The Australian Christian lobby has issued a bizarre statement arguing that same sex marriage could lead to a new “stolen generation”, and would inevitably lead to children being taught the mechanics of homosexual sex in school sex education classes. In a rambling statement, the Lobby’s managing director Lyle Shelton said …
Ocean Reef residents were awoken early this morning by the thumping, crashing sounds of a stolen ATM being towed down the road by not-so-stealthy thieves. At 4.15am this morning, police were called to Farmer Jacks in Marina Boulevard, Ocean Reef as people nearby heard banging and crashing noises and believed …
About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town. Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said no fatalities had been reported. …
Catholic Church officials have been likened to outlaw motorcycle gangs, drug cartels and people smugglers in an explosive speech delivered at a legal conference in Victoria. Lawyer and lobbyist Bryan Keon-Cohen said the church, currently at the centre of a royal commission into the handling of child sex abuse complaints, …
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A Florida woman explained to cops that she stabbed her boyfriend after he purposefully passed gas in her general direction. Deborah Ann Burns, 37, told police that she was watching TV Tuesday night in the Immokalee home she shares with Willie Butler, her boyfriend of six years. Burns advised that, …
An arrest warrant accuses a 29-year-old Round Rock woman of pampering her pets but abandoning her 8- and 10-year-old daughters before leaving the state. Kristine Noffsinger was charged with two counts of abandoning a child after a child protective services investigator found that on April 18 that Noffsinger’s children had …
SIR Richard Branson has made good on a bet he lost, preparing to wear an air-hostess uniform on a charity fundraising flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur. The billionaire entrepreneur dropped his trousers at a bar in the Perth CBD last night, allowing AirAsia stewardesses to shave his legs. Today …
SEATTLE — Sheriff’s deputies say a man angry at his neighbors went on a rampage in a bulldozer on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, damaging four homes, knocking one off its foundation, and cutting power to thousands of people. Barry Alan Swegle was booked into the Clallam County Jail for investigation of malicious …
Many Australians celebrate Mother’s Day by showing their appreciation for the achievements and efforts of mothers and mother figures. It is annually observed in Australia on the second Sunday of May. What do people do? Many people appreciate their mothers or mother figures, which include stepmothers, relatives, guardians (eg. foster …
Australian Bacon Week (12–19 May) is the celebration of true, blue Aussie bacon. And with it comes the announcement of the winners of the National Bacon Awards for Excellence – and Australia’s most expensive bacon and egg roll. It is often said that bacon is the meat that will tempt …
After the pyramids and the kohl painted eyes, almost nothing evokes more awe and mystery than the fascination ancient Egyptians had with cats. They were not only the most popular pet in the house, but their status rose to that of the sacred animals and then on to the most …
Grumpy Cat (born April 4, 2012), real name Tardar Sauce is a female cat and Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression. Her owner Tabatha Bundesen says that her permanently grumpy face is due to feline dwarfism. Grumpy Cat goodness Wiki sauce
The woman known to Australian TV viewers as ‘‘Mrs Marsh’’ through her commercials for Colgate toothpaste, has died at her home in Noosa, Queensland. The popular TV campaign that began in the late 1970s featured Barbara Callcott as Mrs Marsh, who snapped a stick of chalk that had been dipped …
I’ve read about animal hoarders in the news and seen them on TV, but I never thought I would come into contact with one or, worse yet, know one. But I did. People who knew this person suspected she had more than a few cats, and probably a few too …
The Dinosaur Farm toy store in South Pasadena, CA was the scene of a rescue on Wednesday, when South Pasadena firefighters freed a kitten that had made the 15 mile trip from Sunland to the store trapped under the hood of a car. Kelly Kidd from Kidd’s Jewelry Heist told …
A teenager has lost both of his hands after a suspected homemade bomb exploded near Ipswich this afternoon. The 15-year-old was at a house with five other local teens, aged 15 to 18, when the explosion happened just after 2pm in Dampier St, Leichhardt. It is understood powder was packed …
What do you buy the person who has everything? How about a presidential plane? Slightly used, but would still look great parked out front, Air Force One can be yours for just $50,000. The General Services Administration is auctioning off a DC-9 aircraft that once served as the president’s official …
A CELEBRITY psychic is under fire over a prediction made nearly 10 years ago claiming Ohio kidnapping victim Amanda Berry was dead. Sylvia Browne has found herself at the centre of a social media hate campaign after it emerged she told Louwana Miller that there was no hope of finding …