TALKING DIRTY TO PLANTS: World’s weirdest sex house?
PEOPLE are starting to come out of the closet as “ecosexuals”, getting turned on by plants and down and dirty with soil. WARNING: Disturbing.
Aussie injured in Bali attack
AN elderly Aussie man has been left to die in a Bali hospital because he doesn’t have insurance to pay for life saving treatment.
Brothers killed by sip of alcohol
IT WAS just one sip of alcohol — but that’s all it took to tear a family apart. Now they know a rare mutated gene is to blame.
My day in the Hunger Games
THERE was real blood, sweat and tears, as it turned out, but I came out alive and ready for anything life could through at me.
Putin’s ‘miniskirt army’ turns heads
AN ALL-female band of soldiers dubbed “Putin’s miniskirt army” created quite a stir while marching in Moscow’s Red Square this week.
Did teen killer strike again?
HE HAS been jailed for the rape and murder of a teen in 1984. But did the killer strike again before finally being caught this year?
Hyperloop super train on the way
IT STARTED as a brain child of Elon Musk and now the Hyperloop super train is about to give its first public demonstration.
Couple fell in love, lost 150kg
JONATHON and Lisa had a combined weight of 318kg when they met online. Now they’ve lost a whopping 150kg.
Loophole costing man $2 million
PATRICK Streeter is a patient man. He’s waited 20 years to receive a $2m payout, but due to a ridiculous loophole he may never get a cent.
Woman’s cement injection nightmare
A WOMAN whose face was left badly disfigured after having cement fillers injected has pleaded with doctors to fix the mess.
Never wear this on a plane
APPARENTLY manners aren’t the only thing to fly out the window when people step onto planes. Warning: Partial nudity.
From our news partners
The biggest clue yet why Conor-Floyd might happen
IT seems too crazy to even contemplate — Conor McGregor fighting Floyd Mayweather. But a surprise revelation from a respected veteran has sent the rumour mill into overdrive.
Features
WHEN it comes to style, Blake Lively can do no wrong, her latest look is proof of that.
RAPPER Azealia Banks has been dumped from a UK music festival after her shocking racist and homophobic Twitter rant against Zayn Malik.
IN a spectacularly meta bit of television, this week the Gogglebox households see themselves win a Logie on TV. And they get strangely hooked on The Kardashians.
WOODY Allen’s son has blasted his dad, saying he believes he molested his sister and that the director had therapy due to inappropriate conduct with kids.
LISTENERS of KIIS FM’s controversial Kyle and Jackie O experienced deja vu this week. And it’s not the first time the radio hosts have been caught out.
THE studio audience on Jimmy Kimmel Live copped an eye-full when Ryan Gosling made an appearance this week — with the actor feeling a little “on show”.
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How safe is your Thermomix?
A NEW report has again put the heat on Thermomix, claiming at least 18 people have required medical treatment after being hurt using the super-popular device.
Tourists rescued from sinking ship
DOZENS of tourists needed rescuing from a burning and sinking ship near the Great Barrier Reef.
Shooting victim ‘lured’ to death
A SYDNEY woman charged with the shooting murder of a man during a business dispute at a Sydney factory has been refused bail.
Eddie hit with biggest blow yet
EDDIE McGuire’s week from hell continued today with a killer shot from a man who used to be one of his closest allies.
Sleeping toddler found in towed vehicle
A TOW truck driver got the shock of his life when he realised a sleeping toddler was inside a four-wheel-drive he’d towed from a Melbourne clearway.
Everest’s first ascent in three years
NINE Nepalese guides have summited Mount Everest, becoming the first climbers in three years to reach the peak after two successive natural disasters.
IS claims car bombs that killed dozens
AT least 93 people have been killed in three separate car bombings claimed by Islamic State in the Iraqi capital.
Couple caught in nude sex romp
WHEN the urges strike, a discreet location is usually appropriate. But not for this sex-crazy couple in Britain.
Monster kept daughter as a slave
RONALD van der Plaat kept his daughter as a sex slave for 23 years. This week, her horror story got even worse as he walked free.
‘Son of Satan’ rattles the West
RUSSIA is set to unleash the ‘Son of Satan’, which is capable of evading all known defences and wiping out entire countries.
Autistic teen turned away from prom
AN AUTISTIC student left his high school prom in tears on Saturday because officials insisted that his date — his 24-year-old sister — was too old to enter.
What would you do in your last 24 hours?
ROB a bank, leave mysterious emails and eat an awful lot of bacon — people reveal what they would do today if they knew they were dying tomorrow.
Gwyneth’s favourite sex toys
GWYNETH Paltrow once encouraged us to steam our vaginas. And her latest lifestyle advice is probably her most outrageous yet.
Rachael’s advice could save your marriage
IF I’D followed Rachael Finch’s advice every weekend, maybe my marriage wouldn’t have fallen apart, writes Angela Mollard.
Four words I won’t let my kids say
THERE are four words Alex Speed loathes. They might be perfectly normal, but teaching children not to use them will make them better adults.
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Is this the new way to live?
YOU might want to consider ditching your lease because there is a new way of living that gives you a lot more choices.
Questions over teen’s Mayan city find
WHEN a 15-year-old announced he’d found a long-lost city using astronomy and Google Earth, the world was awed. But there are claims his theory doesn’t add up.
Cutest air passengers of all time
SOME very unusual passengers were given the all-clear to board domestic flights in Canada recently — all for a very good reason.
Woman ‘groped passenger’s breasts’
HEIDI McKinney allegedly reached over and touched her shocked seatmate’s breasts and genitalia during a packed flight.
Could this idea shorten airport lines?
A CONTROVERSIAL idea has emerged that could make it a lot quicker to get through those horrible airport queues. But not everyone is happy.
Was the Red Wedding really his end?
UNLIKE his bro Jon Snow, the man who played Game of Thrones’ rebellious king Robb Stark says there’s no chance he’ll be back: “I’m really, really, really dead.”
Rusty’s ex ambushed Ryan Gosling
RUSSELL Crowe’s first encounter with co-star Ryan Gosling didn’t quite go to plan. He tried organising an intimate dinner with the star, but his ex got in the way.
Bieber faces fan backlash
‘IF you think setting boundaries is being a douche I’m the biggest douche around,’ Biebs tells his legions of fans.
Russia could shatter Dami’s Euro dream
DAMI Im’s Eurovision dream could be stolen by Russia who after coming second last year have pulled out all the stops with hot favourite Sergey Lazarev.
Bryan Cranston’s next big TV gig
Bryan Cranston is heading back to TV in a science fiction series the Breaking Bad star describes as “an electric dream come true”.
Periscope probed after ‘live suicide’
FRENCH prosecutors have launched an inquiry after a woman appeared to broadcast her suicide live on the app Periscope.
The sobering figure of the Netflix revolution
THE huge number of hours of TV commercials Netflix subscribers avoid puts the on-demand revolution in sobering perspective.
‘Your piracy days are numbered’
MAKE the most of downloading Game of Thrones while you can, because site blocking is about to make it way harder.
Australian axe ‘rewriting history’
RESEARCHERS say the discovery of a 48,000-year-old tool, created by early Australians, has rewritten history.
Nine new planets ‘could sustain life’
NASA has discovered a huge new trove of planets outside our solar system. Nine of them could be capable of supporting life.
‘20,000 7-Eleven employees underpaid by half’
MOST of 7-Eleven’s 20,000 employees over the past decade were underpaid half their wages, says the man who was chosen to decide how much they should be paid.
Who to blame for fashion’s most annoying trend
IT’S THE uniform of yoga mums, uni students and latte sippers in capital cities across Australia. But has activewear finally reached its peak?
Costco drives a nail into coffin market
YOU’LL need a Costco membership until you’re six feet under. The superstore is now selling cut-price coffins and caskets at its warehouses.
Q&A’s Aussie battler pays no net tax
DUNCAN Storrar starred on Q&A, pleading for a tax break for people on the minimum wage. It turns out he’s already getting one.
Is free money a genius idea?
FINLAND is about to give 10,000 people money for absolutely nothing in a bold experiment that could solve their welfare problem. Is it a good idea?
REAL ESTATE
Why is this kitchen worth $4m?
There are no stone benches or top end appliances, but this dump will fetch millions anyway.
Buy Aussie James Bond’s home
The childhood residence of George Lazenby will soon go under the hammer in Queanbeyan.
Miranda buys with billionaire
Aussie model Miranda Kerr and Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel have pooled their resources.
10 stars on State of Origin scrap heap
NSW confront the undeniable fact 10 star players must be tossed on the State of Origin scrap heap for the series opener in three weeks.
UFC’s astounding mega-sale
THE UFC was purchased for just $2 million in 2001. It’s rumoured to be about to be sold for a crazy amount and the bidders are lining up.
Why I refused to sleep with Laker girls
GETTING laid would have been oh so easy for this NBA star during his record-breaking career. But he was having none of it.
AFL 2016 so far: Good, beard and ugly
OUR experts rate the best, worst and weirdest of AFL season 2016 so far, and the moments you might have missed in seven questions after seven rounds.
Hidden cost of Eels’ salary cap drama
FROM the outside, shipping players off to other clubs seems like a simple solution. But that’s before you account for the consequences you can’t measure.
