Massive inequalities exposed in My School site relaunch
MONEY spent on Australian students can vary by tens of thousands of dollars, as the new My School site goes public today.
Four sought as NRL bet scandal deepens
POLICE appeal for help to identify men in CCTV footage as part of investigation into alleged illegal betting on NRL match.
Pupils' race hate on Facebook explodes
FIGHT between pupil's family and cops the culmination of hate-filled slanging match between "Leb" and "Aussie" students.
C-word's OK as worker wins rant appeal
A TRAIN driver has escaped punishment for using the C-word in a workplace rant, signalling it is OK to use taboo swear word.
Please don't listen to me, says McFadden
FORMER boyband star vows to pull his "date rape" single from the airwaves as video shoot for song cancelled. Read why.
Straight flush - mile-high heist hits jackpot
INGENIOUS thief swipes almost $250,000 on Caribbean flight after sneaking into cash-laden cargo hold through the toilet.
BY SIMON BLACK and MICHELLE LOH It's big and it's bloody. Some say it's barbaric. Fans reckon it's beaut. And UFC executives are planning to take the country by storm.
Top Gear hosts rev it up with V8 Supercar champ Lowndes 
Top Gear UK hits Oz
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The next generation of mobiles may wiggle in your pocket and talk back to you face-to-face
A teacher died in wild surf as he desperately tried to rescue schoolgirls caught in a rip
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World's wackiest transport
FROM the fast to the downright ridiculous - there's no greater buzz than riding in a city's signature form of transport. The quirkier the better.
Gaga hits the catwalk
Nudity warning: Lady Gaga joins models in Paris for a display of wild and wacky designs.
Spicing things up
WOMEN ON MEN: What's the most boring date you've ever been on? How do you put the spark back in a relationship that's gone stale?
Aussie hotel rates hiked
HOTEL room rises on the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sydney were among the biggest in the world over the past year, research shows.
Derryn Hinch's cancer back
BROADCASTER tells listeners that his liver cancer has returned, after initial positive signs, but insists it's "business as usual".
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Woman survives 65km ride on car bonnet
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Legal fight to keep watch on paedophile
PAEDOPHILE Robin Fletcher who has expressed his desire to continue child sex "rituals" could be kept under watch for 20 years.
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Woman thrown from scooter dies
A WOMAN, 61, died after being thrown from her motorscooter during a collision with a sedan at Annandale at 6pm yesterday.
Thousands lose power in storms
HEAVY rain and winds across southeast Queensland caused 15,000 homes to lose power as storms swept through the region.
Trains running again after derailment
UPDATE 7am: TRAIN services on the Frankston line are running again after a train derailed at Carrum station last night.
Target fat adults - not kids, says Mayor
OUTSPOKEN Port Augusta Mayor Joy Baluch has launched an extraordinary attack on a taxpayer-funded lifestyle program.
Call to curb booze ads
WA needs to change the way alcohol is advertised in order to combat alcohol abuse by young people, according to Alfred Cove MLA Janet Woollard.
Asylum centre plan for Darwin
THE Federal Government will build a 1500-bed immigration detention centre in Darwin to ease the pressure on the overcrowded system.
Train driver death fears
A TASRAIL driver has spoken of his fear of becoming a killer after seven near misses with motorists at level crossings during a 30km trip yesterday.
'Murderous rage' leaves three dead
ELDERLY French plumber shoots dead two local council employees and a bystander in a "murderous rage" before turning rifle on himself.
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Tax office ordered to go easy on flood-hit
THE head of the Australian Taxation Office has ordered his staff to be lenient with taxpayers and business owners devastated by floods.
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Smoking. Love it, hate, ban it?
SMOKING is bad for you. But are South Australia right to outlaw smoking in all public places? The Punch team weighs in.
Women on Men
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De Villiers, Amla tons lift Proteas
AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla smash centuries against the hapless Netherlands bowlers to set up a 231-run win for South Africa.
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Packer, Murdoch rift ends media truce
TRUCE between the nation's most powerful media moguls is over after a rift between James Packer, Kerry Stokes and Lachlan Murdoch.
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| AUN | Austar | 1.35 | 8.0% |
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| WEC | White Energy | 2.95 | 4.6% |
| FWD | Fleetwood Corp | 12.41 | -6.7% |
| IAU | Intrepid Mines | 1.965 | -5.08% |
| CDU | CuDeco | 3.21 | -4.75% |
Guard keeps abreast of Rihanna
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BABY brought back from the "dead" after doctors froze her body, allowing brain damaged during birth to repair itself.
Apple iPad 2 sends original to sale bin
THE ritzy new iPad 2, twice as fast as the iPad 1 and thinner even than the iPhone 4, has created a bargain twilight market for its predecessor.
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