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The European Space Agency said the Rosetta spacecraft has crash-landed on a comet after an historic 12 years spent chasing it across more than 6 billion kilometres of space.

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The porch lamps in Holt Street, Taren Point, in the heart of Sharks territory, have been burning through the night this week.

All Melbourne appeared to have turned out...and all Melbourne, it seemed, was there for the Western Bulldogs.

More than $70 million in bonuses has been paid out to workers at the government-owned Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) in the past year.

Queensland's criminal drug manufacturers are being run out of business as cheaper, higher quality narcotics flood through the state's borders, police say.

Letter mail-outs to residents blamed.

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When Peter Maitland was knocked off his motorbike in Cambodia, nearly severing his leg, he could have been forgiven for never wanting to visit again. His reality, however, is very different.

A man was arrested at gunpoint following a brawl at a Frankston pub on Friday afternoon.

Auditor foreshadows wider investigation into the activities of the Land Development Agency after the release of a damning report.

Shimon Peres was honoured as a father, husband, leader of vision, and above all, a man of peace.

Police are negotiating with a man who has holed himself in an apartment in Melbourne's inner east. 

I can't say driving a monster truck was on my bucket list, because I never imagined it would actually happen.

In the world of politics, where fundraisers refer to big donors as 'outstanding citizens', pubs and clubs could nominate for Australian of the Year.

Few details are known about the deaths of Annie and Robin Korkki, who were found dead in a hotel room on an island in the Indian Ocean.

The RFU are sitting pretty on the field and off it. It appears its position of strength has left it in no mood to compromise on Australia and New Zealand's campaign for a globally aligned – and fairly remunerated – season.

Italian police have recovered two paintings by the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh that were stolen in Amsterdam 14 years ago, as part of an operation against the Camorra mafia group that operates around Naples.

When Craig Bellamy came to Melbourne 13 years ago to coach the Storm, he asked a staffer to paint two slogans on the walls of the gymnasium of the club's then Olympic Park headquarters.

Detectives from the missing person squad have descended on the home of a missing woman in Melbourne's north-east.

Upon seeing Herve's work, Le Corbusier declared, 'You have the eye of an architect,' and hired him as his personal photographer.

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As with so many ACT government deals, the problem is the look of the thing, rather than the thing itself.

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The brutal reality is this is a sector with poor protections and limited transparency.

Barry Hall is a Swans man but he can't help but get caught up in the Western Bulldogs' fairytale.

Two years after mother of two Carly McBride was murdered and dumped off a lonely Upper Hunter road, she was farewelled at an emotional funeral service at Ryhope.

The Canberra Raiders hope what they believe is a world-first membership drive helps them break the 20,000 barrier next year.

A husband who threatened to kill his recently estranged wife before driving their car into Lake Ginninderra has pleaded guilty.

Sam Williams will leave Canberra with the Raiders' blessing, coach Ricky Stuart adamant he deserves to play first grade.

Jarrod Croker's Australian Kangaroos ambitions hinge on the results of a scan on his knee.

Consumers will have to pay more to use the NBN in coming years unless the government-owned company lowers speed prices, telcos are warning.

Objects dipped in liquid gold, from a banana to a revolver, symbolise the trickery of the advertising world in photographer Stuart Miller's latest series.

Two men acquitted of manslaughter of Wayne Dover.

Friday afternoon marked the start of a long weekend for most people in the Illawarra. For Tom*, it was the beginning of the rest of his life.

The festival of spring is on in Pialligo.

More than 180,000 people enrolled to vote in Western Australia could be slugged with a fine for failing to vote at the recent federal election.

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Labor is pressuring the Baird government to introduce changes to make the system fairer for owners.

The $1.3 billion-plus chicken float is feathered by an eye-popping up to $200 million cost reduction target.

The ACT's nursing and midwifery union has called on all political parties contesting the election to guarantee staff to patient ratios.

Leading businesses including the AFL, Cricket Australia and Movember may have been defrauded by Ambient Advertising.

Luke Beveridge's blend of romance and ruthlessness has paid dividends for the Western Bulldogs.

The NSW government has given tens of millions in taxpayer dollars to help train staff at private corporations.

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By this time next week hundreds of Ford workers will be out of a job.

After a week of storms, flooding and tornadoes, the south-east of the country will be hit by another cold front on Sunday night.

Dan Penca has waited three years for his National Rugby Championship opportunity.

An Indigenous student will soon have the opportunity to obtain an education in Rome, 163 years after an Australian boy's adventure went wrong.

One of NSW's most dangerous criminals Bassam Hamzy has been caught with a mobile phone within the state's highest security jail for the second time in two weeks.

This latest $US14 billion fine is the latest in the German bank's tumultuous history of bad behaviour.

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Firefighters have freed a four-year-old boy after his hand got trapped in a vending machine in Melbourne's outer east.

"He would love this book. Its a real pity he had to die to get it," says Anne Brooksbank, Ellis' wife.

Accountant Curtis Cheng took pride in working at Police Headquarters at Parramatta as he felt he his job was making a contribution to society.

Preliminary final hero Clay Smith got a leave pass from the Bulldogs this week to make a 600-kilometre round trip and deliver a eulogy for his close friend who lost his life in a road accident.