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Eighteen Penn State college students and their fraternity were charged on Friday in one of the largest hazing prosecutions in America's history.

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​Pierre Andurand, who runs a hedge fund specialising in oil, liquidated the fund's last long positions in oil a week ago.

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Citigroup listed seven companies as potential takeover targets for Apple, as a way to put its cash hoard to work.

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​A Missouri jury ordered health products giant Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $A148 million to a Virginia woman for allegedly failing to disclose the cancer risk from its baby powder and another product.

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US payroll gains rebounded in April by more than forecast and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 4.4 per cent.

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Iron ore's tough week has opened up a pathway for benchmark spot prices to drop back into the $US50s a tonne range.

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Crude oil bounced back from its lowest level since November, while global stocks powered to fresh record highs.

Turkey dismissed 107 judges and prosecutors over alleged links to a failed coup in July last year, Turkish television reported on Friday, in the third major purge since President Tayyip Erdogan was granted sweeping new powers.

A surfer who was rescued after 32 hours adrift at sea said he will never surf again.

Security was stepped up at the Eiffel Tower on Friday ahead of Sunday's presidential election in France after Greenpeace activists scaled the Paris landmark and hung out a big political banner.

Canberrans are spending, and earning, 20 per cent more on average than their counterparts in other Australian capital cities.

The ACT government has refused to give cops more power to punish pubs and pubs that turn a blind eye to drugs.

After losing the tip of her middle finger to cancer, Amanda Alger is keen to shine a light on melanomas that are not caused by the sun.

Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron extended his lead in the polls over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Friday, the final day of a tumultuous election campaign that has turned the country's politics upside down.

St Kilda have returned to Friday night footy in style, stunning Greater Western Sydney with a 23-point upset win at Etihad Stadium.

The University of Queensland, their student union and the chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission have all condemned Holocaust-denial flyers that have been distributed on campus.

For almost 50 years, Bernie White has grown potatoes in the rich, red, volcanic soil of Trentham.

If Mal Meninga was worried about New Zealand ruining Cameron Smith's 50th Test, he needn't have bothered.

Sometimes it's hard to remember just how much Canberra Raiders fans loved Josh Dugan and Blake Ferguson.

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The unrivalled pioneering history of one of Australia's great country families – the Ashton family of Markdale – is about to go under the hammer for the first time in a century.

Bondi Rescue and the Starlight Foundation's Starlight Captains have helped bring a smile to a young boy suffering from a very rare condition.

Will West Coast maintain it's impressive record at the Adelaide Oval and can the Dockers bounce back from one of the tamest Western Derbies ever? Our crack(pot) panel looks ahead to all the action in round seven.

West Coast coach Adam Simpson has said it's touch and go whether star ruckman Nic Naitanui will return to the AFL this season.

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Carlton coach Brendon Bolton is delighted veteran Dale Thomas demanded a spot in the side to play Collingwood with a commanding performance at VFL level.

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Nothing could diminish the mutual lovefest as Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea in New York.

North Korea has accused the United States and South Korea of conspiring to assassinate leader Kim Jong-un amid heightened tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

A Canberra business has carved a niche as one of Australia's leading producers of promotional drink bottles and is now taking on the world.

A battle over mountain views at an upmarket ski town apartment is not going Rich Lister and Liberal Party heavyweight Andrew Abercrombie's way.

The claim by failed US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that the director of the FBI, James Comey, cost her the White House is being challenged by a group that oversees polling standards in the US.

An American man is believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship which arrived in Sydney this week.

Two people have been injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the M2 at North Rocks on Friday afternoon.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum say it is keen to develop Australian resources in the longer term but has called on the government to review its policy towards the energy sector.

A plan to eradicate white spot disease will see Queensland prawn farmers cease production, with government compensation promised to cover the cost.

Nothing was going to stop the Australian Jillaroos shining on the big stage when they got their opportunity in the Anzac Test.

A man has been stabbed after giving three women a lift in Melbourne's west.

A photo with his cousin has launched Ivan Soldo into the AFL spotlight.

Question: What is carbon farming?

The driver fortunately walked away with no injuries.

Wallabies prop Scott Sio says the Brumbies can beat their form slump if they stick together.

Raiders centre Joey Leilua will use a stint with Samoa to push his representative claims.

Former Canberra Raider Sandor Earl feels things have changed with how players get treated during drug scandals.

Jack Hartigan was savagely mauled by two dogs while visiting a friend at a government housing property.

 A 19-year-old university student from Ballarat has died suddenly from meningococcal disease on Wednesday night.

"Wish you were still here with me": tributes flow for soldier killed in training

Armed thieves have stolen cash from an armoured van at Marrickville Metro on Friday afternoon.

Drug reform advocates will give out hundreds of pill-testing kits to festival-goers at Groovin The Moo on Sunday.

A man has pleaded guilty to charges linked to a drive-by shooting, linked to a drug debt, that injured a woman in Canberra's south. 

The gun used to kill Parramatta police accountant Curtis Cheng was allegedly delivered by bicycle hours before the murder, a court has heard.