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MURDOCH SPLIT: Media mogul RupertMurdoch, 82, filed for divorce from histhird wife, Wendi Deng, 44, after 14years of marriage. The couple, who metin China and have two daughters,reportedly had a prenuptial agreement.Murdoch's previous divorce was said tohave cost him $1.7 billion.

KARDASHIAN BUB: Kim Kardashian, 32,gave birth to her first child – a daughter– with boyfriend Kanye West, 36,People.com reported. Her due date waswidely reported to be in July. West wasby Kardashian's side for the delivery,according to sources.

OLDEST DIES: The world’s oldest man inrecorded history, Japanese man JiroemonKimura, 116, died. Mr Kimura had beenhospitalised for pneumonia since lastmonth. He became the world’s oldestperson on December 17th, 2012, after a115-year-old woman from Iowa died,according to Guinness World Records.

INDIAN PRINCE: Eliza Kewark, PrinceWilliam’s great, great, great, great, greatgrandmother, was of Indian origin. In1812, Ms Kewark gave birth to PrinceWilliams’s maternal great, great, great,great grandmother, Katharine ScottForbes, a forebear of Princess Diana.

CHEF WEDS: TV chef Curtis Stone andactress Lindsay Price could have scored afortune for a magazine spread of theirwedding last week but instead released acouple of photos on social media, Fairfaxreported. They married in a private villaon the Spanish island of Mallorca.

EntertainmentWorldDOG KILLS: A 5-year-old boy whosehome was destroyed in the deadly tornadothat swept through Oklahoma last monthwas killed in a dog attack at the Arkansashome where he had been staying. The bullmastiff attacked when it saw the boythrowing a tantrum, Fox News reported.

Odd SpotAS at June 15, at least 5109 Americanshad died by shooting in the US in the pastsix months, compared with 4409 USsoldiers killed in Iraq in the same period.

Source: Online magazine Slate

Did You Know?AUSSIE actor Toni Collette, who starredin Muriel's Wedding, faked appendicitiswhen she was 11 and was so convincingthat doctors removed her appendix.

Source: The Guardian (London)

BAD BATCH: Ballandean local Joshua Lynam,26, was the sole survivor of a bad batch ofhome-distilled alcohol that killed his brother andtwo friends. Joel Lynam, 21, was found dead atthe family's property while Bryan Wilmot, 30,and Vincent Summers, 21, succumbed tomethanol poisoning in the days that followed.

Australia

BOY BURNED: An 11-year-old boy has beentreated for burns after playing with fire andpetrol in Melbourne's north-east. He and hisbrother were dropping burning paper intopetrol-filled containers at a house when a fireerupted. The fire brigade said the boy receivedburns to 30% of his body, ABC News reported.

HOON NABBED: A hoon was caught doing211km/h in an 80km zone in Victoria, NewsLtd reported. Frankston police clocked the2002 Holden Commodore doing more than130km/h over the speed limit. The disqualifieddriver, a 30-year-old Doveton man, told policehe had never held a licence.

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Odd SpotBRITISH women spent 59 days of their livesshaving their legs, a study found. And 35% ofwomen polled said it was their least favouritebeauty chore. The second most detested washairstyling, with eyebrow plucking third.

HURLEY HITS OUT: Eddie Perfect wouldinvite Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurleyto see his show Shane Warne: The Musicalafter Hurley slammed the project via socialmedia. The fiancee of Warne tweeted thatshe was “mystified” about the intent of thestage show and that it would make his kidscry, PerthNow.com.au reported.

KERR PULL-OUT: Less than three monthsafter being dumped by David Jones,Miranda Kerr was looking to pull herbeauty products from the retailer’s shelves.The model was in talks to take her KoraOrganics range to rival department storechain Myer, News Ltd reported.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROW: A US filmcompany had filed a lawsuit arguing thesong Happy Birthday to You is publicproperty and should not be subject tocopyright. The song was owned byWarner/Chappell, which collected at least$US2 million a year in licensing fees fromfilms and TV shows, ABC News reported.

MODERATE WIN: Moderate cleric HassanRohani won Iran’s presidential electionwith a defeat of conservative hardliners,calling it a victory of moderation andpledging a new tone of respect ininternational affairs. Iran had been in a rowwith the West over its nuclear program.

NIGELLA SHOCK: Images that appearedto show celebrity chef Nigella Lawsonbeing choked by her husband CharlesSaatchi had been published in Britain’sSunday People. The couple were dining atScott’s in Mayfair when the images weretaken, News Ltd reported.

EntertainmentWorldRING BLUNDER: A US woman wasreunited with her $23,000 engagement ringthat her husband accidentally sold at agarage sale for $5. Racquel Cloutier hadhidden the ring in an old watch box whenshe went to the hospital to give birth. Thebox buyer found the ring and returned it.

JOBLESS DIP: Unemployment eased slightlyto 5.5%, but with almost no new jobs created.The Bureau of Statistics estimates showedunemployment dipped from an upwardlyrevised 5.6% in April to 5.5% in May. The fallwas driven more by a 0.1 percentage point fallin the participation rate than it was by anincrease in jobs, Caboolture News reported.

NET REQUESTS: Federal police wereobtaining Australians' phone and net recordswithout warrants nearly 1000 times a week,Fairfax reported. AFP deputy commissionerMichael Phelan told a Senate estimateshearing AFP officers made 43,362 internalrequests for “metadata” on Australians'phone and internet records last financial year.

Fun Fact$US6 BILLION - that’s how much tax the world’srichest man, Bill Gates, says he’s paid in total. He hasgiven $28 billion to charity and was still worth $56billion. His three kids will inherit ‘just’ $10 million each.

Did You Know?ACCORDING to Aboriginal legend, there is acave on the Wessel Islands off Australia’s northfilled with doubloons and weaponry of an ancientera. African 1000-year-old coins had been foundon the islands, News Ltd reported.

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Australia

Did You KnowYOTHU Yindi frontman MandawuyYunupingu, 56, who died at home lastweek after a battle with renal disease,was the first Aboriginal person fromArnhem Land to gain a university degree.

A CAMERA-shy Belorussian beaverkilled a fisherman, biting into an artery inhis leg and causing him to bleed todeath. The 60-year-old was trying tophotograph the critter when it attacked.

GAME PLAN: Big game hunting in the outbackcould become a tourist attraction under ascheme to allow the shooting of camels, waterbuffalo and other animals. Feral animals wouldbe shot by game hunters under a “conservationhunting” plan by the Shooters and FishersParty, which would field candidates in thefederal election, News Ltd reported.

Source: Guardian, Fairfax

I don’t personally know how you can walk out on children but that’s hischoice, he has to live with it.”

— The Voice favourite Harrison Craig, talking abouthis father who left the family 13 years ago whenCraig was aged 5.“

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BANKS BATTLE: Australia’s majorbanks were facing increasing competitionfrom major foreign banks in mortgages,with HSBC cutting its two-year fixed-rate home loan for new customers by 90basis points to 4.59% - the lowest in themarket and below its variable rate of4.99%, News Ltd reported.

CAUGHT CHEATING: Singapore’smonetary authority censured banks fortrying to rig benchmark interest rates,Bloomberg reported. A total of 133 tradersat 290 banks tried to manipulate theSingapore interbank offered rate, swapoffered rates and currency benchmarks.

SOCCER RISK: Soccer players whofrequently head-butted the ball - acommon tactic for passing or scoring -might be risking brain injury, memoryloss, and impaired cognitive ability,according to a study in the journalRadiology, National Geograhic reported.

LOANS RISE: Official figures showed thenumber of new home loans aroundAustralia rose slightly in April. The ABSfigures showed a seasonally adjusted riseof 0.8%. Lenders granted 48,475 loans inApril, compared with 47,566 in March.It is the fourth consecutive monthly rise.

BusinessHealthGENE WIN: A US Court ruled human genescannot be patented, USA Today reported.The decision was a victory for cancerpatients, researchers and geneticists whoclaimed one company's patent raised costs,restricted research and forced women tounnecessarily remove breasts or ovaries.

Did You Know?ANXIETY, or excessive worrying, is themost common psychological problem inAustralia and affects 14% of thepopulation, according to the Bureau ofStatistics.

Did You Know?AT some point, genes from at least eightretroviruses became incorporated intohuman DNA. They now performimportant functions in reproduction, yetare entirely alien to our genetic ancestry.

CANCER BLOW: Professional womenwere more susceptible to breast cancer,research revealed. The study foundwomen in professional jobs had a nearly70% higher risk of breast cancer, theIndependent reported. The research wasbased on a 55-year study of women whowere in their 30s in the 1970s.

Odd SpotA RECORD-setting 5.7m Burmese python waskilled with a knife in a rural US county, after itwrapped itself around the leg of the man tryingto capture it. It beat the previous record bymore than 30cm, Fairfax reported.

Fun FactTHE sun’s core is so hot that a piece of it the sizeof a pinhead would give off enough heat to kill aperson 160km away.

Source: QI television show

Did You Know?THE antioxidant concentration in hot cocoa wasalmost twice as strong as red wine, two to threetimes stronger than green tea and four to fivetimes stronger than black tea, a study atCornell University determined.

Q: In grammar, ‘theslimy snake slitheredslowly’ is an example ofwhat?

Q: Which singer had ahit with the 1988 dancetrack The Only Way isUp?

A: He was a beekeeper

Q: Is Eimeo a seasidesuburb of Mackay, Cairnsor Bundaberg?

A: The Milky Way A: Finland

Q: What did EdmundHillary, the first man toclimb Everest, do for a

Q: Is Helsinki the capitalcity of Norway, Swedenor Finland?

Q: Via lactea is theclassical Latin name forwhich celestial body?

A: Yazz A: Mackay A: Alliteration

But life isn’t all about cheap holidays and cut-price Nikons. Ourmanufacturing sector suffered under a high dollar ...”

— Mark Bouris, chairman of financial servicesgroup Yellow Brick Road, writing for Fairfaxabout the weakening Aussie.“

TechnologySHORT WORK: Boffin had invented a pair ofshorts that charge your mobile, TheSun.co.ukreported. The Power Shorts stored energy toboost the wearer's phone battery whilst theywere on the move. By going for a stroll in theshorts, an average person generated enoughenergy to power up a battery for four hours.

OFFICE ARRIVES: Microsoft’s Office softwarecame to the iPhone for the first time, offeringpeople the ability to read and edit their textdocuments, spreadsheets and slide presentationsat the doctor’s office or at a soccer game. Thecompany isn’t making an iPad version, though,nor is it offering the app on Android devices.

BALLOON NET: Internet giant Google launcheda plan to use a ring of huge balloons to provideinternet to the two-thirds of the world currentlywithout web access. Project Loon leader RichardDeVaul says the technology could increaseinternet access to countries such as Africa, andin South-East Asia, ABC News reported.

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Q: Who starred inmovies The Hustler,Hud, Harper, and Harryand Son?

A: A diamond

Q: Who wrote the novelsRage, Monsoon,Warlock, and Men ofMen?

A:Arthur Phillip

Q: Which is the onlystate in the US thatbegins with the letter‘P’?

A: Martial art

Q: Cut, clarity. colour,and carat set the valueof which gemstone?

A: Paul Newman

Q: Which sea captaincommanded the FirstFleet to Australia?

A: Wilbur Smith

Q: Is jujitsu a Japanesemartial art or paper-folding craft?

A: Pennsylvania

Odd SpotPEOPLE’S closest friendships were formedwith their colleagues – particularly if theirworkplace environment was stressful, researchconducted by the Lancaster University in theUK concluded.

BAKE FAKE: Coles admitted only a thirdof its stores in Australia baked bread fromscratch, despite claiming their productswere “baked today, sold today”. The restof their products, including muffins,pastries and croissants, were partiallybaked, frozen or “finished off” in an oven,Fairfax reported.

TIGHTER SQUEEZE: American Airlineswas said to be planning to squeeze in moreseats on many of its planes. The measurewas aimed at increasing revenues after itsmerger with US Airlines. An increase inseats would require an additional flightattendant, GizmoCrave.com reported.

VOLUNTEER BENEFIT: Older adults hada lower risk of hypertension if they did atleast 200 hours of volunteer service in theprevious year, a survey showed. During a4-year follow-up, people who volunteeredfor at least 200 hours had 40% lower oddsfor new-onset hypertension, websiteMedPageToday.com reported.

HORMONE WORRY: The number ofmiddle-aged American men withprescriptions for testosterone was climbingrapidly, raising concerns that increasingnumbers of men were abusing the powerfulhormone to boost their libidos and feelyounger, The New York Times reported.

$82K PARK SPOT: A buyer paid$US82,000 in cash for a parking spot in aSan Francisco apartment building to parkhis Porsche SUV, WBTV.com reported.The real estate agent who sold the spacesaid he sold another spot in the samebuilding for $US95,000 a few years ago.

BusinessHealthSUNSHINE FIND: Low levels of vitamin Dcould trigger high blood pressure, a studyshowed. UK scientists had shown a directgenetic link between lacking the “sunshine”vitamin and hypertension, or high bloodpressure, a major risk factor for heartattacks and stroke, News Ltd reported.

Fun FactIF YOU drilled a tunnel straight through the Earthand jumped in, it would take 42 minutes and 12seconds to get to the other side.

Source: QI television show

Did You Know?AN original Apple-1 sold for $US640,000 at anauction in Germany in November. Thecomputer was priced at $US666.66 (about$US2700 in current money) when made in1976, The New York Times reported.

Fun FactTHERE are 200-400 billion stars in ourgalaxy, the Milky Way, and a Germansupercomputer calculated there were500 billion galaxies in the universe.

Source: BBC Schools online

Did You Know?AT the Santa Rita do Sapucaí jail inBrazil, inmates can pedal to generateelectricity in return for a cut in theirsentences - a day off for every 16 hoursof effort on bikes hooked up to batteries.

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ScienceFIRST ARRIVALS: The first anatomicallymodern humans almost certainly arrived insouthern Asia within the past 70,000 years,having dispersed as small groups of pioneersettlers along coastal regions from Africa, sayUK scientists who used genetic andarchaeological evidence, ABC Science reported.

OFF TUNE: People classified with perfectpitch might not actually be as in tune withthe notes they hear as they thought. Playeda long piece of music, a study group failed tonotice when scientists turned the tonesslightly flat. They then misidentified in-tunesounds as being sharp, BBC News reported.

DINOSAUR DISCOVERY: A graveyard of largedinosaur bones was found by The AustralianAge of Dinosaurs Museum near Winton incentral west Queensland. Field palaeontologistDavid Elliott said he had not seen this manylarge dinosaur bones in one area for a decade,Weekly Times reported online.