WTF: Weird True Freaky
Woman fined for walking dog while in car
AN elderly disabled woman allowed her dog to walk without a leash and "wreak havoc" while she drove behind in a car.
'Hitler House' becomes online sensation
A TERRACE house in Wales has become an unlikely web star after internet users decided that it looks a lot like Adolf Hitler's face.
Lord Cheesus - it's Jesus in a pizza
IN A purported miracle, the face of Jesus Christ has appeared on a three-cheese pizza in Brisbane.
Kids' books used to smuggle drugs to jail
A DRUG was mixed into a paste and painted onto colouring book pages so inmates could get high.
Man superglues tiny hat to head
AN ENGLISH man got himself in a sticky predicament when he didn't quite think through his Halloween costume.
Police pup dies one day before retirement
FEARLESS and faithful police dog named Baz falls off a rooftop while chasing burglars and dies one day before he was due to retire.
Russia says clock change stresses cows
RUSSIA permanently switches to summer time after the President says cows suffer stress from getting up at a different time.
'Hello police? There's a croc in my pool'
STARTLED resident had trouble explaining her call wasn't a prank after finding a 2m crocodile in the pool at her city home.
Dad pulled through CD-sized gap alive
MAN miraculously survives after being dragged through a gap the width of a CD case in a freak workplace accident.
Cow manure fetish man jailed
BRITISH man with fetish for cow manure begins a two-year sentence after he was caught pleasuring himself while covered in dung.
Dog found alive living in burned out home
WOMAN who thought her dachshund died in a fire a month ago has found the animal living in the remains of her apartment.
Frowning pig gets brow lift to see again
A 250kg pig called Boris is being given a facelift after attempts to fatten him up failed to stop his rolls of loose skin covering his eyes.
New bus lane right size for a bike
A council is under fire for spending $2.5 million on a bus lane, only for drivers to find it is not wide enough for buses.
Kiss-of-life fireman saves dog from blaze
BRITISH fireman goes above and beyond the call of duty after giving near dead rescued pooch mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Two men killed after finding mobile phone
TWO men, one of whom was handicapped, were ambushed, shot and killed overnight in a bizarre dispute over a lost phone.
Is this Britain's unluckiest woman?
A BRITISH woman dumped her truck-driver boyfriend for being dull, only to see him win almost $30 million in Lotto.
Man stabbed for refusing 'vampire stuff'
A MAN has been sentenced to three years of probation for stabbing a man who refused to let him suck his blood.
Vegetarian couple barred from adopting
SOCIAL welfare officials have barred a vegetarian couple from adopting because of fears their diet will be imposed on the child.
Bank robber busted by urine sample
A BANK robber forgot to cover his tracks and left three bottles of urine behind after hiding inside a bank vault for three days.
Player's red card for tackling streaker
A SOCCER player was seeing red after the referee sent him off for tackling a cheeky streaker who was in a revealing mankini.
Tiger mauls lion to death at Turkish zoo
TIGER severed a lion's jugular vein when it stuck its paw through a narrow gap in a door dividing their cages.
Homeless man returns $1440
A HOMELESS man cast aside thoughts of his own economic troubles and handed an envelope of cash to the police.
Spider in fuel tank prompts recall
SPIDERWEB inside engine prompts Mazda to recall 52,000 vehicles across US to outfit them with special anti-spider screens.
And hic! here is hic! the hic! news
IT'S every radio journalist’s worst nightmare - but a raging case of hiccups wouldn't stop Kate Wilson presenting the news.
Woman survives 65km ride on car bonnet
POLICE say a woman survived a 65-kilometre ride clinging to the bonnet of a car driven by her husband after a domestic.
For sale: Home-smashing rock
MAN whose home was hit by massive rock in Christchurch quake is selling the culprit online. There's just one catch...
Breast milk ice cream health fears
BREAST milk ice cream being sold in London has been confiscated over fears it could contain hepatitis viruses.
UFC afterparty fails, promoter hides in van
PROMOTER hides in police van from angry fans after he sold tickets to a cage-fight after party that never took place.
Breast milk ice cream on the menu
BREAST milk ice cream scooped up by customers as parlour uses milk from UK mum to make the "totally natural" treat.
Yasi didn't just wipe out bananas ...
CYCLONE Yasi has helped Far Northern police in the fight against drugs by destroying much of the region's marijuana crops.
Canteen takes up online spy technology
NEW canteens allow parents to spy on their children's school lunches - and remotely block them from buying junk food.
Bungling burglars lose money
TWO men attempted to rob a gun store and ended up with less money than when they came in.
Snake blamed for footpath fracas
FIVE people have ended up in a brawl after diners at a city cafe failed to be charmed by a snake carried by a passer-by.
Arnold flexes his intellectual muscles
THE Terminator says a statue of himself at the height of his bodybuilding career is "dramatic" and shows "accurate proportions".
Kleptocat burglar caught red-pawed
A THIEVING cat has been caught on camera, stealing over 600 items from neighbours' homes, according to reports.
Drug dealer to sue police for 'humiliation'
A HEROIN dealer is planning to sue police because they told his neighbours that he was sent to jail.
Ladle-wielding wife saves man from tiger
WOMAN rescues husband from tiger attack by clubbing its head with a large wooden soup ladle and chasing it back into the jungle.
Say it with love, say it with a cockroach
STILL searching for the perfect Valentine's present? New York's Bronx Zoo has the ideal answer: name a cockroach after them.
Scientific superstitions thriving in Russia
SURVEY finds Russians are a little confused about our Solar system, radioactivity and the dinosaur era.
E=MC Screwed
RELATIVITY is lost on the university that owns the lucrative rights to Albert Einstein's name but does not give a dollar to his family.
Today's news highlights
Big Tobacco's bid to get smokers angry
By Helen Davidson UNDER-the-radar campaign encouraging protests against high taxes and bans on smoking in public.
The death of Darcey Freeman
Darcey Freeman died after she was thrown from the West Gate bridge in January 2009.
London protest march
A mass rally leads to violent clashes between protesters and police in central London.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011
The winners and finalists from the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011.
Libya air strikes: Day 3
The world watches to see what will happen in Libya as Allied forces bomb Libya for the third day.
Crisis in Libya
Pro-Libyan government forces continue in pitched battles with rebels as the UN declares a no-fly zone over war torn Libya
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Smokers told they can't light up - even in their own homes
A SYDNEY unit block is believed to be the first residential building in Australia to ban smoking in all residents' homes.
Internet shoppers saving $1.3m a day
CYBER-SHOPPERS costing Federal Government $1.3 million a day by buying tax-free imports over the internet, says Treasury.
What's in the taps? Vintage Grange?
IF you thought your bills were bad, spare a thought for the household hit with a quarter-of-a-million-dollar water bill.
Charlie Sheen sued for $20 million
TROUBLED Two-and-a-Half-Men star Charlie Sheen has been accused of destroying a planned reality TV project about himself.
Revealed: What you'll really pay on holiday
By Kate Schneider AUSSIES pay $7.90 for coffee and $51 for a quick call home at hotels in popular spots, survey shows.
'Harmless' video game weapons too real
NEW video game controllers designed to look and feel like real firearms have raised fears of a blurring of violent fact and fantasy.
