News Archive

Essendon defender Tayte Pears has received the Round 13 nomination for the AFL Rising Star award following his performance on Carlton spearhead Brendan Fevola on Friday night...June 30, 2009, 9:54 am

A bear with an apparent sweet tooth broke into a San Bernardino County home and gobbled up a box of chocolates from a couple's refrigerator.June 30, 2009, 9:45 am

Shares in David Jones have soared in morning trade, climbing to their highest point in more than a year after the upmarket retailer said sales in May and June were better than expected.June 30, 2009, 9:45 am

First, an admission: I adore 3-D movies. I don't care if we're gagging at Bono saving the world through song, ducking beneath Angelina Jolie's battering-ram breasts or clutching our seats during Brendan Fraser's roller-coaster ride to the centre of the Earth, I get a huge kick from the new generation of digital 3-D movies regardless of the content.June 30, 2009, 9:45 am

HAVANA (Reuters) - To record his next hit El Micha, one of the rising stars of Cuba's reggaeton music blending reggae, Latin and electronic rhythms, just has to knock on his neighbor's door.June 30, 2009, 9:42 am

The number of recorded swine flu cases has reached 70,893 worldwide, with 311 deaths, since the virus was first discovered in late March, according to data released by the World Health Organisation overnight.June 30, 2009, 9:30 am

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Mickey Arthur, the mastermind behind Australia's Test series loss on home soil last summer, is predicting Ricky Ponting's men to just pip England in the Ashes.June 30, 2009, 9:30 am

Migaloo, the famous white whale, has been spotted off the New South Wales mid-north coast and could soon be in Queensland waters, where hefty new fines apply to anyone who gets too close.June 30, 2009, 9:15 am

Nearly 18 per cent of the Italian population -- 11 million people -- trusts self-styled sorcerers and healers, a consumer watchdog says.June 30, 2009, 9:15 am

The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger after gains on Wall Street as investors looked optimistically ahead to key economic data due for release this week.June 30, 2009, 9:15 am

The sister of murdered woman Corryn Rayney has criticised a psychic who claims to have information on her death, saying she was trying to profit from the family's grief.June 30, 2009, 9:15 am

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Police are hunting a knife-wielding robber who held up a man at an ATM in Bassendean last night.June 30, 2009, 9:00 am

The Weather Bureau has cancelled this morning's severe weather warning, but thousands of homes remain without power.June 30, 2009, 9:00 am

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Buckingham Palace says public funding for the Queen and the royal family cost British taxpayers the equivalent of 69 pence ($A1.41) each last year.June 30, 2009, 9:00 am

The co-creator of long-running television show Hey Hey It's Saturday is fighting accusations he sexually assaulted a teenage boy while employed at Ballarat television station BTV6 almost 30 years ago.June 30, 2009, 9:00 am

DETROIT (Billboard) - A new version of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" featuring Jon Bon Jovi dueting in Farsi with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian, is making the rounds as an online video.June 30, 2009, 8:53 am

Perth City Council is forging ahead with plans to turn the old Wellington Street gasworks into a hub for artists, community groups and businesses — a year after it first discussed the concept and 18 years after buying the rundown building.June 30, 2009, 8:45 am

Two people have been taken to hospital after a suspicious fire in Balga this morning.June 30, 2009, 8:45 am