Last Updated: November 25, 2013

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Everything you wanted to know about Bitcoin

Everything you wanted to know about Bitcoin

STILL not sure what the mysterious virtual currency Bitcoin really is? Here's everything you need to know but were too embarrassed to ask.

How to cut your power costs

How to cut your power costs

POWER bills have skyrocketed by 59 per cent in the past four years as bad habits such as devices left plugged in or turned costs us all.

Next-gen console battle is no game

Next-gen console battle is no game

ONE next-generation console is out and another is on the way to Australia. Gamers are going to have to make some tough decisions.

Technology modernises health access

Technology modernises health access

FROM a smartphone app that scans your vital signs to doctors treating patients through "face time", technology is changing access to health care.

WAGS salute their magnificent men

WAGS salute their magnificent men

CRICKETING WAGS Candice Falzon and Kyly Clarke provide a behind-the-scenes insight via their social media accounts as they watch their leading men.

Businesses catch market abroad

Rowland Percy of Better Promotional Products

CAIRNS businesses are in the process of securing lucrative contracts following a visit from some big-spending companies.

Maccas tells staff to eat stale bread

McDONALD'S has told staff to return seasonal gifts and eat stale bread and bruised apples if they are having difficulty to live on their wage.

Big wet officially has arrived

BILLIE Luce, 7, loves dancing in the rain. The Year 2 student lives in Australia's wettest town, in Babinda.
 

Woman escapes house fire

A QUICK-thinking neighbour helped an 85-year-old Innisfail woman escape from her burning Goondi Bend house.

Sunshine for the clouded

Christmas party

FROM a negative, a positive grows.

Cairns' karma army hard at work

Andree Stephens

THE alarm finally penetrated. After three hours' sleep, it had really broken into a sweat.

Alessia weakens as it hits NT

Cyclone Alessia bears down on NT

TROPICAL Cyclone Alessia has weakened into a tropical low as it loses strength after making landfall in the Northern Territory.

Champion waterskier fights for life

Champion waterskier fighting for life after crash

WORLD champion waterskier Sarah Teelow is fighting for life after a high-speed crash on the Hawkesbury River this morning.

PM wants carbon tax axed by Xmas

PM wants carbon tax axed by Xmas

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott is demanding the Senate votes on his carbon tax repeal bills before Christmas.

Tributes flow for shark attack victim

Tributes flow for shark attack victim

FAMILY and friends of shark attack victim Chris Boyd have remembered him as a 'water man' who loved everything to do with the ocean.

'Slave woman sent me love letters'

Marius Feneck

BREKKIE WRAP: A 30-YEAR-OLD woman allegedly kept as a slave in London reportedly sent hundreds of scented love letters to her neighbour.

Boy, 10, shot dead in front of parents

Boy, 10, shot dead in front of parents

POLICE in Miami have launched a manhunt after two gunmen shot dead a 10-year-old boy in front of his parents during a violent robbery at a nail salon.

Gamble on secret talks led to nuke deal

Barack Obama Iran

THE US and Iran secretly engaged in a series of high-level, face-to-face talks over the past year, in a high-stakes diplomatic gamble.

'There's a bomb on the plane!'

'There's a bomb on the plane!'

VIDEO: Watch this shocking footage of an out of control passenger shouting the last thing anyone wants to hear when they get ready to fly.

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Poms have 'scared eyes', says Warner

DAVID Warner has accused England's batsmen of having "scared eyes" in the face of a relentless pace barrage at the Gabba.

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WAGS salute their magnificent men

WAGS salute their magnificent men

CRICKETING WAGS Candice Falzon and Kyly Clarke provide a behind-the-scenes insight via their social media accounts as they watch their leading men.

Live: First Ashes Test, day four

Ashes Live: Play resumes after rain delay at the Gabba

AUSTRALIA has England on its knees and ready for the kill as day four of the first Ashes Test gets underway. Follow it live!

Webber: the very best quotes

Webber: the very best quotes

IN an era of bland, PR-trained Formula 1 stars, Mark Webber always shot from the hip. Here are some of his best quips.

Top Ten Stories

  1. Ruthless Aussies take Ashes lead

    Ruthless Aussies take Ashes lead

    AUSTRALIA has won a spiteful first Ashes Test amid claims from England captain Alastair Cook their hosts had disrespected them.

  2. Top ten: England's biggest challenges

    Top ten: England's biggest challenges

    AUSTRALIA has shocked England and the cricket world at the Gabba after claiming victory - but history saw it coming.

  3. Cook slams Warner over Trott snipe

    Cook slams Warner over Trott snipe

    ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook blasted David Warner as former British paceman Bob Willis labelled the Test opener a "big mouth".

The April Maze launch new single

SPOTIFY heroes The April Maze return to Australia after an epic international tour, with hot new single in tow.

Competitions

Leonard Cohen's singers speak

Leonard Cohen

LEONARD Cohen's long absence from the stage led his fans to believe they would never see him in concert again.

The Ten Tenors land in FNQ

THE TEN TENORS

SCOTT Muller from Australian vocal superstars The Ten Tenors checks in ahead of their gig at Cairns Convention Centre.

Political scandal at CoCA

Scandal

SCANDAL is the title of Lush Cabaret's new burlesque show and it promises to be every bit as good as its word.

Top Ten Stories

  1. Beckhams buy $70m London mansion

    Victoria Beckham

    DAVID and Victoria Beckham have just forked out a staggering $70 million for a new West London pad.

  2. Buddy drools over Miss Bondi entrants

    Buddy drools over Miss Bondi entrants

    JESINTA Campbell was nowhere in sight yesterday when Buddy Franklin's jaw literally dropped as he checked out busty blondes at the Miss Bondi contest.

  3. Eastwood marries Jonah Hill's brother

    eastwood

    CLINT Eastwood's daughter, Francesca Eastwood, has married Jonah Hill's brother, Jordan Feldstein, in a secret wedding in Las Vegas.

Everything you wanted to know about Bitcoin

Everything you wanted to know about Bitcoin

STILL not sure what the mysterious virtual currency Bitcoin really is? Here's everything you need to know but were too embarrassed to ask.

Next-gen console battle is no game

Next-gen console battle is no game

ONE next-generation console is out and another is on the way to Australia. Gamers are going to have to make some tough decisions.

NY is the city that never sleeps

New York

WHETHER you're on or off Broadway, there is plenty to do in The Big Apple.

Blue Martini hooking Reef anglers

reef cruise

CHLOE Pelluet is the latest recruit to lure big-spending tourists to get hooked on fishing the Great Barrier Reef.

Kissing caterpillars a vision of love

Kissing caterpillars a vision of love

PERCHED on a deep pink stem as the dawn breaks, this Indonesian caterpillar cannot resist creeping up to another to give it a good morning kiss - all captured by an amateur photographer.

Top gongs for tourism

Daintree

THE Far North's world-class tourism credentials have been recognised, with  23 gongs at the Queensland Tourism Awards last night.

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