GETTING TOO RACY: US slams ‘decadent’ and ‘depraved’ Cup
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‘Way too many people saw it’
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‘Nobody’ is Trump’s nightmare
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Nine-year-old raking in the cash
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Aldi reveals massive expansion plan
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Genius way pirates are beating the system
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Bouchard burns Kardashian with smutty post
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‘Hundreds of Aussies would be worse off’
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Strangest question in the Clinton scandal
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Italian Prince killed in London
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‘Black people and fried chicken’
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The Cup tradition finally broken
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Did a homemade frock deserve the win?
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End of era for this iconic sight
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Pilot’s surprise mid-flight proposal
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Woman surfs through largest grave
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