Nude burglar nightmare and other top stories.

• Nude burglar nightmare

  

  NT Police have arrested a 28-year-old man after a woman woke to find an intruder in her bedroom at a Wagaman property . PICTURE: Brendan FrancisA WOMAN woke to find a nude and drunk male intruder standing over her bed during a frightening ordeal in Darwin.Police allege the 28-year-old man walked through an unlocked door at a Wagaman property around 1.30am yesterday morning.He had helped himself to alcohol from the couple’s fridge before taking off his clothes and going into the bedroom.A police ..

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• Buffaloes end decade hoodoo

  

  Matthew Campbell was a match winners for the Buffaloes against St Mary's at Gardens. Picture: ISABELLA MOORE.THAT is the end of that streak.The Darwin Buffaloes finally recorded their first win in a decade over St Mary’s yesterday afternoon at Gardens Oval.Most would have thought the Double Blue’s would have busted the 10-year winless hoodoo before Christmas when they were on a seven-game winning streak but remarkably it came when the Buffaloes were well and truly out of form.Coming in to yester..

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• Blowtorch gang feeling the heat

  

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• Cruising options in Australia: Our island home

  

  From the Torres Strait to Tasmania and Brisbane to Broome, Australia's magnificent coastlines present abundant cruise variety, says Brian Johnston. Cruising options in Australia: Our island home North Star Cruises' ship True North. Photo: North Star CruisesCrysta Symphony sailing into Sydney.Murray Princess on the Murray River.Silversea Zodiac excursion in the Kimberley.Coral Expeditions' beach BBQ on the coast of Cape York.Coral Expeditioner I in the Kimbe..

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• Trio of Coasters at big sevens tournament

  

  A TRIO of Sunshine Coasters are testing themselves against teams from around the world at a prominent tournament in the Northern Territory. Erica Fowler, Emma Sykes and Caitlin Wark are part of the Queensland women's sevens development team at the Darwin Hottest Sevens. "The fact that there are three Sunshine Coast girls in the side is evidence of the games' growing popularity on the Coast," Fowler said. "The Stingrays Sevens program has definitely put a vibe out there about women's ..

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• Extra $2000 paying dividends for Huxtable

  

  Times Past dashes to victory at Morphettville on Saturday. Picture: Bianca De MarchiKYLIE Huxtable would be glad she backed her judgment when Times Past was offered at an Inglis dispersal sale in Melbourne late last year.The Murray Bridge trainer had selected Times Past as a suitable candidate to race in Darwin later in the season and set a price limit of $30,000.But the three-year-old gelding, who notched two places from five starts for international racing giant Darley when trained by John O’S..

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• NT product Barba returns

  

  Chloe Autridge from BMW at the womens BMW vs. Tribes match at the Hottest 7s action at Marrara on day one. Picture: ISABELLA MOORE.DARWIN-BORN speedster Marmin Barba returned to his place of birth for the first time in 23 years.But he wasn’t here to see the way the Top End’s changed. Barba was here on a mission.The Hottest 7s in the World was one of the first stops on Barba’s road to Rio.The former Gold Coast Titan and Brisbane Bronco player was part of championship hopefulTribe 7s, and Barba di..

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• Holler flies flag for Godolphin's southern force with Australia Stakes ...

  

  Craig Williams steers Holler to victory in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley.IN the constantly moving world of the Godolphin army the spoils are not always ­evenly spread.The stable wins lots of races around the world and in ­Australia it runs stables in two states.But the royal blue flag has fluttered with more authority in Sydney than Melbourne.NEWS: FATHERLY ADVICE AIDS DUNNNEWS: SIGNOFF CUP TILT HANGS ON TESTThe numbers say that’s reasonable.Other Stories David Charles, the top man in M..

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• Jake Niall: Is a red ball Davis Cup the way of the future for Test ...

  

  Polarising figure: Chris Gayle. Photo: Getty Images To understand what has happened to cricket, and where it's headed, consider this question: Name a West Indian cricketer who played in Australia this summer?If you answered Chris Gayle, as I suspect most readers would, then you've highlighted the revolutionary change we've seen. Gayle did not play for the West Indies against Australia. But he did play for the Melbourne Renegades against the Stars in a Twenty2..

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• Neala JohnsonNews Corp Australia Network

  

  Let’s try again ... After a record-breaking 2015, is Australian film on track for another great year at the box office? International import Adrien Brody’s Backtrack is just one of the titles vying to get Australians back into cinemas for more local stories. (Madman)Neala JohnsonNews Corp Australia NetworkLAST year was the best ever for Australian movies at the box office — big hits including Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dressmaker, The Water Diviner and Paper Planes enticing local audiences back to ..

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