WTF: Weird True Freaky
Cops play robbers in bandit bungle
![Robber](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/02/08/1225827/690193-robber.jpg)
POLICE are in strife, accused of dressing up as bandits to stage a prank robbery, leading to a tense gunpoint stand-off.
Louts loot lorry load of Lego
![Lego](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/02/06/1225827/384127-lego.jpg)
THIEVES stole a truck-load of Lego after tying up and gagging the driver, British police said.
Stalker pheasant terrorises children
![news image pesant 20100204](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/02/04/1225826/911113-news-image-pesant-20100204.jpg)
A PHEASANT is wreaking havoc on a peaceful town forcing residents to flee for cover indoors.
We're all aliens, says British scientist
![Comet](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/02/04/1225826/571577-comet.jpg)
THE human race began as "microbes brought to Earth by comets millions of years ago".
Stab victim didn't notice blade in neck
![Knife](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2009/10/07/1225783/671298-knife.jpg)
A MUGGING victim was in such deep shock that she walked home not realising she had a knife in her neck and a bloody back.
Coach fined for giving fans the finger
![New York Jets](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/02/03/1225826/262676-new-york-jets.jpg)
CRUDE taunting of rival US football team's fans lands boss with $55,000 ticking-off.
Pool party for wild animal cut short
![Buffalo](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/02/03/1225826/211742-buffalo.jpg)
A 400kg water buffalo has been photographed doing laps in a backyard spa pool.
Police run over dog, bill owner
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POLICE have deliberately run over a woman's dog, sending her a hefty bill for the trouble.
Abbott breaks Speedos ban promise
![Tony Abbott](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/02/01/1225825/372764-tony-abbott.jpg)
TONY Abbott has broken his first big promise, once more parading in his budgie smugglers.
Churchill's cigar stub sells for $8138
![Sir Winston](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/30/1225825/028152-winston-churchill.jpg)
A CIGAR stub Winston Churchill left unfinished in 1941 has been sold for £4500 ($8138).
Fishos fight off croc to save prized catch
![Crocodile](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/01/29/1225824/698777-crocodile.jpg)
FIVE fishermen have fought off a hungry crocodile to defend their prized shark in a daring battle.
Hospital for man who lost fight with train
![Queensland train](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/29/1225824/675280-queensland-train.jpg)
A MAN has come off second best after reportedly trying to karate chop a moving train last night.
You have to hand it to doctors ...
![Geoff McLaren](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/01/27/1225824/115134-geoff-mclaren.jpg)
GEOFF McLaren has given the thumbs up - well, a toe and a thumb - to his reconstructed hand.
Settle for Mr Second Best to be happy
![Comedian Janet McLeod](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/25/1225823/445104-comedian-janet-mcleod.jpg)
WOMEN searching for Mr Right should do it in their 20s or risk ending up lonely in their 30s.
Art student trips, tears $143m Picasso
![Picasso's The Actor](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/26/1225823/595832-picasso-amp-039-s-the-actor.jpg)
A CLUMSY art-lover damaged a rare Picasso painting after losing her balance and tripping onto it.
Stuck on the phone, literally
![Gye Gardner](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/01/25/1225823/139291-gye-gardner.jpg)
A TRUCK driver managed to accidentally superglue his phone headset to his ear.
China eager for our cane toads
![Cane toad](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2009/11/26/1225804/082693-cane-toad.jpg)
FIRST it was coal, then gas, and now China wants another natural resource ... cane toads.
$2m suit after candy mistaken for cocaine
![Coconut](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/01/23/1225822/845675-coconut.jpg)
TWO men jailed after police mistook coconut candy for cocaine will file a US$2 million lawsuit.
Bear birth beamed live on internet
![Bear Birth](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/01/22/1225822/452174-bear-birth.jpg)
A RARE black bear with 40,000 friends on her Facebook page will give birth live on the internet.
Conman poses as female swimsuit model
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A CONMAN posed as a female swimsuit model to trick males into sending him gifts and money.
Man opens bag of chips, finds one
![Cheese Ring](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/01/20/1225821/652461-cheese-ring.jpg)
A MAN who found a single cheese ring inside a packet of chips is philosophical about his loss.
Heart-shaped strawberries ripe for launch
![Seduberries](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/20/1225821/668612-seduberries.jpg)
WHAT began as heart-shaped strawberries for a girlfriend is now a commercial crop.
Cops nick-er bare couple
![Random breath testing](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/01/20/1225821/498058-random-breath-testing.jpg)
A QUICK drive in their undies was embarrassing for one couple when the police showed up.
Labrador in a twist after retrieving snake
![Labrador and snake](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/18/1225820/661900-news-image-thumb-dog-snake-20100118.jpg)
LABRADOR gets in a bind with deadly copperhead snake, but survives thanks to his training.
Boffins aim to shear sheep gas emissions
![Sheep](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/01/18/1225820/714491-sheep.jpg)
AUSTRALIAN scientists hope to develop burp-less sheep to help take on climate change.
Weight Watchers group falls through floor
![Weight Watchers](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/01/15/1225819/824157-obese.jpg)
'SEWAGE smell' rises after floor collapses under group of Swedish Weight Watchers at weigh-in.
'Mystery object' has astronomers stumped
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ASTRONOMERS will tonight get their best look at a "mystery object" orbiting the Earth.
Women set to road test 500 boob styles
![news image boobs 20100113](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/01/13/1225818/623366-news-image-boobs-20100113.jpg)
WOMEN wanting bigger breasts can now test drive a new pair before going under the knife.
Woman drives home with body in screen
![Windscreen](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/01/12/1225818/404819-windscreen.jpg)
A WOMAN drove home with the body of an 80-year-old pedestrian lodged in her windscreen.
Robber hides in see-through plastic bag
![plastic bag](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/01/11/1225818/037657-plastic-bag.jpg)
A ROBBER wearing a transparent plastic bag over his head has held up a service station.
Speeding millionaire cops $315,000 fine
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A MULTI-millionaire was fined a staggering $315,000 for trying to evade a hefty speeding fine.
Man's Happy Birthday wish - in manure
![Manure](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/06/1225816/532432-manure.jpg)
ASK one wife if she got the perfect birthday present and she'll tell you her hubby "dung good".
Machine is a real turn-off - literally
![Machine](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/05/1225816/221548-machine.jpg)
IT'S made of wood and has a switch on top. That's it really. So what is the appeal of this box?
Bungling bank robbers top Darwin Awards
![ATM](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/04/1225815/919132-atm.jpg)
TWO robbers who blew themselves up trying to make an ATM "withdrawal" win awards.
Mysterious G-spot just a myth - study
![Girl in red lingerie](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/01/03/1225815/737643-girl-in-red-lingerie.jpg)
A SEXUAL quest that has for years baffled millions of women, and men, may have been in vain.
Illusionist emerges from ice cube
![Hezi Dean](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/01/01/1225815/214563-news-image-hezi-dean-20100101.jpg)
AN Israeli illusionist gave an icy reception to the New Year, emerging at midnight from 66 hours in an 8-tonne block of ice.
68kg stuffed moose fell on my head - diner
![Stuffed moose head](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2009/12/31/1225814/989251-stuffed-moose-head.jpg)
A NEW York woman is suing a restaurant after claiming a large moose head fell on her.
Man 'staged kidnapping to fund party trip'
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A YOUNG man with a taste for the high life wanted money to party in Macau - so he staged his own kidnapping, reports say.
Car park caters for women's special needs
![Rearview mirror](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2009/12/29/1225814/341694-rearview-mirror.jpg)
SHOPPING centre opens car park that offers women drivers extra-wide parking spaces.
Squirrels feast on town's Christmas lights
![Squirrel](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2009/12/24/1225813/433672-squirrel.jpg)
SQUIRRELS ruin Christmas in a Canadian town by eating all the festive lights - except the reds.
Today's news highlights
Teen's death posted on Facebook first
![Bobby Vourlis](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/02/08/1225827/803776-bobby-vourlis.jpg)
FACEBOOK has delivered a family the worst possible news after police fail to report a teen's death.
The Environment
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THE future of our environmental health becomes more urgent while the worst drought on record wipes billions from the economy and leaves farmers in despair.
Darwin explosion
![Darwin explosion](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/02/03/1225826/389662-darwin-explosion.jpg)
UP to 13 people are in hospital after a man pushed a shopping trolley containing three jerry cans...
Major quake hits Haiti
![Haiti Twitter picture](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/01/13/1225818/790403-haiti-twitter-picture.jpg)
Hundreds feared dead after a 7.0 earthquake hits the Caribbean country of Haiti.
The Pin-Up Prince
![Prince William of Wales](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/01/15/1225820/069481-prince-william-of-wales.jpg)
From childhood to his visit latest visit to Australia, we look back at the life of Prince William...
World's tallest and shortest men meet
![He Pingping and Sultan Kosen](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/01/15/1225820/010688-he-pingping-and-sultan-kosen.jpg)
THE world's tallest man and the world's shortest man have finally met each other.
Wild winter weather
THE northern hemisphere is battling one of the worst winters in decades.
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Suicide waitress's bullies fined
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FOUR men have been fined a total of $335,000 over the bullying of a young waitress who killed herself.
JB Hi-Fi reports record first half profit
![JB hi-fi](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/02/08/1225827/704050-jb-hi-fi.jpg)
RETAILER JB Hi-Fi has announced a 29 per cent increase in first half profit and flagged that its CEO will retire.
Bank shares may offer happy returns
![Banks](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2009/10/01/1225781/466334-banks.jpg)
STOCKBROKERS are tipping a prosperous five years ahead for the banks that everybody but their shareholders love to hate.
Are the Kookaburras laughing now?
![Colin Hay](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/02/04/1225826/873684-colin-hay.jpg)
COLIN Hay has re-recorded an acoustic version of Down Under without the controversial flute.
Jetstar passengers' plane panic
![Jetstar](http://web.archive.org./web/20100208081224im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/01/28/1225824/207421-jetstar.jpg)
PASSENGERS "upset and nervous" at being stuck on a hot plane while a pilot repeatedly attempted to start it, leading to lengthy delays.
No need for file-sharing laws, says Conroy
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COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy says he won't push for new piracy laws while the movie and internet industries aren't talking.