Last updated: April 18, 2012

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Molly Meldrum

MUSIC guru Molly Meldrum has opened up about his long, slow recovery from a life-threatening fall.

Meldrum suffered serious injuries after falling from a ladder at his home in December. Now, after four months of medical support and rehabilitation, he says he's progressing well.

Molly will appear on Channel 7's Today Tonight at 6pm (AEST). Read the letter he's penned exclusively for the Herald Sun.

Networks fight over Molly's first interview

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Cops investigate Maddie McCann 'sighting'

Madeleine McCann

FIVE years on, investigation into sighting with "strong physical resemblance" to missing Madeleine McCann.

US official says Australia staying in Afghanistan

Troops in Kandahar

AUSTRALIA'S announced troop withdrawal has caused a stir overseas as the PM denies it was linked to the election.

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CHANNEL Seven producers must be kicking themselves for rejecting Rachael Leachar, the blind singer who brought the country to tears on The Voice. Revealed: Rachael's story

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A defiant Breivik says he would do it again

Anders Behring Breivik

KILLER takes stand as judge who called for Breivik to receive the death penalty is removed.

Tycoon Warren Buffett diagnosed with cancer

Warren Buffett

BILLIONAIRE investor has announced that he has early-stage prostate cancer.  

Fear rules streets as bikie war hits full blast

Sydney shootings

FIVE shootings and a machine gun spraying bullets in a street - It was Sydney's worst night of gun crime in decades.

Aaron Salta

A MAN skateboarding across Australia to raise money for charity has been fined by police and warned to stay off the highway.

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Australia's economy sets pace around the world

money budget

SWAN says Australia will outperform every major advanced economy over the next two years. And IMF agrees.

Hire an 'oldie' and the $1000 reward is yours

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COMPANIES that recruit Aussies over 50 will get $1000 cash rewards under a Gillard Government plan.

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Buckle up ... the Torana may be on its way back

Peter Brock's 1972 XU1 Torana

CARMAKER Holden may be hatching a cunning plan to bring back the legendary mid-sized, real-wheel-drive Torana.

Travel for free

MAN acts as a human couch and pushes tourists up hills in bid to survive as he travelled the world without cash for 150 days.

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Have Aussie hotels lost the wow factor?

Hotel

PRESTIGIOUS list of the world's top 121 new hotels has been released, and not a single Aussie property made the cut.

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Anzac timeline, WWII

Explore the photos, stories and artefacts passed down through families, then share your own

David Hasselhoff

Celebrity Apprentice star David Hasselhoff tells of meeting an inspiring child through charity

WAG Nation

Meet the five sexy, and funny, Wives And Girlfriends from new reality show WAG Nation

resume job application cv

Candidates with the right skills are overlooked for those who match companies' "cultural fit"

Bike assault

Footage of cyclist vs cyclist attack caught on a camera attached to the victim's helmet

Rhapsody of the Seas

Revamped cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas decked out with flatscreen TVs, iPads and wifi

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The Voice star uses a stage name to avoid being inundated with fan requests on Facebook

Stop sign

Physicist manages to avoid traffic ticket questioning police officer’s "perception of reality"

One Direction Perform Live

One Direction's Harry Styles gets more than he bargained for when performing at a Sydney concert

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Daschunds

SEE the audition to find 50 well-behaved Dachshunds who will sit as UN delegates.

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We spy with our little mouse

Computer kids

NEW "iSpy" technology will give parents an insight into their children's Facebook activity, with alerts when they stray into dangerous territory.

Police shooting victim 'a seasoned crim'

Bracken Ridge

THE home where a seasoned criminal was shot dead after trying to hunt down a police officer is a fortress where guns were thought to have been stashed in the past.

Western Australia

Cousins faces cannabis charge

Ben Cousins

BEN Cousins faces new drugs charges after being stopped by undercover police and allegedly found with about $20 of cannabis and a smoking implement.

Premier resists Tassie R-word

THE State Government will neither know nor admit the state is in a recession before November, Premier Lara Giddings said yesterday.

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Malthouse, McGuire friendship 'strained'

Mick Malthouse

Mick Malthouse concedes his friendship with Eddie McGuire "could be strained" after a public war of words between the pair.

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