid Celebrity Couple In The World (MTV)

Couples, watch the throne,
Jay Z and Bey top earners,
They run this mutha.


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Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Patty the donkey likes to paint pictures one brushstroke at a time (metro)

Patty loves to paint,
She strokes her brush all day long,
She also eats grass.


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Australian spider named after Sir David Attenborough (BBC)

Eight legs. Eighty years.
Octogenarian Dave,
Shares name with spider.

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The Presets stream new song 'Ghosts' (music-news.com)

New Presets music,
Streaming for all their people,
A sweeping synth wash.


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Saturday, 4 August 2012

Bolivia bans Coca Cola to celebrate 'end of capitalism' (SBS)

First Maccas, now Coke,
Bolivia bans big names,
New 'culture of life'.

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Thursday, 2 August 2012

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Snoop Dogg: 'I have always said I was Bob Marley reincarnated' (NME)

His third eye open,
Snoop Dogg sees the reggae light,
Snoop Lion is born!


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Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Monday, 30 July 2012

Saturday, 28 July 2012

Queen in spoof Bond film for Olympics opening ceremony (Sun)

GOSH, Sergeant Peppers,
Bean, Bond, and a flying Queen,
Olympics open!


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Friday, 27 July 2012

Japanese women fall behind Hong Kong in longevity (BBC)

Turning Japanese,
Hong Kong ladies take the lead,
Outliving us all.


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Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Pictures: Strange New Fish Found Deep off New Zealand (National Geographic)

Science drowned in strange,
Some fishy things down below,
New species revealed.


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Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Monday, 23 July 2012

Mel C: There's no Spice rift (music-news.com)

Girls to spice up games?
Headlines? (Friendship never ends),
Posh, say you'll be there!


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Sunday, 22 July 2012

First 50-eyed flatworm discovered (BBC)

New species of worm
Has fifty-fifty vision.
Eye-opening stuff.

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Saturday, 21 July 2012

PM's online foray gets mixed reviews (SBS)

Skype date with the boss?
PM reaches out online,
Viewers click dislike.


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Tuesday, 17 July 2012

The Dark Knight Rises wins praise from critics (BBC)

Last chapter wins praise,
Critics fill screens with applause,
As Dark Knight departs.

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TV habits 'can predict kids' waist size and fitness' (BBC)

Square eyes and round waists,
Kids' appetite for TV
Indicates health risks.


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Saturday, 14 July 2012

Angelina Jolie 'bans Rihanna from playlist' (music-news.com)

Mummy Ange steps in,
Riri too much the rude boy,
Raunchy lyrics banned.


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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes settle divorce (ABC)

Superstar couple
Settle their risky business,
Can Dawson play now?


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Sunday, 8 July 2012

Gun brandished during live Jordanian TV debate (BBC)

Debate becomes duel,
Guest uses Wild West tactics,
To make himself heard.

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Wimbledon 2012: Serena Williams wins fifth singles title (BBC)

Just too much power,
Wimble-done and won again,
Serena Grand Slam.


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Saturday, 7 July 2012

A Hard Day's Night by numbers (SBS)

Beatles chords unlocked,
Maths is ticket to ride by
Fourier transform.


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Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Justin Bieber graduates high school (music-news.com)

Teen star graduates,
Not a girl, not yet a man,
Bieber growing up.


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Monday, 2 July 2012