Emily Butcher

Some of Australia's poorest communities have been drinking water high in uranium, and residents have accused governments of ignoring the problem. Many of us turn on the tap without a second thought — high-quality drinking water is supplied to most cities and regions across the country. But in the Aboriginal community of Laramba, north of Alice Springs, drinking water contains more than double the recommended levels of uranium, and it's been like that for a decade.

"The Body" and the Brains Behind Elle Macpherson She may be known as “The Body,” but Elle Macpherson has something most of her supermodel girlfriends are lacking: the brains to boot. Fiercely business savvy, Macpherson’s successful modelling career has been supplemented by lucrative ventures into lingerie, skin care products, work out videos, and forays onto the big screen and small screen, including a newly debuted NBC show. Forbes recently estimated the entrepreneur’s worth at US$60 million.

There is absolutely no room for doubt that the Olympic athletes represent the best of their respective sports, the real cream of the crop. But, as we also know from past experience (Michael Phelps’s penchant for bong rips, for one, or Stephanie Rice’s offensive slur tweeted after the Wallabies walloped the Springboks), athletes don’t always exercise the best judgment when it comes to sculpting their image in the eye of the public.