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Carrie Fisher reveals secret affair
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Scorecard we should be ashamed of
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Scorned wife: ‘All that’s left of me is a shell’
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America offered escape route from Trump
A BUNCH of states didn’t vote for Donald Trump, and they’re being offered a way to escape his rule. Don’t expect them to use it though.
Putin starts raining bombs on Syria
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Trump’s granddaughter captivates China
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Standover man’s execution caught on camera
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‘Pool of blood’ after US airport shooting
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Teen dies after school detention
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Donald Trump looks freaking miserable
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IS loses more ground in Mosul battle
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Teacher had sex with girl on wife’s wedding dress
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You can fall pregnant while you’re pregnant
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‘I feel like an ugly 12-year-old boy’
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‘I was treated badly’: Kate to Packer
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New ‘plausible’ MH370 theory
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Man creates tiny country he can’t enter
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Qantas’ Wi-Fi rollout setback
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Mega boat built in backyard
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Pic Taylor didn’t want the world to see
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US ‘must respect irreversible deal’
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Michelle Obama called an ‘ape in heels’
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Drug thief turned successful entrepreneur
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Amazon drivers ‘defecate in vans’
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‘We were careless, lazy and must learn quickly’
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Jedinak rescues Roos in Thailand
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