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Paris massacre: With two loud booms, the bloodshed began
Eamonn Duff 1:38 AM It began with two loud booms that echoed around the Stade de France, where French President Francois Hollande was watching an international football friendly between his nation and Germany.
Charles cools off 40 years after infamous kiss
Jenna Clarke 12:56 AM The flimsy powder blue shorts Jane Priest found so alluring in the '70s were replaced with a yellow version adorned with toy dolphins.
Counter-terrorism experts warn of copycat attacks
Natalie O'Brien 11:51 PM Counter-terrorism experts are warning that the multiple, simultaneous attacks in Paris on Friday night could inspire copycat acts around the Western world including Australia.
A hot ticket for New York toddlers: story time
Winnie Hu 8:39 PM Story time sessions in US libraries are packed as educators stress the importance of early literacy to preschoolers' futures.
Most overachieving NSW public schools revealed
Eryk Bagshaw and Alexandra Smith 12:15 AM What's the key to a school's success?
Shane Warne's charity under investigation
Chris Vedelago, Cameron Houston 7:57 PM Shane Warne's charitable foundation is being investigated. There are 8000 charities under threat for failing to meet their financial reporting obligations
Turnbull government refuses to rule out return of death duties
Adam Gartrell 12:15 AM The Turnbull government is being urged to resurrect death duties and Treasurer Scott Morrison isn't ruling it out.
Students turn faux celebrities for high school formals
Cosima Marriner 12:15 AM Black-tie glamour is in fashion Sydney high school students.
Adoption: 'The best thing that ever happened to me'
Rachel Browne When Helmut Uhlmann tells people he was adopted, he's often met with sympathy. In fact, he feels lucky.
British Airways irks Sachin Tendulkar, earns wrath of his followers
Neelima Choahan British Airways is on a sticky wicket after annoying cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his legions of fans.
Six schools threatened with having their government funding cut
Eryk Bagshaw, Louise Hall Six schools have been threatened with having their funding cut after a federal government audit found them to be operating for profit.
Nightmare drug-driving test costs man $5k
Amy Corderoy One in 10 roadside drug tests return a positive result. But what if they are wrong?
Bywong mum says sick infrant son could die without scarce formula
Katie Burgess Bywong mum Lizzie Cann is down to her last three tins of a special formula in short supply because profiteers have been bulk-buying from supermarkets and pharmacies.
The surprise generation boosting Sydney Uni's coffers
Alexandra Smith The sandstone university has reached a fundraising target two years early with help from the least expected quarters.
Project Tetris hits commercial property market as federal government minimises costs
Henry Belot A federal government commitment to reduce vacant office space is hurting the market.
'Fazel is free now, God gave him a visa'
Michael Gordon When Peter Dutton was asked this week how it was that Fazel Chegeni, a traumatised and stateless refugee, came to be detained with some of the country's "most hardened criminals" (his words) on Christmas Island, he wasn't the least bit fazed.
Wolfe's fate sealed by Tigers
Nick O'Malley Coach joined players' protest, which posed a serious and immediate economic threat to the university.
'What they gave me, no gift could compare to that'
Harriet Alexander 12:15 AM Organ transplant patients are not really meant to meet their donor's family, but the internet has made it a lot easier for them to track each other down.
Quick! Enter the National Photographic Portrait Prize
Ella Rubeli Entries in the prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize close this Sunday at midnight.
Who killed the car industry?
Jason Dowling The end of of Australia's car manufacturing industry is approaching and it will be brutal. It is shaping as an extinction event of Australian jobs, an entire industry being wiped out.
In pictures: a thousand lifetimes in one lifetime
Ella Rubeli "I thought, if two friends can find each other in the middle of this and there's laughter, then there's hope for the Congo."
'There is so little out there for new dads' The texts that could change this
Cosima Marriner 12:15 AM Like most new fathers, Ray Medhora is battling sleep deprivation, missing the long conversations and spontaneity he used to enjoy with his wife, and trying to stay focused at work.
Guess which famous band has a tour bus darkroom?
Ella Rubeli An exhibition of Mumford and Sons music photography opens at Young Henry's Brewery, Sydney.
‘It was a very jubilant moment’
Daisy Dumas Medecins Sans Frontieres’ only Australian captain found some rare joy among the horrors of the migrant crisis.
Unique and dangerous: Aussie teen surf photographer Leroy Bellet
Ella Rubeli He's split his head open twice, torn his knee and been slammed into the reef in more than 200 wipeouts, all in pursuit of his 'bold, youthful and reckless' style of surf photography.
Education letters: disappearing male teachers
There are many reasons why there are so few men in schools, bureaucracy and lack of job security are two. But in pondering falling numbers of male teachers, we shouldn't dismiss the commitment and passion women teachers bring to the classroom.
Does survey signal US-style health system for Australia?
Kate Stanton 12:15 AM The government says it's trying to get better value for money but others fear our healthcare system will become more American.
Qld depts slow to supply docs after teen deaths
Queensland government departments are taking too long to supply documents to an inquiry looking into whether the deaths of three teenagers were linked to the closure of a Brisbane mental health facility.
Gene therapy sharpens up to heal genetic diseases
Amanda Dunn 12:15 AM Genome editing offers renewed hope for the future of "personalised medicine". But like most frontier science, it is far from simple.
