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Mark Webber's come a long way from Queanbeyan to gracing the world's most glamorous podiums. He's not about to let it all slip away easily tonight in the biggest race of his life.
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- Australia's future bright, says OECD report
- School shocked by library lingerie shoot
World waits for Suu Kyi address
AFTER 20 years under arrest, Burma's pro-democracy leader has urged her followers to gather.
Australia's future bright, says OECD report
GOVERNMENT spending is fine, but cut support for agricultural, auto industries, says OECD report.
Greedy banks 'slice throat of Santa Claus'
IF you think rate rises only affect homeowners, you haven't checked your credit card charges lately.
School shocked by library lingerie shoot
TOP law school okays fashion shoot only to find it's all about lingerie models and sexy poses.
Travolta in 22-hour dash to be with wife
JOHN Travolta makes good on his promise to be with his wife in the US if she goes into labour.
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Santa Claus is a woman
MEN can't pack a bag. Men don’t wrap or be caught dead in red velvet. Therefore Santa Claus is a woman, says Richard Perin.
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Now THAT'S an overdue library book
RAY McLaren will finally return a book he borrowed from Newcastle library in 1957 - and pay the $5000 overdue fine.
Harrods unveils $1M advent calendar
A $1 MILLION advent calendar has been unveiled at department store Harrods.
Scratch 'n' sniff cards to catch druggies
POLICE hand out scratch 'n' sniff cards so people can tell if their neighbours are growing drugs.
Mozart cuts crime in New Zealand city
CLASSICAL music played over speakers in central Christchurch has cut crime dramatically.
'Bride' uses her head to break into house
A WOMAN broke into her neighbour's house wearing nothing but a bridal skirt and veil on a snowy night in February.
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Give me a home without refugees
PAULINE Hanson ditches plans to move to Britain, complaining country is too full of immigrants.
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New planning rules 'target muslims'
MUSLIMS say they are targets of new laws preventing religious groups taking over empty churches.
Ahern blasts Joh as corrupt
EX-Premier Mike Ahern has labelled his late one-time boss Joh Bjelke-Petersen corrupt for his "don't you worry about that" approach to accountability.
Man arrested over Fitzroy fire
POLICE have arrested a 60-year-old man following a suspicious fire at a vacant building in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.
City folk encouraged to go with the flow
A $500,000 advertising campaign has been launched to lure tourists back to the Murray River.
Biker dies, wife critical after Padbury crash
A 65-year-old Greenwood motorcyclist has died and his pillion-passenger wife is critically injured following a fatal collision in Padbury yesterday afternoon.
Grubs steal kids' toys, pet bird
CHILDREN'S toys and a cockatiel named Yellow were stolen from the front yard of a Darwin home - and there are grave fears for the bird's safety after their trampoline was found blown up by fireworks.
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MYURAN Sukumaran facing the firing squad because he wanted to escape his mail-room job and live life of fast cars and women.
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'Title race not over yet': Webber
A stoic Mark Webber rejected suggestions his Formula One world title hopes had evaporated after he qualified a disappointing fifth.
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JOB-seekers told to clean up their Facebook profiles or risk being overlooked by employers - because companies are watching.
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| CDU | CuDeco | 3.35 | 9.83% |
| PRY | Primary Health .. | 3.22 | 5.57% |
| OST | OneSteel | 2.74 | 3.39% |
| BOW | Bow Energy | 1.175 | -9.62% |
| LNC | Linc Energy | 2.29 | -6.54% |
| PRU | Perseus Mining .. | 3.16 | -5.39% |
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AN old chinese vase found in a spring clean has sold at auction for a record $69 million.
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Bingle's baffled by bikini-babe
UH OH. Someone's telling porkies. Lara Bingle says a girl who is claiming to be her second cousin isn't a relative at all.
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Don't fear 'naked' scanners, says US
SCIENTISTS warn that the US Government is "wrong" in claiming body scanners are safe.
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TWITTER is to team-up with Apple's new social networking service for iTunes users to make it easier to share video and music content.
Amazon U-turn in face of pedophile guide fury
THE online retailer Amazon has bowed to threats of a mass boycott over its decision to sell a guide to pedophilia.
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