NASA in Christmas Eve spacewalk
Astronauts have braved a "mini-blizzard" of noxious ammonia to repair a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk.
Greatest Tank Ace
An officer in the notorious Waffen SS, Michael Wittmann is a focus of both cult and controversy.
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Lone Assassin?
Did John Wilkes Booth act alone in assassinating President Lincoln or was he aided by others?
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Desperate search for boys taken from home
Two young boys taken from a home south of Brisbane by a man in a silver sedan may be at risk, say police.
Crash begins Christmas road toll
A 69-year-old is dead after his car crashed into a tree northwest of Bundaberg.
A laugh and a joke - then jail
Shez and his mates made a satirical video. But then their lives took a turn for the worse.
Christmas Day to start with showers
A few early showers are set to make way for a fine, hot Christmas in the southeast.
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An educational guide to building a trading plan
Queensland
'Bikie' arrested after drugs, cash found
An alleged criminal bikie is unlikely to have a merry Christmas after being locked up and charged.
National
AFL star in strife for driving selfie
Geelong footballer Billie Smedts shared the picture with thousands of people on Instagram.
VICWorld
$40m for factory collapse victims
Retailers have agreed to set up a $40m compensation fund for victims of the Bangladesh garment factory collapse.
Federal Politics
Health insurance costs to soar
An election promise to end means-testing of 30 per cent rebate for health fund members unlikely to be implemented soon.
Little evidence rebate works
Comment: The health fund rebate must be re-examined as our ageing population grows.
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T'was the night before Christmas and all through the site, the munters and trolls were abed for the night.
A look back on CityKat in 2013
How CityKat and its glorious contributors saw the past year.
Business
Cheer for investors as rally holds
Shares lift for fourth consecutive day.
Jan Cameron in firing line
Creditors of failed Retail Adventures score legal win in battle with Jan Cameron.
US Christmas store traffic drops 21pc
US store visits plummeted 21 per cent and retail sales dropped 3.1 per cent in the week to Saturday.
Transurban Cross City debt deal
Transurban is close to completing the purchase of $475 million of debt held by Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel.
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China’s beef imports set to double
China, the world’s biggest meat consumer, may double beef imports by 2018.
Retailers make merry
Shopping this festive season was ''all systems go''.
- Agribusiness China’s beef imports set to double
- Courts ASIC asks court to sack liquidator
- Regulation UBS hit over interest rate rigging
- Media News takes editor to court over defection
- Energy Shell's Woodside stake on block
- Food Goodman Fielder sells biscuit business
- Retail 'Wealth effect' brings Christmas cheer
- Gold Northern Star’s ‘screaming’ deal
- Courts ASIC drops case against AWB directors
- MIchael Pascoe Disclosure myth: ASIC and banks
- Agribusiness ADM charged over bribery
- Banks Rule change for 'too big to fail' banks
Money
Retailers dream of self-gifting
The fine art of giving to oneself has become a key indicator for how shops will fare.
Charities rise from ashes of Madoff
Five years on, non-profit casualties of the $70b swindle have bounced back from the disastrous fraud.
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What's on your bucket list?
Don't wait until you're ready to kick the bucket to realise your dreams - do it now.
Small Business
World's most disgusting businesses
It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.
Land a $4m contract on LinkedIn
David Ogilvie hits the jackpot on the business social site.
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Your guide to Boxing Day blockbusters
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A charitable Christmas
Amid the frantic late-night shopping, maxed-out credit cards and unrealistic expectations lies the true spirit of Christmas.
'Tis the season for awkward questions
Answering the awkward questions that inevitably abound over Christmas lunch.
Good Grinch: the benefits of being nice
Being 'nice' tends to come with a waft of Ned Flanders-do-gooder mustiness. It feels disingenuous and a little doughy.
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The Good Food guide to Christmas
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Drinking in the best of 2013
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Solving Christmas kitchen disasters
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Defining Christmas in 2013
Dom Knight knows that it's not just 24 hours until the Boxing Day Test.
Sneak peek: new Girls trailer
All of the gang are there. It's truly an early Christmas present for us all.
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Travel
The hottest new restaurant in Paris?
In the home of Michelin-star cuisine, Burger King has become the hottest place to eat in Paris.
Outraged official blocks runway
The airline said the flight was full, so the outraged Indonesian official took revenge.
Jumping off an island in Thailand
My scream is a blend of thrill and fear, but falling from an island has definite advantages.
Airlines
British Airways jumbo jet slices into building
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Technical glitch grounds new Boeing Dreamliner
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Why Europe does Christmas better
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The weirdest patents of 2013
From smart bras and smart wigs to Motorola's digital neck tattoo, here are the year's wackiest patents.
NASA completes Christmas spacewalk
Space station astronauts have repaired a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk.
High price of addictive social gaming
"Looking back, I think I must have been insane," says Jorge Yao of his time playing an addictive iPad game.
- Tablets Apple may release 13-inch iPad in 2014
- Gadgets This year's weirdest, wackiest tech gifts
- Sport Tennis racquets transformed into data centres
- Gifts Avoid a digital meltdown at Christmas
- Science Man flu is real, affects 'manlier' men
- Apps Snapchat update adds filters, replays
- Games Video game helps young hockey players
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Mission accomplished, says Snowden
Edward Snowden's revelations have beenfelt in governments, pop culture, Silicon Valley and around the world.
3D hologram video calls a step closer
"Help me Obi Wan Kenobi ... you're my only hope" might have been the first vision of this new technology.
BlackBerry deal bolsters Foxconn
Foxconn's BlackBerry deal marks its biggest step up the value chain - a chance to not just assemble smartphones, but design them.
Property
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Lavish mansions on sprawling, manicured acreages are the hallmark of Brisbane's most expensive street of 2013.
Australia's most 'significant' home
Exclusive: Pictures and video released of Elaine, which may fetch $100 million.
Fact Checkers off on wild goose chase
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- Best of Man rents Newtown balcony for $215 a week
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- VIC Hammer falls on Gillard house
- Best of Melbourne's ultimate renovation
- Best of A hole lot of love
- Home & Away: Design Trends Statement pieces
Cars
DIY holiday driving checks
There are some simple things you can do to your car to make it safer and more reliable prior to leaving on the Big Trip.
Top five cars for Santa
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Spinnaker start unlikely for big race
A classic spinnaker start to the Sydney to Hobart on Thursday is unlikely, if a change in the forecast for the big race prevails.
Billy tells Steyn: Aussie attack is best
Faces in the Australian attack are not much different from the 2010-11 Ashes.
Meet Tonga's first winter Olympian
Tongan will head for Sochi next year after finishing 28th out of 42 starters at a World Cup meet.
- Soccer Mitch Nichols attracts overseas interest
- Cricket Bombshell plunges tour to new low
- Football Wanderers blow away Mariners
- Tennis Stosur, Tomic to lead Aussie assault
- Cricket Pattinson eyes Test return in South Africa
- Sailing Giacomo firms as a dark horse
- Football Mariners re-sign Bernie Ibini
