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The Courier-Mail: Cockroach bets $700,000 on Maroons
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Harry, this is your Courier-Mail update for Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Cockroach bets big on Maroons
A WEALTHY cockroach is hoping the Blues will lose the first Origin match of the series after betting $700,000 on Queensland. He stands to win $1.2 million.
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Jackie O's one hot vegetarian
BIG Brother host Jackie O - sidekick of Kyle Sandilands - is currently holding the Australian lead in a "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" contest run by PETA.
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Driver overpowered, car stolen
A BRISBANE man has been charged after he allegedly jumped on the bonnet of a woman's car, smashed its windscreen, overpowered her and drove off.
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Golden handshake 'obscene'
TRADE union boss Sharan Burrow says the salaries of company executives have hit "a level of obscenity" after Macquarie Bank boss Alan Moss pocketed $50m.
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Ted Kennedy has brain tumor
DOCTORS have confirmed that Senator Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumour - days after he was airlifted to a Boston hospital following a seizure.
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Maroons unleash the beast
QUEENSLAND is ready to "Unleash the Beast" on the Blues with Israel Folau, the man touted as the next Mal Meninga, primed for his Origin debut.
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Gabriella topples Madonna
AUSSIE singing sensation Gabriella Cilmi yesterday did what most teenagers can only dream of: she knocked Madonna from the No. 1 spot on Britain's top 10 chart.
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Shares drop one per cent
THE Australian share market was down more than one per cent after rising inflation in the US hurt Wall St and commodity prices ended with mixed results.
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Jailed for mobile in courtroom
A TEENAGER who let his mobile phone ring out with the music of American rapper Akon before he answered the call while sitting in the front row of court has been jailed.
