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THE average North Korean earns $US10 a month. Yet these privileged rich kids, dubbed the Brat Pack, spend $US9 on an iced mocha.
Sopranos star’s final moments
A COURT has heard the shocking final moments of Sopranos star James Gandolfini as he was paid one final indignity while he lay dying in a hotel room.
Dad posts hilarious texts online
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Map that embarrasses Australia
THE UK, US, South Africa and Uruguay are coloured bright green on this map yet Australia isn’t and experts say it’s a cause for “alarm”.
The last taboo of mental illness
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The most disappointing TV ending
WELL isn’t this a rip off. We’ve followed the sad sacks on Seven Year Switch for nine weeks, and their verdicts were comparable to eating beef stroganoff.
Last thing you want to see at airport
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Waleed’s ‘greatest call to arms’
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Ronaldo’s ‘gay lover’ arrested
A KICKBOXER said to be in a gay relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo has been arrested over an alleged assault at a luxury hotel in Morocco.
What Top Gun cast look like 30 years on
IT has been 30 years since Top Gun hit cinemas so what do the cast look like now? Kelly McGillis is almost unrecognisable.
‘I was a product of incest’
LOIS was adopted and did not meet her biological mother until she was 23. She soon discovered her mum had a horrible secret.
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Notorious B.I.G. mystery solved
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Mid-air emergencies over France
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Kendall rules style set at Cannes
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E-cigs weapon in smoking bans
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‘So you want the kids in Africa to die?’
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Humble boot that stole the show
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You may have unknowingly had a heart attack
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Australia’s surprising favourite landmark
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Sorry, you can’t visit this Thai paradise anymore
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Big change to applying for passports
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Tourist photo goes horribly wrong
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From beachside paradise to hell on earth
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What you never knew about Top Gun
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Australia’s Eurovision spin-off plans
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GoT: ‘Boobs will do that to people’
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Rebel Wilson sues Woman’s Day
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Deadly airbag recall nears 1.2 million
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Billionaire’s awkward backfire
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