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  • Ponting must lead with ...
    Ponting must lead with aggression

    IF customary practice had been followed this summer, Ricky Ponting wouldn't have had to fret at all yesterday.

    The Australian - opinion - 41 minutes ago
  • Bishop urges banks to ...
    Bishop urges banks to pass rate cuts on to business

    Deputy Federal Opposition Leader Julie Bishop has joined business leaders in calling for banks to pass on the full amount of recent interest rate cuts.

    ABC News federal politics - 7 hours, 29 minutes ago
  • Don't lock kids in ...
    Don't lock kids in cars

    As temperatures in Sydney's west are expected to soar this week, parents are reminded it is illegal to leave a child in a parked car.

    Hills News - 7 hours, 58 minutes ago
  • Gunns now a takeover ...
    Gunns now a takeover target: Analyst

    A Tasmanian pulp and paper analyst says Gunns remains a prime takeover target after getting approval to build its northern pulp mill yesterday.

    ABC News federal politics - 8 hours, 39 minutes ago
  • Winemaker admits to misleading ...
    Winemaker admits to misleading consumers on promo pricing

    A South Australian winemaker has admitted it may have misled consumers in a free beer sales promotion offered last year.

    The Independent Weekly - 10 hours, 43 minutes ago
  • What we think of ...
    What we think of road safety

    Government survey shows three-quarters of WA drivers use a phone while driving and more admit to speeding than any other state.

    WA Today top headlines - 15 hours, 44 minutes ago
  • Howard to receive US ...
    Howard to receive US presidential award

    Former prime minister John Howard will receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony next week.

    Sky News Politics - 16 hours, 3 minutes ago

Technology News

Breaking technology news
  • Nanobot lets DNA legs ...
    Nanobot lets DNA legs do the walking

    A two-legged molecular machine that is designed to walk unaided along a single strand of DNA could soon carry cargo and may one day deliver drugs inside cells

    New Scientist - Latest Headlines - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
  • Free calls to Gaza: ...
    Free calls to Gaza: Telstra

    AUSTRALIA'S largest telecommunications provider says it won't charge for phone calls to the Gaza Strip, but the offer could be in vain as the region's telecommunication services teeter on the ...

    AustralianIT.com.au | Opinion - 7 hours, 12 minutes ago
  • Free calls to Gaza
    Free calls to Gaza

    AUSTRALIA'S largest telecommunications provider says it won't charge for phone calls to the Gaza Strip starting January 7.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories - 8 hours, 1 minute ago
  • Telstra wins anti-discrimination case
    Telstra wins anti-discrimination case

    A CALL centre worker who claimed he was treated unfairly by Telstra because he was Australian has lost an anti-discrimination case.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories - 8 hours, 51 minutes ago
  • No clear sign of ...
    No clear sign of settlement in Oracle-SAP suit

    A document filed last week by SAP indicates there may be no quick settlement to its rancorous legal entanglement with rival enterprise software maker Oracle, even though SAP admits that ...

    Computerworld eBusiness InDepth - 13 hours, 30 minutes ago
  • Google to release Picasa ...
    Google to release Picasa beta for Mac

    Google plans to release on Monday a beta version of Picasa for Mac OS X, helping Apple fans catch up to Windows and Linux users already employing the free tool ...

    Software - CNET.com.au - 14 hours, 57 minutes ago
  • Cash-strapped New York Times ...
    Cash-strapped New York Times opens front page to ads (AFP)

    NEW YORK (AFP) - The cash-strapped New York Times on Monday for the first time opened its editorial holy of holies, the front page, to advertising.

    Yahoo!7 - Technology - 20 hours, 32 minutes ago

Travel News

Breaking travel news
  • Builder's write-downs a sign ...
    Builder's write-downs a sign of things to come

    IF Leighton Holdings' shock announcement is a guide to things to come, investors are about to witness the biggest line-up of profit downgrades in more than a decade. Leighton's board ...

    The Australian : Travel - 37 minutes ago
  • Travelzoo survey brings good ...
    Travelzoo survey brings good news

    Credit crunch not impacting travel spend, says Travelzoo poll

    TravelMole - 42 minutes ago
  • January marketing push for ...
    January marketing push for ABTA

    Radio, online and PR campaign designed to boost members' bookings

    TravelMole - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
  • Easyjet unveils nine new ...
    Easyjet unveils nine new summer routes from UK

    New aircraft to be based at Manchester and Liverpool

    TravelMole - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
  • New UK MD for ...
    New UK MD for Stella

    Reshuffle sees departure of European MD

    TravelMole - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
  • Ex-Sun editor to address ...
    Ex-Sun editor to address industry show

    International Confex confirms keynote speakers

    TravelMole - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
  • Cracked Windscreen Forces Virgin ...
    Cracked Windscreen Forces Virgin to Make Emergency Landing

    A Perth-bound Virgin Blue flight was forced to make an emergency landing on Saturday morning after a crack appeared in the Boeing 737&aposS windscreen.

    etravelblackboard - 15 hours ago

Sport News

Breaking sport news
  • Errant Dellacqua loses to ...
    Errant Dellacqua loses to Cibulkova

    AUSTRALIA'S Hopman Cup title hopes are hanging by a thread after Casey Dellacqua went down in straight sets to the Slovak Republic's Dominika Cibulkova.

    Fox Sports : Breaking News - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
  • Glandular fever slows Dog
    Glandular fever slows Dog

    WESTERN Bulldogs youngster Andrejs Everitt has had a setback in pre-season training after suffering a bout of glandular fever.

    Herald Sun : AFL - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
  • Melbourne grab victory, top ...
    Melbourne grab victory, top spot

    MELBOURNE Victory replaced Adelaide United at the top of the A-League ladder on the back of a Nick Ward header at Telstra Dome.

    Fox Sports : Breaking News - 3 hours, 15 minutes ago
  • Redbacks post 160
    Redbacks post 160

    An explosive knock by Dave Warner has led New South Wales to a four-wicket victory against a plucky South Australia in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash clash at Adelaide Oval ...

    Sportal : Cricket - 4 hours, 1 minute ago
  • Dokic named in Australian ...
    Dokic named in Australian Fed Cup squad (AAP)

    One-time defector Jelena Dokic has been named in Australia's Fed Cup squad, which has been labelled one of the strongest team in recent years.

    Yahoo!7 - Sport - 5 hours, 8 minutes ago
  • Webber back in training
    Webber back in training

    AUSTRALIAN Mark Webber hopes to be back at the wheel of a Formula One car next month as he steps up rehabilitation from a broken leg.

    Fox Sports : Breaking News - 8 hours, 18 minutes ago
  • World Cup whistleblower shot ...
    World Cup whistleblower shot dead

    A SOUTH African official who blew the whistle on alleged corruption in the building of a stadium for the 2010 World Cup has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.

    Fox Sports : Breaking News - 19 hours, 41 minutes ago

Entertainment News

Breaking entertainment news
  • Turn it down, Jen
    Turn it down, Jen

    SHE may be the ultimate girl-next-door but it appears Jennifer Hawkins hasn't been met with pies and muffin baskets by some of her new neighbours.

    Daily Telegraph Confidential - 41 minutes ago
  • Analogue TV draws to ...
    Analogue TV draws to a close

    THE great Australian analogue TV shutdown will hit regional Queensland in the second half of 2011 as the switch to digital slowly covers the nation.

    Courier Mail (Entertainment) - 41 minutes ago
  • 'Horton' helmer has 'Hex' ...
    'Horton' helmer has 'Hex' next (Reuters)

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Horton Hears a Who!" director Jimmy Hayward will make his live-action debut with "Jonah Hex," a western based on the DC Comics character.

    Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 6 hours, 25 minutes ago
  • Moviegoers must step through ...
    Moviegoers must step through death's door (Reuters)

    NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - As Jim Morrison sang, "No one here gets out alive." Maybe he was referring to a modern-day movie theatre?

    Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 6 hours, 38 minutes ago
  • Directors, studios sharing economic ...
    Directors, studios sharing economic pressure (Reuters)

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Catherine Hardwicke had every reason to celebrate as her latest film, " Twilight ," opened to nearly $70 million in November.

    Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 8 hours, 37 minutes ago
  • Lohan denies breakup rumours
    Lohan denies breakup rumours

    LINDSAY Lohan has denied rumours she has broken up with girlfriend Sam Ronson on her MySpace website.

    News Ltd Top Stories - Entertainment - 11 hours, 20 minutes ago
  • Bingle reveals new tattoo
    Bingle reveals new tattoo

    BIKINI babe Lara Bingle has followed in the footsteps of her fiance, Michael Clarke, and gotten herself a tattoo.

    News Ltd Top Stories - Entertainment - 16 hours, 9 minutes ago

World News

Breaking world news
  • Thirteen injured as car ...
    Thirteen injured as car strikes pedestrians

    EIGHT people including four children remain in hospital after a car veered off the Great Ocean Road in the commercial heart of the resort town of Lorne.

    News.com.au | World Breaking News - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
  • Zimbabwe cholera cases rise ...
    Zimbabwe cholera cases rise to 34,300

    AT least 1732 people have died in Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic and the number of cases diagnosed has risen to 34,306, the World Health Organisation says.

    News.com.au | World News - 3 hours, 51 minutes ago
  • Russia cuts gas supplies ...
    Russia cuts gas supplies to Europe

    RUSSIA has slashed gas bound for Europe, the Ukraine says, as a six-day stand-off between the two countries deepens.

    News.com.au | World News - 4 hours, 36 minutes ago
  • Islamists will kill Jewish ...
    Islamists will kill Jewish children - Hamas

    A HAMAS leader has warned that Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel's devastating assault.

    Daily Telegraph | World News - 6 hours, 12 minutes ago
  • Man axes eight people ...
    Man axes eight people to death - report

    POLICE in central China are searching for a man suspected in the axe murders of eight people, including a two-year-old boy.

    Daily Telegraph | World News - 6 hours, 35 minutes ago
  • Angry four-year-old shoots babysitter
    Angry four-year-old shoots babysitter

    A FOUR-year-old boy shot his babysitter in anger after the carer stepped on the boy's foot, police say

    Herald Sun | World News - 9 hours, 14 minutes ago
  • Battles rage in Gaza
    Battles rage in Gaza

    ISRAELI tanks, planes and ground forces pounded Gaza overnight and the defence minister said the offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave would go on until Israel was safe.

    News.com.au | World Breaking News - 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
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