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Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have scooped the highest-paid actors for 2009, eclipsing more experienced movie stars. Picture Reuters | In pictures: Hollywood's top earners |
More- Sheen's 'car stolen and crashed over cliff'
- Toyota boss 'deeply sorry' about recalls
- Commandos take back ship from pirates
- Anthrax contaminated heroin spreads
- US sheds 20,000 jobs in January
- Fosster home failing kept hidden
- Five tigers found in man's backyard
- Suicide bombers strike bus then hospital
Suicide waitress spat on, called fat
TEENAGE waitress committed suicide after relentless bullying by her co-workers, court is told.
Bird acquitted of second assault claim
NRL star Greg Bird is acquitted of attacking a woman with a glass bottle at a nightclub.
'There was a lot of blood in the water'
LIFEGUARD describes how he dragged an injured surfer from bloodied, shark-infested waters.
Facebook denies political censorship
FACEBOOK denies censorship claims after deleting a group that criticised Kevin Rudd.
Miranda Kerr's banker fan to keep job
A CHEEKY broker sprung ogling Miranda Kerr on live TV will keep his job at Macquarie Group.
Banker busted looking at raunchy photos and the worst movies of all time revealed
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Stalker pheasant terrorises children
A PHEASANT is wreaking havoc on a peaceful town forcing residents to flee for cover indoors.
We're all aliens, says British scientist
THE human race began as "microbes brought to Earth by comets millions of years ago".
Stab victim didn't notice blade in neck
A MUGGING victim was in such deep shock that she walked home not realising she had a knife in her neck and a bloody back.
Coach fined for giving fans the finger
CRUDE taunting of rival US football team's fans lands boss with $55,000 ticking-off.
Pool party for wild animal cut short
A 400kg water buffalo has been photographed doing laps in a backyard spa pool.
Police run over dog, bill owner
POLICE have deliberately run over a woman's dog, sending her a hefty bill for the trouble.
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Southern Cross tattoo brands me racist
MONIQUE Ross says everyone looks at her neck and thinks she's a red-neck racist since she got her Southern Cross tattoo.
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Inquiry throws out McGurk claims
CLAIMS that murdered McGurk had evidence which could bring down a government "were nonsense," a corruption hearing has found.
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Life shattered by act of violence
A FAMILY in Nepal prays. They hope their son, Bepin Shrestha, 30, comes out of his coma. Last Sunday, two men allegedly jumped him from behind in Dee Why.
Pilot demands jail error probe
A QUEENSLAND pilot wants a high-level inquiry into how he got the "rough end of the biggest pineapple" and was wrongfully jailed for more than two years on child-sex claims.
We will pay sex calls bill
A CHILD rapist's phone bill to sex lines while he was supposed to be under supervision will be paid by his family.
Facebook face-off
TEENAGERS are shunning social networking site Twitter and turning their backs on blogging in favour of Facebook, a US report reveals.
Perth house prices hit new record
LATEST Real Estate Institute of WA figures show Perth's median house and unit prices have reached record levels.
Raid on property
DETECTIVES yesterday raided the shipping container owned by the alleged TIO bomber.
'I'm there for the whole term'
DAVID Llewellyn has denied he plans to retire mid-term if he is successfully re-elected next month.
World
Two spectators killed at dog fight
A BOMB has exploded at a dog-fighting match in Afghanistan killing and wounding up to 20 people, with two confirmed dead.
Claims emerge that John Terry's secret lover slept with up to five football stars
Australia win T20 thriller
AUSTRALIA have defended 127 to win a thrilling Twenty20 international against Pakistan at the MCG by two runs.
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Reserve Bank sees further rate rises
Reserve Bank issues warning that interest rates may rise further.
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Big four under microscope on rates
BANKS under scrutiny for "telegraphing" interest rate plans before the RBA decision.
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Entertainment
Sheen to be 'charged over wife attack'
CHARLIE Sheen to be charged with assault after claims of domestic violence against his wife.
Entertainment Features
Micheal Jackson's doctor preparing to surrender
Paris Hilton strikes luck with Israeli lottery commercial
Montag 'like a circus freak'
Travel
Raunchy tourism campaign causes stir
A CHEEKY new tourism campaign is promoting a Queensland beach as a location where you can "get high, get wet and get laid".
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Technology
Teens lose interest in blogging, Twitter
TEEN blogging has dropped by half over the past three years as they turn instead to mobiles and Facebook, a new study claims.
OECD queries cost of new broadband network
THE OECD has questioned the cost benefit of Labor's $43 billion national broadband network.
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