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  1. Earl weakens as it nears US coast

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:10 pm MDT

    Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears the US East Coast, though officials warn it remains "large and powerful".

  2. No disrespect, 'spiderman' says

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:04 pm MDT

    French "spiderman" Alain Robert has denied he is disrespectful of Australian law and says his latest climb of a Sydney building did not endanger lives.

  3. Court orders return of Manitoba judge’s sex-scandal photos

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:03 pm MDT

    The man at the centre of a sex scandal involving a prominent Manitoba judge and her voyeur husband has been ordered by a judge to return all photos and emails involving the couple

  4. Hadfield appointment highlights Canada's space program

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:01 pm MDT

    The appointment of a Canadian to command a crew on the International Space Station for six months starting in 2012 shows how much Canada’s modest space program has achieved, despite spending in a year what NASA does in a week

  5. Nufarm likely to face class action

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:59 pm MDT

    Shareholders are likely to launch a class action against Nufarm for allegedly misleading conduct relating to profit forecasts.

  6. Aust stocks open higher on US lead

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:59 pm MDT

    The Australian stock market opens higher on more gains on Wall Street overnight.

  7. Big improvement in 999 responses

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:53 pm MDT

    A health watchdog reports a marked improvement in 999 response times at Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

  8. ‘Bear dude’ video sets bad example, B.C. minister says

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:50 pm MDT

    Bears made famous for being found roaming a grow-up are now starring in an online video that has one B.C. cabinet minister concerned.



  9. Technique to trace persistent CFCs

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:49 pm MDT

    Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone hole.

  10. Openness urged on UK's emissions

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:49 pm MDT

    The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.

  11. Amazon river level at 40-year low

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:49 pm MDT

    The River Amazon has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, leaving boats stranded.

  12. Qantas affirms its two-airline strategy

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:49 pm MDT

    Qantas says global operating conditions have rebounded from historic lows, but the aviation industry remains competitive, challenging and volatile.

  13. Brown, Wilkie will see PM more than Swan

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:44 pm MDT

    Bob Brown and Andrew Wilkie now have better access to the prime minister than Treasurer Wayne Swan, Liberal frontbencher Peter Dutton says.

  14. Anger over hurdle racing decision

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:44 pm MDT

    Horse welfare group disappointed but not surprised by decision to extend hurdle racing for three years.

  15. UKIP meets as leader hunt begins

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:40 pm MDT

    UK Independence Party members gather for their autumn conference in Torquay with the search for a new leader top of its agenda.

  16. Windsor still undecided about govt

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:39 pm MDT

    Regional NSW independent MP Tony Windsor is adamant he has not yet decided which party to support in a minority government.

  17. Injured girls left in car, boy charged

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:34 pm MDT

    Police believe they have found the 16-year-old boy who ran away and left three injured girls in a crashed car after a high speed police chase in Sydney.

  18. Leaders pay tribute to fallen soldier

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:34 pm MDT

    Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have attended the funeral of a Brisbane soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

  19. Murderer Des Campbell to be sentenced

    → The Age National Headlines | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:31 pm MDT

    Murderer Des Campbell will be sentenced today for pushing his rich wife off a cliff at the Royal National Park, south of Sydney.

  20. Portugal child abuse

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:19 pm MDT

    Judges to deliver verdict more than five years after trial began

  21. Shark attacks Aussie man in Solomons

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:03 pm MDT

    A SHARK attack in a remote area of the Solomon Islands has left an Australian man with severe cuts to his face and neck.

  22. Prison expansions boom to meet flood of inmates

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:01 pm MDT

    Prison expansion to make room for an expected inmate influx is moving ahead in Canada, with the federal government rolling out plans in recent days to spend $105-million on new cells at three prisons in Western Canada and one in Nova Scotia

  23. Edinburgh spared the worst as RBS axe swings

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    ROYAL Bank of Scotland has delivered another blow to the beleaguered financial services community by revealing 3,500 more jobs are to be slashed in its UK business - including

  24. Revealed: Afghan lie test flops

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    They are supposed to be Afghanistan's bravest, straightest legal minds - the men leading President Hamid Karzai's charge to rid the land of corruption.

  25. Tom Miers: Labour can tackle 'artificial poverty'

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    There are ways in which the powers of the Scottish Parliament could be deployed to break the cycle of dependency and help those in need, argues Tom Miers

  26. Island talk of CCTV after hero's watch goes missing

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    With a population of 150 and no resident police officer, the island of Eday is not a place regularly visited by crime.

  27. Festival ticket sales boom? It's all show

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have admitted inflating its box office numbers by including thousands of free shows in the ticket sales figures.

  28. Rangers riot police 'never saw such ferocity'

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    What should have been a "celebration of football" ended in mayhem and violence as Rangers hooligans went on the rampage on one of the biggest nights in the club's

  29. Cold beats climate change protest

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    Greenpeace switched its attention to the Atlantic frontier off Shetland yesterday after four activists were arrested at the end of their three day occupation of a Scottish oil

  30. Tesco's secret property developer repeatedly pushed for superstore

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    THE front company that secretly bought a rundown town centre on behalf of Tesco repeatedly tried to get permission to create a superstore on the land, documents obtained by Th

  31. Defiant Brown prepares to make Commons comeback

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    Gordon Brown is preparing to make his full parliamentary comeback on Monday as the storm over accusations made against him by Tony Blair continues to rage.

  32. Edinburgh is the best place to visit in UK, reveals poll

    → The Scotsman - News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:00 pm MDT

    SCOTLAND's capital has reclaimed the crown as Britain's best city in the annual poll compiled by a leading travel industry bible.

  33. Smitherman vows to fund jobs program with business tax hike

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:53 pm MDT

    Toronto mayoral candidate George Smitherman, seen at during a debate Tuesday night, says he'd fund a jobs program for young people with a tax increase for businesses.

    Mayoral candidate George Smitherman says that if elected he would raise property taxes on business to fund a jobs for youth program.



  34. School lottery 'failed in aim'

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:49 pm MDT

    A lottery system for school places in Brighton failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

  35. Middle East talks 'constructive'

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:46 pm MDT

    Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.

  36. More than once bitten

    → BBC News - Home | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:42 pm MDT

    Why bed-bugs are on the march again

  37. Woman denies blind neighbour threat

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:39 pm MDT

    An Auckland woman accused of threatening to kill her blind neighbour and her guide dog has pleaded not guilty .Margaret Hadley, 57, made a brief appearance in the Auckland District Court today charged with intent to frighten and...

  38. Toronto comedian killed in St. Thomas

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:37 pm MDT

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    Jason David Farro, whose body was found a burned-out home Sunday, was killed before the fire, St. Thomas police say.



  39. Mere stolen from prophet's tomb recovered

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:24 pm MDT

    A priceless greenstone mere stolen from the tomb of one of the founders of Parihaka Pa in Taranaki has been recovered.The mere, which belonged to the revered Maori peace prophet Te Whiti O Rongomai, was stolen last week after...

  40. School place lottery system 'fails'

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:24 pm MDT



    A controversial "lottery" designed to allocate school places fairly has failed to reduce segregation between rich and poor pupils, research suggests.

  41. Ed Balls outlines £250m jobs pledge

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:24 pm MDT



    Ed Balls has put employment at the centre of his campaign for the Labour leadership by outlining a £250 million plan to create 200,000 jobs and work placements for the unemployed.

  42. Record fall in alcohol consumption

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:23 pm MDT



    The UK has seen its biggest fall in alcohol consumption in 60 years, according to new figures from an industry body.

  43. → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:12 pm MDT





  44. Harper laughs at Bloc complaints over national park passes

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:02 pm MDT

    Stephen Harper ridiculed the Bloc Quebecois Thursday over its complaint that he engaged in federalist propaganda earlier this year by sending Grade 8 students throughout the country free passes to visit national parks

  45. Chris Evans prepares for his ‘pipe and slippers' at 50

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    HE took over from Terry Wogan on the Radio 2 breakfast show only at the start of this year and recently bagged a Friday night slot on The One Show sofa but is Chris Evans already preparing for his dotage in the countryside?

  46. More five pound notes from cash machines

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    MORE £5 notes are to be paid out from cash machines after consumer surveys suggested they would be welcomed by the public.

  47. Chairman Mao the mass murderer

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    FOR the first time a historian has shown how China's communist ruler killed 45 million of his people in the world's biggest man-made famine.

  48. The Queen's opinion on Tony Blair: rude, horrid and vulgar

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    In May 2002 the Queen paid a visit to Devon where she met a leader of the farmers' union. He -complained to her that Tony Blair and his government didn't seem to understand the countryside - a familiar charge in the wake of the foot-and-mouth crisis. The monarch could have muttered something non-committal in reply but on this occasion she broke with protocol. "I know," she reportedly replied. "I tell him that every week when I see him."

  49. Darling admits supertax flop

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    ALISTAIR Darling yesterday admitted that Labour's efforts to tame the City's bonus culture with a "supertax" was a total washout.

  50. Price of bread is set to soar

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    NEW fears over soaring food prices were raised yesterday after British millers warned of a poor wheat harvest.

  51. Edinburgh top tourist destination

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    EDINBURGH has been named as the top tourist destination in the UK by a prestigious international travel magazine.

  52. Benefit fraud crimes shame Britain

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    A SHAMEFUL string of benefit frauds last night exposed an urgent need for a crackdown on cheats costing honest taxpayers billions of pounds a year.

  53. Meat Loaf plays fantasy football

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    HIS live shows feature motorbikes on stage and pyrotechnics aplenty but don't expect any high jinks from Meat Loaf when he visits the UK in December.

  54. ‘Drink firms will cash in on SNP's 45p price plan'

    → Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    SNP plans for a 45p price per unit of alcohol would punish pensioners and the poor while boosting retailers' takings by £140million.

  55. Robbie Williams' life is so sweet

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    IT IS nearly a month since they married but the honeymoon still isn't over for Robbie Williams and Ayda Field.

  56. NDP rethinks gun registry opposition

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:59 pm MDT

    Rural and northern NDP MPs are rethinking their support for a private member’s bill that would kill the long-gun registry.



  57. First Canadian to command Space Station in 2012

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:52 pm MDT

    Astronaut Chris Hadfield peers into the crew cabin of the Space Shuttle Endeavour during a lengthy space walk to perform work on the International Space Station in 2001. Hadfield will command the station during a six-month mission in 2012-13.

    For its size and budget, Canada’s space program has racked up a surprising number of success stories – apart from its selection to lead the International Space Station



  58. NHL issues ultimatum on long-term deals: report

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:42 pm MDT

    It would appear the fate of long-term front-loaded contracts signed by Ilya Kovalchuk, Roberto Luongo and Marian Hossa lie in the hands of the National Hockey League Players’ Association

  59. G20 detainees seek $115M in class action

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:32 pm MDT

    Suit asks the court to declare that the constitutional and civil rights of 1,150 people were violated.



  60. Trail in alleged parental abduction leads to Toronto

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:19 pm MDT

    Police are looking for Helen Gavaghan, 33, of Manchester, U.K., who has been on the run since allegedly abducting her daughter nearly two years ago.

    Toronto police are looking for a 33-year-old Manchester woman, who allegedly abducted her daughter almost two years ago.



  61. SOG arrest man faces extradition

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:59 pm MDT

    A NSW man will face an extradition hearing in Melbourne today over the shooting of a man in a home invasion last month.

  62. Drug shortages coming to end, generic makers say

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:53 pm MDT

    Canadian drug shortages frustrating doctors, pharmacists and patients will begin to ease soon, say the country’s generic drug makers.



  63. Fuel tanker grounded in Northwest Passage

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:42 pm MDT

    The Coast Guard says there were no spills after a tanker carrying nine million litres of fuel ran aground Monday.



  64. Buddha-like toddler kicks two-pack-a-day habit

    → Thestar.com - Home Page | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:41 pm MDT

    This photo taken on May 16, 2010, shows 2-year-old Indonesian boy Ardi Rizal puffing on a cigarette while playing on a plastic toy jeep in the yard of his family home in South Sumatra province. The toddler who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care in Jakarta, a child welfare official said on Sept. 2, 2010.

    Indonesia toddler who became famous for smoking two packs of cigarettes a day has quit.



  65. Police comb streets for flasher

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:34 pm MDT

    Police are combing central Auckland streets looking for a man who allegedly flashed his genitals at a woman on Tuesday.The woman phoned police this morning saying she recognised the man in Remuera.A police northern communications...

  66. Fuel tanker runs aground in Canadian Arctic

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:17 pm MDT

    A fuel tanker carrying 9 million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage. None of the oil has spilled, said a Coast Guard spokesperson, and the ship appears to be intact

  67. Troops' request for spy drones denied

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:00 pm MDT

    A request from New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan to have spy drone planes was rejected despite their use by private companies and coalition forces.The informal request for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was rejected by Defence...

  68. Man, 63, dies in house fire

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:54 pm MDT

    A 63-year-old man died in a fire this morning despite his family's efforts to save him from the burning house, in northern Hawke's Bay.One of five occupants of the house north of Wairoa awoke to find the lounge ablaze about 1am.He...

  69. Court told man used dead brother's credit card

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:27 pm MDT

    Police investigating the continued use of Haast helicopter pilot Morgan Saxton's bank card after he died in an accident in November 2008, found that the dead man's brother had been using it, a court has been told.In Whataroa District...

  70. Passerby rescues family from fire

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:04 pm MDT

    A woman and two children have been rescued from a suspicious house fire by a passerby who noticed smoke coming from their riverside Whanganui home.The man was returning home from work about 2.10am when he noticed smoke coming...

  71. Samsung Galaxy Tab: as good as Apple iPad?

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:59 pm MDT

    Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy Tab device, which it has hailed as the missing link between smartphones and the fast-selling Apple iPad. The company has bravely…



  72. Truck driver seriously injured in crash

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:31 pm MDT

    A truck driver suffered serious facial injuries after his vehicle rolled at a roundabout and struck a power pole in Hamilton this morning.The truck and trailer unit crashed at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Morrinsville...

  73. Israel, Palestinians agree to second round of peace talks

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:18 pm MDT

    Israeli and Palestinian leaders began their first round of direct peace negotiations in more than a year on Thursday, pledging to meet again in two weeks as part of a U.S.-brokered quest for peace

  74. N.S. church offers to bless cellphones, laptops and other mobile technology

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:06 pm MDT

    The church tries for a modern flair. Every Sunday night, the church has live rock music as well as slide shows and video presentations. It currently has a Facebook page and hopes to join the realm of Twitter in the near future, continuing its effort to stay relevant in a technology-heavy world, Rev. Vaughn said.

  75. Tony Blair memoirs take ‘Don’t get mad — get even’ philosophy

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:03 pm MDT

    Blair’s memoir A Journey is a combination of realpolitik revelations that would make Machiavelli proud, mixed with acutely observed pen portraits and cringing personal details

  76. Lung cancer drug will be funded

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:30 pm MDT

    Taxpayer funding of an expensive lung-cancer drug which has produced amazing, life-saving results for some patients will be announced today.The Herald understands the Government drug funding agency Pharmac will, from October...

  77. Bike medics ready for viaduct shutdown

    → nzherald.co.nz - National | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:30 pm MDT

    Motorbike medics will be on standby during this weekend's Auckland motorway closure to deal with emergencies in and around the city.The St John motorbike squad in Auckland - made up of four members - will be ready to head to an...

  78. Fire out at site of rig explosion, no oil slick seen

    → NPL Npindex top stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:09 pm MDT

    An oil platform explosion on Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to jump into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster

  79. Ten things you need to know today: Andy Coulson phone tapping, Hague statement was risky and Hurricane Earl

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:57 am MDT

    Our popular 8.0 am news catch-up service, which until this week ran only on Monday mornings, is now going daily, Monday to Friday. You can rely on it…



  80. The Mole: Hague's Myers statement was too risky, say PR experts

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:50 am MDT

    Needless to say, the William Hague story has not gone away despite his issuing a statement on Wednesday afternoon denying any sexual relationship with 25-year-old Chris Myers…



  81. The verdict on Apple's new iPods, Ping and iOS4.1

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 10:05 am MDT

    Apple went to back to work on September 1, using its annual autumn music announcement to unveil revamped versions of its iPod touch, iPod nano and iPod shuffle…

  82. Violent family feud sees 16 charged

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 9:21 am MDT

    More than a dozen people from two families have been charged over a violent  brawl at a house in northern NSW, police say.  

  83. Alcohol could help you live longer, say scientists

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:16 am MDT

    Gordon Brown may have done Tony Blair a favour by driving him to drink. New research from America suggests that drinkers - even heavy ones - live longer…

  84. Anger at two-litre vodka box

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:01 am MDT

    A VODKA mix booze box crammed with 10 standard drinks, angers health experts who say it should be banned.

  85. Tween boys focus on style

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:01 am MDT

    TWEEN boys are now slathering on hair gel and donning designer duds with the same zeal as their sisters.

  86. Busy mums too tired to cook

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:01 am MDT

    THE family meal is fast becoming a thing of the past, with many Aussie households giving sit-down breakfasts and dinners the chop.

  87. Abbott defends his black hole

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    TONY Abbott has fiercely defended the cost of his election promises and denied he had a $10.6 billion black hole.

  88. $100m for one vote

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    JULIA Gillard has edged closer to winning power after snaring Andrew Wilkie with a $100 million handout to fix his local hospital.

  89. Lecturer offered exam pass for sex

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    A lecturer found to have pressured failing Chinese students for sex is unlikely to be the only academic to exploit the vulnerability of students.

  90. Push for national drink controls to curb violence

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    STATE and federal governments have been urrged to reform how alcohol is taxed, sold and served to combat rising booze-fuelled violence.

  91. Remote communities thriving in new 'dry'

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    MERVINA Henry is the shy face of change in Queensland's remote indigenous communities, where alcohol consumption has been curtailed.

  92. Gillard edging closer to power

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    LABOR has moved within two seats of retaining government after winning Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie's allegiance.

  93. Mayor in a song and dance over busking

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    IF Melbourne's Lord Mayor has his way, the days of the talentless busker are numbered.

  94. Blow for tax probe as charge dropped

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    THE nation's biggest money laundering case  has collapsed, with authorities due to drop a key charge today.

  95. Dad who took out ALP MP recants

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    AFTER Robert Murphy made an impassioned plea about failings in the health system before the federal election, Labor Party heavyweights feared the worst.

  96. Rioters sent to Curtin as overcrowding denied

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    THE Department of Immigration has denied there is overcrowding at the Darwin Immigration Centre.

  97. Spread funds, improve results

    → The Australian | The Nation | 2 Sep 2010 | 8:00 am MDT

    PROGRAMS targeting schools in low socio-economic areas in a bid to lift student performance are ineffectual, a study suggests

  98. W Retreat Vieques, Puerto Rico

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:55 am MDT

    The W Retreat Vieques is "amazing", says Christopher Wakling in the Independent. Located on a small island five miles east of Puerto Rico, it is surrounded by…

  99. Afghan Central Bank head vows to save Kabul Bank

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:24 am MDT

    The governor of Afghanistan's central bank has said he will not allow the country's largest bank to collapse, after the resignation of two top executives amid allegations…

  100. Michael Bay ‘offers $50k’ to find puppy drowner

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:51 am MDT

    Has the international hunt for the young woman allegedly filmed throwing live puppies into a river suddenly got a lot more explosive? Not only, as reported by The…

  101. Arrest over Katoomba shooting

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:41 am MDT

    A NSW man will appear before an extradition hearing in Melbourne on Friday over the shooting of a man in the Blue Mountains.

  102. Inditex opens Zara online clothes store

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:52 am MDT

    Spanish retailer Inditex makes its second foray into online sales on Thursday by giving Zara customers across Europe the opportunity to buy garments from the fashion outlet's…

  103. Racy Carla Bruni biography has lawyers on stand by

    → The First Post: Latest | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:09 am MDT

    Carla Bruni, denounced as a "prostitute" by an Iranian newspaper following her intervention on behalf of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, faces an assault on her character much closer to…

  104. Bodies recovered from PNG crash site

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:51 am MDT

    THE bodies of three Australians and one New Zealander have been recovered from a remote Papua New Guinea plane crash site.

  105. Qantas jet engine regularly checked

    → Herald Sun | National News | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:21 am MDT

    THE Rolls-Royce jet engine that suddenly blew apart on a San Francisco-Sydney flight was regularly inspected, the airline said.

  106. Let's speak up for English

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 1 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    WHAT a wonderful summer this has been for education: first the a-level results with an astonishing constellation of bright stars and then the GCSE results at levels exceeding yet again (as ever in the past quarter century) those of all preceding years. Nevertheless, contemplating the euphoria and jubilation of the teenage candi- dates, their unseemly yelping, squealing and hugging in the play- ground, and the Gadarene rush to yet higher education, the sane man is inclined to be a trifle sceptical. though the statistics indicate that we have never been so well- educated, experience suggests that never worse is the true case.

  107. Douglas: Smoking and booze gave me cancer

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 1 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    MICHAEL Douglas has revealed that his throat cancer was caused by alcohol and cigarettes - leaving him with an 80 per cent chance of survival.

  108. Chinese chicken fried rice

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 1 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    THIS well-known Chinese dish is excellent high-protein food. It is a delicious main. Serves 4.

  109. Wild thing

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 1 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    Release your inner animal with leopard-print styles this season

  110. Kelsey Grammer's love split is laid bare

    → Daily Express :: Features Feed | 1 Sep 2010 | 5:00 pm MDT



    NO doubt Frasier star -Kelsey Grammer will be wishing he could eat his words after encouraging his estranged wife to take part in a reality television -programme.



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