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All Ricky Ponting wants for Christmas is a big score in the Boxing Day Test. Ponting with wife Rianna and daughter Emmy, says he hasn't been living up to his high standards: "That's what I've got to get back to doing, scoring runs at No 3," he said. Picture: Colleen Petch
Read MoreHuge Boxing Day sale bargains will be on offer from battling retailers trying to shift languishing stock after a turkey of a year. Victorians will splurge about $1.7 billion in the post-Christmas stockade bonanza starting on Sunday. Picture: Alex Coppel
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Confidential
Ryan and Scarlett fast-track divorce
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AP RYAN Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson have made their break-up official by filing for divorce in Los Angeles.
Williams still grieves for Heath
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9:43AM Staff writers MICHELLE WILLIAMS has opened up for the first time about her grief after losing former love Heath Ledger.
Sport
Ponting pinky passes net session
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12:17PM Adrian Ballantyne UPDATE 12.50PM: AUSTRALIAN vice-captain Michael Clarke says Ricky Ponting is almost certain to play in the Boxing Day Test.
SuperFooty
Roos' members details hacked
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1:19PM Al Paton THE name and address of every North Melbourne member has been obtained by a third party that hacked into the club's database.
Victoria
Teen charged with stabbing
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11:30AM Amelia Harris, AAP A TEENAGE boy has been charged with a violent stabbing in Victoria's north that left a 63-year-old man fighting for his life.
Blaze rips through Dandenong factory
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8:22AM Amelia Harris A LARGE fire badly damaged a Dandenong factory and threatened others nearby last night.
Entertainment
Hendricks wants Wonder Woman role
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By David K. Li BUSTY flame-haired stunner Christina Hendricks wants to morph from Mad Men to Wonder Woman.
Small screen stinkers in 2010
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Colin Vickery GOLD Logie winner Kate Ritchie heads a list of TV stars who slid down the gurgler with flops this year.
National
Families in Digger death hoax
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8:18AM Justin O'Brien FAMILIES of Australian soldiers in Afghanistan have been receiving hoax calls that their loved ones have been wounded or killed.
Santa in for wet ride on Christmas
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11:47AM AAP AIR traffic controllers are predicting a wet ride for Santa across northern Australia on Christmas Eve.
The Other Side
Dog to be neutered after 17 puppies
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7:28AM AAP TEN weeks after giving birth to 17 puppies, the Rhodesian Ridgeback mother is to be neutered while her cute offspring leave for new homes.
Travel
Europe travel delays over ... almost
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7:56AM AP WEATHER-wracked Christmas travel has eased in Britain after days of delays - but heavy snow shut Dublin Airport for hours.
World
Tight embassy security after blasts
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11:22AM Joe Kelly AUSTRALIA has tightened security at its embassy in Rome following bomb blasts at the Chilean and Swiss missions.
Business
Gillette dumps Tiger Woods
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12:42PM AP THE Gillette brand, known for its shaving products, has announced it will not renew its endorsement deal with Tiger Woods.
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Opinion
Joy and hope to sustain us
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Denis Hart WE Australians have much to celebrate and thank God for. We are a lucky country with many gifts that make us feel justifiably proud.
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