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Saturday, December 26, 2009

'Stupid' men swim in baited crocodile trap

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HEADLINE: 'Stupid' men swim in baited crocodile trap
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/travel/men-showed-absolute-stupidity-by-swimming-into-baited-crocodile-trap/story-e6frfq7r-1225813864969
CLIP:
TWO men who made funny faces from inside a baited crocodile trap while their friend stood on top of the cage were criticised for their "absolute stupidity" by authorities in the Northern Territory.
An image of the three men risking their lives and limbs surfaced yesterday after they were posted on Facebook.
It is believed the picture was taken at Manton Dam, about 73 km south of Darwin.

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HEADLINE: Boobs and boo-boos
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/boobs-and-boo-boos-make-video-hits/story-e6frfmq9-1225813376253
CLIP:
LADIES, does your cup runneth over? IF the answer is yes, you're guilty of bra crimes - a topic so fascinating it topped news.com.au's list of most viewed videos for the year.
Boobs and boo-boos were prominent in the list, with tens of thousands oggling the Ralph swimwear finals, and even more giggling their way through an on-air gaffe by a US news anchor.
There were close encounters of the spooky kind, as our reporter braved a "haunted" castle, and the inevitable celebrity clashes. - video link: http://player.video.news.com.au/news/#VY470ylphR4jjAivF8FTABJHva84ciqj

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HEADLINE: Baby placenta facial treatments offered
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/baby-placenta-facial-treatments-offered/story-e6frfku0-1225813823223
CLIP:
BEAUTY-conscious women in Dubai are being targeted by a controversial product claimed to make them look younger made from newborn baby placenta.
British therapist Mona Mirza says new customers walk through the doors of her Dubai clinic almost every day, as word spreads of the new procedure.
"The main reason why human placenta is effective is because it is bio-identical to our own physiology," she said.

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HEADLINE: Good Samaritans Return Wallet Stuffed With $5,000
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581176,00.html?test=latestnews
CLIP:
A last-minute shopper who lost a wallet stuffed with $5,000 in cash at Bloomingdale's got a Christmas present he'll never forget when an honest couple returned the billfold with every last dollar.
The happy return ended a miserable ordeal for Robert Slatkin, who was certain the wallet was gone for good in the frenetic sea of tourists and holiday shoppers Wednesday evening.
Slatkin was buying a shirt from the Armani section in the venerable department store at 4:30 p.m. when he noticed his wallet was missing.

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HEADLINE: AC/DC concert in doubt over birds
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/acdc-a-bird-risk-in-austria/story-e6frfn09-1225813680637
CLIP:
AUSSIE rockers AC/DC could have to cancel a sold-out concert because their big sound poses a danger to rare birds.
Animal rights campaigners are threatening legal action if the veteran band goes ahead with a gig planned for Wels airport in Austria in May.
Han Uhl of BirdLife said birds nesting in the area at the time would be threatened by anthems such as Highway To Hell and You Shook Me All Night Long.
"The second biggest colony of curlews in Upper Austria and various other ground-nesting birds must not become endangered," Mr Uhl said, The Daily Telegraph reports.

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