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Luis Mijangos hacked women's computers to find sexually explicit photos and then threatened to put them online.

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Retailers hoping that sales will pick up face a new challenge - Buy Nothing New Month.

One dead in Sydney dock accident

3:34pm Forklift believed to have been involved in fatal accident at Patrick port facility.

Beattie for PM? 'Not interested'

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3:23pm Forecasters say we're heading for their warmest start to spring in five years.

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Two Staffordshire terriers that attacked and fatally wounded a pug in Sydney’s northwest will be put down. The pug died of its injuries after being taken to a vet for treatment.

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AMELIA BENTLEY 2:10pm A Palm Island man has won an appeal of his jail sentence for spitting in the face of a police officer after his lawyer argued his client was disadvantaged due to his life on the island.

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The Oprah Winfrey Show 1 pm - 2 pm
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World's Greenest Homes 2:13 pm - 3:02 pm

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