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Stories Checked for Students of English by Jamaby

Sex, internet make Aussie male happy

AUSTRALIAN men are happiest when they are having sex or surfing the net, but women prefer to get their endorphins racing by having meals with friends and petting their pooches, according to the 2008 Australian Happiness Index. ()

Pair arrested over eight abandoned kids

A MAN and a woman have been arrested after eight children aged between three and 16 were found living alone in their squalid home. ()

Abandoned kids may have to be split up

IT may not be possible to keep eight children together after they were found alone in their squalid home, welfare officials say. ()

Young children locked on balcony - police

A SIX-week old girl was one of six children removed from a filthy home after police had to break in. ()

Young children locked on balcony - police

A SIX-week old girl was one of six children removed from their home after four of the children were found locked out of their unit on a balcony as their parents slept. ()

He wanted me to always feel guilty - and I do

THE mother of three children killed by their dad has told of her guilt at not protecting them - and how the killer wanted her to feel that way. ()

Tot went looking for big brothers

A THREE-year-old girl found wandering a street in the middle of the night was probably trying to find her older brothers who had left for camp, her dad says. ()