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Dow up after Wall Street's wild ride
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THE wildest week in Wall Street history ended with a second day of gains.
Australian strength defies global woes
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IMPRESSIVE profits by Australian companies are persuading investors to look beyond their fear as the global market convulses.
Best of the beers, bar none
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FOSTER'S Group is bracing for foreign predator SABMiller to intensify its takeover campaign by lobbing another low-ball bid.
Austal's $330m contract sustains workforce
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UPDATE: HENDERSON-based shipbuilder Austal has won a $330 million, eight-year contract with Australian Customs today.
Bankers tip cut in interest rates
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RISING unemployment has increased expectations of an interest rate cut before Christmas.
Sport
Tiger reaches new low at PGA
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TIGER Woods' stunning downfall reached another low on Friday when he missed the cut at the PGA Championship.
Evans warns Thor to shove off
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CADEL Evans has made it clear that star recruit Thor Hushovd must ride for him in next year's Tour de France.
Stosur through to Toronto semis
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SAM Stosur has defeated Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-1 to reach the semi-finals of the WTA Canada event.
Neon Leon blinds Saints with magic display
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IN a sense Collingwood's win was a tale of two running half-backs. One was a magician, the other a massacrist.
Sri Lanka to come firing: Hussey
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THEY won the opening one-day international but Australian batsman Michael Hussey is expecting a Sri Lanka fightback in game two.
Entertainment
Simon Cowell says Pippa has X Factor
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THE notoriously harsh former American Idol judge says he would sign the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge 'on the spot.'
Vogue features Kate Moss wedding pics
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MOVE over Kate Middleton, the other Kate's wedding photos are about to give yours a serious run for their money.
Technology
Hollywood heavyweights hunting pirates
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A GROUP of 34 movie studios and TV companies are taking the fight over illegal downloads to the highest court in the land.
Not again! Fastest ever plane goes AWOL
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US loses contact with hypersonic plane that could do the Sydney-London run in less than an hour. And it's not the first time.
Emo planet comes in black, and light black
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By Claire Connelly SOME days are darker than others for the blackest planet in the universe, found about 750 million light years away.
National
Miracle survival after plane hits factory
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A 77-YEAR-OLD pilot has escaped unharmed after his ultra-light plane crashed into a paddock, before slamming into a cement factory.
Farmer missing in Victorian floodwaters
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A 60-YEAR-OLD farmer is missing in Victoria's east as floodwaters continue to wreak havoc, isolating homes and forcing road closures.
World
UN Council to hold new Syria meeting
THE UN Security Council will discuss human rights and a growing humanitarian emergency in Syria at a special meeting, diplomats announced as tens of thousands of protesters shouted for President Bashar Assad's execution and more protesters were killed.
'No proof of 9/11 hacking by papers'
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INVESTIGATORS have not found any evidence that papers owned by Rupert Murdoch hacked the phones of 9/11 victims, the WSJ reports.
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World watches as children starve, riots hit UK
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IT'S a tale of two looters - those that get plasma TVs and those that get a cup of rice. Tim Costello's not impressed with one lot.
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Should we continue to fly the Aboriginal flag alongside the State flag from official buildings?
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