Vodafone Scoreboard
Nothing left in batting bank
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TEST greats have warned Australia can no longer draw on its middle-order to rescue its top guns when they fail in Ashes battle.
Sport News
England lead by 59 at stumps
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AUSTRALIA'S Ashes campaign is terminally ill after a humiliating opening day to the fourth Test at the MCG.
Oats through, Wild Thing collides
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WILD Oats XI was the first boat through Sydney Heads, but rival Wild Thing collided with a media boat in the early stages of the Sydney to Hobart.
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National
Home pool warning after near-drowning
11:35AM BACKYARD pool owners have been put on safety alert after the near drowning of a toddler on Christmas Day.
Lifestyle
Flu rates skyrocket 700 per cent
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Suzanne Dorfield THE number of flu cases in Brisbane is seven times higher than it was in December 2009, experts say.
World
Schapelle Corby's jail term cut
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3:49PM INDONESIA has granted holiday remissions to Australian prisoners Schapelle Corby and Renae Lawrence, cutting their sentences.
Guides
Business
Builders take a bath in the big wet
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12:01AM Mitch Gaynor WET weather has cost builders more than $500 million as heavy rains add salt to the wound in an already tough year for the sector.
Money
Gen Y leads Boxing Day spending
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2:53PM By Miles Godfrey, Darren Cartwright and Melissa Iaria AFTER keeping the purse strings tight all year, Aussies have finally splurged at Boxing Day sales.
Property
There's limited value in new homes
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By Alex Tilbury NEW house and land packages are not the best investments, according to a new analysis.
Travel
Top travel moments of the year
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By Kate Schneider A CROCODILE on a plane, a mystical Goliath tiger fish and shocking footage of cruise chaos among the top stories of the year.
Weird Stuff
New York City's panda fight club
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Angry enough to punch a defenceless panda? Then come to New York and beat one black, white and blue.
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Pineapple Politics
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Chief Justice Paul de Jersey is on the charge on behalf of almost 70 of his subordinates for the right to soap up without having to tiptoe to the common showers and share with other judges.