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We lost the 2022 World Cup and now our cricket team is in dire trouble at the start of the second test of the Ashes | 
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'Questions need to be answered'
FANS label World Cup vote a farce as "shattered" Frank Lowy suggests his team was misled.
Oil leak caused Qantas A380 explosion
AIR safety report blames potential design faults in Rolls-Royce engines for failure of flight.
'Only losers get bullied in the office'
CONFLICT expert says bullying victims need to learn how to resolve their own disputes.
Horrific death sparks safety fears - report
MEAT industry under review after worker decapitated at a poultry factory job he described as "hell".
NASA discovers new kind of life on Earth
MAJOR discovery is much closer
to home than alien believers had hoped, but it's still pretty amazing.
Twilight stars shoot 12-hour love romp for new movie
Dealing with beggars and passengers from hell among the trickiest travel moments
Do you know your volcanos from your vuvuzelas? Take our news trivia quiz of 2010
Volkswagen Polo has cleaned up, winning the 2010 Carsguide Best Green Car
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Homes continue to sell
Properties advertised for sale continues to grow and to levels last seen during the GFC.
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Melbourne least affordable
Melbourne overtook Sydney to take the dubious title of least affordable housing city.
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King of the castle
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Punch list: the social climbers inventory
Have you acquired a personal trainer, life coach or dog walker? Then you may well have "made it" in 2010, says Amy Crutchfield.
Puppy love - man marries pet dog
MAN ties the knot with his best friend - a five-year-old labrador named Honey.
Women hid stolen goods in body fat rolls
ACCUSED shoplifters used their body fat to conceal $2600 worth of stolen store merchandise.
How about an aircraft carrier for Xmas?
THE British Royal Navy is selling an aircraft carrier to raise money in the face of impending budget cuts.
Is this world's worst soccer team?
A BRITISH soccer team has gained fame after losing 11 games in a row in which it conceded 227 goals.
Sparkie gets brush-off over Picasso stash
A 71-year-old retired electician says Pablo Picasso gave him 271 previously unknown paintings.
Women force men to do sit-ups on train
MEN riding in a female-only carriage were slapped and ordered to do sit-ups.
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Man charged over horror highway crash
MAN to appear in court after high-speed chase wrong way up a highway on-ramp ends in death.
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Two children injured in car crash
AN ALLEGEDLY drunk man injured two children in his car when he crashed into a parked vehicle.
Spring puts damp start on summer
AUSTRALIA has recorded its wettest spring in 111 years of records as the Weather Bureau warns of heavy rain on Saturday for much of Queensland's southeast.
Decade 'the hottest ever'
AS VICTORIANS brace for predicted thunderstorms today, world weather forecasters say 2010 will be one of the hottest years ever.
Olympic Dam our 'highest priority'
TECHNICAL experts will spend the next eight weeks scrutinising more than 15,000 pages of data which address concerns about the expansion of Olympic Dam.
Three dead after horror NW smash
TWO young brothers are dead, a 45-year-old woman killed and two children pulled from a fiery wreckage after a collision near Halls Creek in northern Western Australia.
DNA on empty beer can, inquest told
DNA from a man charged with child molestation was found on an empty beer can at the edge of the waterhole where the body of a boy was found, an inquest has heard.
Aurora's 'bullish' $20m loss
AURORA has blamed the Tamar Valley power station and a $45 million blowout in a new billing system for its $20 million loss.
World
Dozens of rescuers killed in Israeli fire
BUS full of prison guards among the 40 dead and dozens missing as fires blaze across Israel in the worst accident in the country's history.
Aussies creamed in pavlova battle as dictionary rules desert originated in New Zealand
The Ashes
The Ashes
Live: Australia v England - T2, D1
Australia lose three wickets in the first 13 balls of the match after deciding to bat first. Follow the action in our interactive live blog.
Fox Sports
One and only FIFA World Cup bid: Slater
Fox Sports' Robbie Slater fears Australia will never again bid to host the FIFA World Cup after its failed 2022 attempt.
Business
Business
Tweets kill Harvey Norman 'lapdance' ad
HARVEY Norman pulls radio ad which asks if listeners want to "give Santa a lap dance" off the air after some critical tweets.
ASX200 - Top Gainers & Losers at 11:48AM
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| ISF | iSOFT | 0.089 | 8.53% |
| JHX | James Hardie In.. | 6.19 | 5.99% |
| MBN | Mirabela Nickel.. | 1.89 | 5.88% |
| IFN | Infigen Energy | 0.505 | -7.34% |
| PLA | Platinum Austra.. | 0.47 | -5.06% |
| IAU | Intrepid Mines | 2.08 | -4.15% |
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Money
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NAB faces retail compensation bid
BANK facing class action from retailers over losses made during busy Christmas period.
Curtis Stone joins the ranks of Australia's richest entertainers. Find out who else made the cut
A $4.5m loss in just two years on a beach mansion tells a grim story of coastal real estate
Entertainment
Chuck Norris becomes real Texas Ranger
CITIZENS of Texas beware - the take-no-prisoners action hero is becoming a real-life member of the law enforcement agency.
Entertainment Features
Jim Carey says co-star Ewan McGregor is a great kisser
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Stars shine at Black Swan Premiere in New York City
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Travel
'Invasive' pat-down for woman who stripped
WHEELCHAIR-bound woman fed-up with being "violated" by pat-down searches strips at airport - but that only makes matters worse.
Travel Features
Take a look at the top 10 locations around the world to celebrate this New Year's eve
Woman sues airline for $15m after eating a lizard allegedly served in her in-flight meal
Technology
Google will pay $1 for Street View trespass
COUPLE who sued say: "This is one sweet dollar of vindication...
We are glad they finally gave up."
Russian man to face spam charges
A 23-YEAR-OLD Russian man accused of running a worldwide spamming network is scheduled to appear in a Wisconsin courtroom.
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Alan Jones designs luxury sportscar
FORMER Aussie F1 champion Alan Jones is back on the grid steering a new car.
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Australia won the toss and elected to Bat.