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Passengers stranded for days at New York's John F Kennedy Airport due to a massive winter storm have now had to deal with their luggage being soaked due to a burst water main.
Topics: storm-event, weather, air-transport, travel-and-tourism, united-states
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| UpdatedWondering which television shows made the cut for this year's awards or who is up for an Oscar? Here's the full list of nominees for the 75th Golden Globes.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, television, human-interest, united-states
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Another hot day is forecast for Sydney and the Hunter region, although it is unlikely to reach the near record-breaking temperature of 47.3 degrees Celsius experienced in Sydney's west on Sunday.
Topics: weather, bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, sydney-2000, nsw
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If a dog is terrified of thunderstorms, is relocation the only option or can you teach an old dog new tricks?
Topics: animal-behaviour, animals, storm-event, weather, human-interest, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedTasmania's champion axeman David Foster joins the fight against Labor's no-pokies election policy but Tim Costello says he is being used.
Topics: government-and-politics, unemployment, community-and-society, devonport-7310, tas
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| UpdatedAn Iranian oil tanker collides with a bulk freighter and catches fire off China's east coast, leaving the tanker's entire crew of 32 missing and causing oil to spill into the sea, authorities say.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, accidents---other, china, korea-republic-of, iran-islamic-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedWinning a Davis Cup is on the agenda this year for Nick Kyrgios, who says the team-tennis format will also act as a motivator for him on the ATP tour.
Topics: sport, tennis, brisbane-4000, qld, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, germany
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| UpdatedThe free press is under fire as modern-day "heroes" who report the truth are unfairly labelled as fake news, the Hollywood heavyweights behind new film The Post say.
Topics: film-movies, government-and-politics, journalism, united-states
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| UpdatedA Northern Territory Football League player who injured his spine while playing in Darwin says the extent of his injuries are not yet known, but he hopes to start rehabilitation soon.
Topics: sport, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, australian-football-league, darwin-0800, nt
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Way back in the greed-is-good 1980s, three Perth brothers were convicted of stealing 49 gold bars from the city's mint. The Mickelberg brothers' convictions were later quashed, and the great mint swindle is ancient history now — or at least, it should be.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime-films, crime-fiction, laws, police, perth-6000
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| UpdatedYoung Australians seeking help for depression and anxiety will get further assistance with an injection of more than $100 million into school mental health programs and a range of new Headspace centres.
Topics: adolescent-health, mental-health, health, schools, community-and-society, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Trump adviser Steve Bannon says his accusations of treason in the book Fire an Fury were directed at Paul Manafort, not Donald Trump Jr, and he regrets not correcting the inaccuracy sooner.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, books-literature, united-states
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| UpdatedA man has died after picking up an object which exploded in his hand outside a subway station in the Swedish capital Stockholm. Police say claims the item was a hand grenade are just speculation at this stage.
Topics: death, murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, sweden, european-union
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If dining out on England — cooked medium to well-done in the baking Sydney sun — did not sate the appetite of the cricket connoisseur, the upcoming tour of South Africa might hit the spot, writes Richard Hinds.
Topics: ashes, cricket, sport, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu treads carefully around a threatened US aid cut to Palestinians, stopping short of backing a funding halt as he repeats calls for a UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees to be dismantled.
Topics: world-politics, territorial-disputes, donald-trump, unrest-conflict-and-war, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied, united-states
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The much-maligned Marsh brothers silence their critics with centuries to help bury England in the fifth and final Ashes Test at the SCG.
Topics: ashes, cricket, sport, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe privacy risks raised by the online application processes of payday lenders affects some Australia's most vulnerable groups.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, australia, wa
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The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is accused of allowing the drafting of new welfare standards for poultry to be "stage-managed" by industry in a process lacking "transparency", "governance" and "independence".
Topics: animal-welfare, rural, poultry-and-egg-production, livestock, nsw
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| UpdatedSenior bureaucrats threatened to stop giving honest advice to the Federal Treasurer if negative gearing documents were not kept secret from the ABC.
Topics: housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, housing, government-and-politics, tax
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| UpdatedIran's Revolutionary Guards say the country's people and security forces have defeated unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and security officials meet to discuss the boldest challenge to the clerical establishment since 2009.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, corruption, activism-and-lobbying, foreign-affairs, iran-islamic-republic-of, united-states, israel, saudi-arabia
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| UpdatedFederal Labor's negative gearing overhaul would likely have a "small" impact on home values, official documents reveal, contradicting Government claims the policy would "smash" Australia's housing market.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedThe award-winning Australian actor has been accused of indecent assault, sexual harassment, bullying and intimidation while performing in the hit musical Rocky Horror Show in 2014.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, opera-and-musical-theatre, television, australia
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Adelaide Strikers join a logjam at the top of the Big Bash League ladder with a 25-run win over Sydney Thunder in Homebush.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, homebush-2140, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedA remote island volcano in Papua New Guinea begins spewing ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of more than 500 residents, media and non-profit groups say.
Topics: volcanic-eruption, disasters-and-accidents, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedNick Kyrgios claims the men's Brisbane International title with a comprehensive victory over Ryan Harrison in the final, boosting his hopes for a successful Australian Open campaign.
Topics: sport, tennis, brisbane-4000