Claws out for end game
Staff writers UPDATE 5.20pm: JULIA Gillard and Tony Abbott are unrepentant about switching to a fiercely negative attack hours before the poll.
Yarraville pub bash killer jailed
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Man treated son like sex slave: court
A SYDNEY father with an interest in nudism and pigeon racing created a secretive home life where he treated his nine-year-old son like a sex slave, a court was told.
Science experiment blasts kids
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Courtney Love's Twitter tantrum
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Laptop key to Mel abuse case
MEL Gibson's lawyers want to see the laptop of Oksana Grigorieva's son, in a bid to uncover evidence linked to audio tapes of him abusing her.
Cuz at the movies
'Margaret and David' (aka Jeff and Paul of The Peanut Gallery) review the Ben Cousins documentary.
Hottest celeb snaps
Britney's having 'so much fun' on the set of Glee. See what the rest of the world's celebs are up to.
Tone or Jules?
Terry Brown hit Melbourne's streets to get the late mail on voter feelings ahead of the federal election.
Raging bull
VIDEO: Watch as a bull leaps out of the arena at a bullring and charges into a crowd of spectators.
Federer or fake?
Footage has emerged showing Roger Federer knock a can off a man's head with his serve, but is it real?
Brian and Delta's Mistakes
Hawkin' undies
Hot Hawko strips down and cools off with ice-cream to launch her new underwear range
And we're live ....
This weatherman responded to a jokey insult from a BBC anchor by flipping the bird live on telly before attempting a mortified cover-up
What in the world?
Crazy, colourful, controversial - Miss Universe hopefuls, including our own Jesinta Campbell, model their national costumes
Sexiest electric cars
The Peel P50 is back as an electric car but is it the best option to convince us all to go green? Take a look at some others
Sport
NRL probes Storm player agents
AAP THE NRL is looking into the alleged involvement of a number of player agents connected to the Storm's salary-cap cheating.
SuperFooty
LIVE: Blues v Cats
Lee Crossley CAN Carlton make it three in a row over Geelong? Or will the Cats pick up where they left off last week? Barrack live from 7.30pm.
Victoria
Police seek help on Chaouk murder
Amelia Harris UPDATE 11.30am: POLICE have released details of the man who they think murdered Macchour Chaouk.
Car hits two pedestrians in CBD
Nathan Mawby TWO men have been taken to hospital after they were hit by a car in the heart of the city tonight.
Entertainment
BBC fight to keep Stig secret
1:20PM NewsCore TOP Gear's famously incognito Stig has locked legal horns with the BBC because he wants to write his tell all autobiography.
Ricky to reveal all in print
NewsCore RICKY Martin will discuss his sexuality, career and fatherhood in his upcoming memoir entitled Me.
National
Jail for killer who raped dead body
11:57AM AAP UPDATE 2.44pm: A MAN who killed a woman then raped her body is not enough of a risk to be jailed for life, a judge has ruled.
$27m uni thief charged
11:53AM AAP A MAN accused of stealing up to $27 million from one of Adelaide's major universities has now been charged with 58 offences.
The Other Side
Police told to wear sensible undies
2:21PM NewsCore BRITISH police officers have been banned from wearing revealing underwear over fears of visible pantie lines.
Travel
Scary sculpture 'out of horror movie'
A NEW art installation at a US town that resembles horror legend Freddy Krueger's hand has been criticised for being too frightening.
World
War game lets you fight for Taliban
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A VIDEO game that lets gamers plot against troops in Afghanistan as part of the Taliban has outraged the families of dead soldiers.
Business
Working all the angles
5:33PM Barefoot Investor Scott Pape THE parties have been wooing us with how they'll run the country after today's election. Here's a snapshot of what's in it for ordinary families.
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Our leaders are like chameleons
Andrew Bolt JULIA Gillard and Tony Abbott have both performed significant U-turns - and they're not alone.
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