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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Australian Herald.com http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/88f7d0d02bea1b33/ en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:41 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:41 -0400 30 With just five days left for the Ashes, Australian captain Ricky Ponting again made it clear that he is not happy with John Buchanan's decision to join the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as an adviser. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514821/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:17 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514821/cs/1/ Ricky Ponting might be disappointed with John Buchanan's new job as an advisor in the English board, but the former Australian coach will be backing Ponting to win the Ashes. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514774/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:30:05 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514774/cs/1/ Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is all set to sign for Victoria Bushrangers for the Twenty20 Big Bash and play as local hero at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the same venue where 14 years ago he was labelled a chucker by umpire Darrel Hair. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514680/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:20:08 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514680/cs/1/ Australian speedster Brett Lee boosted his selection chances for the first Ashes Test starting Wednesday at Cardiff with a burst of five for 21 in 40 balls in a practice match against Englad Lions at Worcester. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514677/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:20:05 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514677/cs/1/ Washington, July 3 : Hollywood actor Tom Cruise bought his daughter Suri a toy kangaroo after she fell in love with marsupials during a trip to Melbourne Zoo in Australia, it has emerged. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514796/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:50:05 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514796/cs/1/ London, July 3 : Tourists have been flocking to an Australian town ever since Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman has revealed that she got pregnant after swimming in a nearby waterfall. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514792/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:50:01 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514792/cs/1/ Melbourne, July 3 : Ben Southhall had a rather wayward first day of his 'Best job in the World', when he misspelt the name of the island he was on while writing on his blog. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514791/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:40:14 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514791/cs/1/ Melbourne, July 3 : Brothels in Australian city of Perth are putting on more staff to deal with the arrival of two US warships, carrying more than 5400 sailors. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514780/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:40:05 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514780/cs/1/ Canberra, July 3 : In a bid to make Indian students, who have been at the receiving end of several recent racial attacks, feel welcome, the Australian Government has decided to give a 50,000 dollar hospitality grant to the Darebin City Council. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514729/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:40:04 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514729/cs/1/ London, July 3 : Specimens and manuscripts from Charles Darwin's Beagle voyage - not seen together since that historic circumnavigation of the globe - will be reunited at the opening of Cambridge University Library's new exhibition next Monday. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514692/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:40:10 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514692/cs/1/ Melbourne, July 3 : In a rare case of a predator hunted by its prey, a toad has for the first time been captured on camera while eating a whole snake in just five minutes. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514686/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:40:03 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514686/cs/1/ Adelaide, July 3 : Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514671/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:17 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514671/cs/1/ Worcester (UK), July 3 : Fast bowler Steve Harmison has warned that England's quicks plan to target the body of young Australian batting sensation Phillip Hughes during the Ashes series. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514661/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:06 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514661/cs/1/ London, July 3 : England all rounder Paul Collingwood has revealed his double century in the last Ashes convinced him he could cut it against Australia. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514640/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:30:52 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514640/cs/1/ Worcester (UK), July 3 : A little help from former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath has Brett Lee now dreaming of Ashes glory. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514639/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:30:50 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514639/cs/1/ Melbourne, July 3 : Fans wanting to bid their final adieu to late King of Pop Michael Jackson can attend his memorial service free of charge. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514633/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:30:38 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514633/cs/1/ Canberra, July 3 : Newly arrived international students could be given priority for on-campus accommodation as one way of boosting safety, according to a position paper released on Thursday by Universities Australia. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514617/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:53 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514617/cs/1/ Worcester (UK), July 3 : Speedster Brett Lee surged into Australia's Ashes attack contention with a devastating spell of reverse swing bowling against the England Lions. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514616/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:52 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514616/cs/1/ Sydney, July 3 : In a new research, paleontologists have unveiled three new Australian dinosaur skeletons in outback Queensland, Australia. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514604/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:28 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/514604/cs/1/ Carlton coach Brett Ratten and his Fremantle counterpart Mark Harvey both drew a line in the sand this week. Now, they're hoping their charges do the same in Sunday's AFL clash at Subiaco Oval. Ratt... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855994/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:46 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855994/ The Victorian Government has jumped the gun on recommendations from the Bushfires Royal Commission and announced what it says are key changes to improve bushfire safety. The commission's preliminary ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856013/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:56 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856013/ Parramatta coach Daniel Anderson is a massive fan of Penrith centre Michael Jennings, but he has been left ruing the fact he'll get to watch the NSW Origin dynamo from the best seat in the house at CU... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855996/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:42 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855996/ The cost of child care is expected to increase if recommendations being considered by the federal government are adopted. The government is considering proposals to ensure all child care staff are TA... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856002/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:26 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856002/ A DOG is suspected to have killed protected fairy penguins on the northern beaches. A Manly Environment Centre volunteer, Angelika Treichler, said the endangered penguins were found with smashed skul... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856005/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:17 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856005/ The male calf was born to Asian elephant Thong Dee at about 3.08am (AEST) in the zoo's Elephant Barn.After a three hour labour, Thong Dee, who was a street elephant in Bangkok, was surprised by the ca... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855990/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:24:23 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855990/ Sydney's bid for a seventh consecutive finals campaign is fading fast but midfielder Ryan O'Keefe hasn't given up hope despite the Swans diving to 11th on the AFL ladder. A home game at the SCG on Su... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855995/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:44 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855995/ IN 1788 it was not hard to find one. Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet - and a justice of the peace to boot - would have stood out like a sore thumb in Sydney Cove. But the elusive... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856007/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:12 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856007/ IF YOU travel by train and find it difficult to climb stairs, or you are disabled, you are best off living in Labor's heartland rather than on the north shore. Metford, on the Hunter line near Maitla... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856006/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:14 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856006/ Canberra skipper Alan Tongue says he is relishing working under coach David Furner and hopes he will not follow the path of his predecessors and stick around in the nation's capital. Furner became th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855993/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:48 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855993/ HUGH BORROWMAN, the career diplomat blocked by the Prime Minister from becoming ambassador to Germany, has withdrawn from the second-prize of Sweden after learning his disabled son would lose his pens... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856004/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:20 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856004/ A 25-year-old Sydney man has been charged with kidnapping a German tourist, who was allegedly threatened with a knife and robbed of his credit cards. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855991/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:24:21 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855991/ Two Tasmanian artists have taken out the top awards in the City of Hobart Art Prize. Art school teacher Mary Scott won the $15,000 drawing prize for her four panels depicting the red, green, yellow a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856011/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:57 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856011/ Self-described underachiever Rod Pampling has earned himself a date with Tiger Woods at the AT&T National. Pampling took advantage of his very early tee time to card the day's best score, a six-under... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855997/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:40 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855997/ None of the houses promised for remote indigenous communities in 2007 as part of the Northern Territory Intervention has been built. Layers of bureaucracy are strangling the $700-million plan to buil... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856000/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:28 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856000/ THE Federal Government has revealed it plans to extend the new Fair Work Act, and minimum wage standards, to foreign crews working on foreign ships in Australian waters. The Maritime Union's nationa... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856003/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:23 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856003/ Astana boss Johan Bruyneel has played down the rivalry brewing between team-mates Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador ahead of tonight's opening stage of the 2009 Tour de France. Bruyneel has a true... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856009/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:54 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856009/ Embattled Brisbane children's hospice, Zoe's Place, is expected to be placed into liquidation following advice from administrators. The hospice, one of only three hospices for terminally ill children... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855999/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:34 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855999/ A family of five were at the home in Halpin Street, Beaufort, when emergency crews arrived about 5.50am (AEST), police said. The 20-year-old man was found dead, while a 22-year-old man, believed to be... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855989/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:24:25 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855989/ A 25-year-old Sydney man has been charged with kidnapping a German tourist, who was allegedly threatened with a knife and robbed of his credit cards. Police say the German man was offered drugs by th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855998/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:25:36 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855998/ Tasmanian police and civic leaders are assuring Hobart's Chinese students that they are safe and welcome in the city. Police are continuing to investigate how a 26-year old University of Tasmania stu... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856012/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:56 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856012/ New Zealand skipper Richie McCaw has been passed fit to lead the injury-plagued All Blacks in this season's Tri-Nations. Vice-captain Rodney So'oialo and wing Sitiveni Sivivatu were also recalled fro... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856008/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:53 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856008/ World number one Tiger Woods has leapt into the lead after two rounds of the PGA National in Maryland with a 4-under par 66, but was far from happy with the way he landed atop the leaderboard. Woods,... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856010/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:52 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25856010/ Australians Sam Stosure and Rennae Stubbs have won through to the Wimbledon doubles final after defeating the Spanish pair of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the semi finals.The ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855992/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:47:03 -0400 Sportal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25855992/ Champion rover, Terry Cashion, was made an icon of the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame at a gala dinner in Hobart last night. 88 year-old Cashion played with New Town, Clarence, Longford, Sandy Bay a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853749/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:04 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853749/ Croatia has identified its first case of the H1N1 flu virus in a patient who flew from Australia this week, the country's health minister said. "The virus has been confirmed with four different lab t... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853743/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:12 -0400 ABC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853743/ LIKE their Australian counterparts, United States dairyfarmers are also reeling from low farm gate milk prices, with banks calling in loans and feed companies refusing to deliver feed on some farms in... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853758/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:30 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853758/ South Australian Liberal MPs will meet at Parliament house today for a leadership spill. The 22 MPs will vote between incumbent Martin Hamilton-Smith and his deputy Vickie Chapman. The party has bee... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853750/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:00 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853750/ RURAL students will be worse off under the proposed changes to Youth Allowance, according to Isolated Childrens' Parents' Association of South Australia president Sharon Nutt. "To gain independence to... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853757/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:28 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853757/ In this undated photo supplied by Queensland Museum, paleontologist Scott Hocknull analyses the Diamantinasaurus fossils in Winton, in central Queensland, Australia. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Queensland M... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853539/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:41 -0400 C News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853539/ DESPITE being hampered by onoing dry conditions and lower wool prices, grazier John Wilkinson retains great optimism for wool.In 1965, John's family moved to the pastoral country after buying Kootaber... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853759/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:32 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853759/ It’s not just Indians who are careful before packing their bags for Australia. Australians, too, are enrolling for etiquette classes to learn of sure-fire ways to impress Indians. Praise Sachin to ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853751/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:15 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853751/ Venus and Serena Williams, who will contest the Wimbledon singles final for a fourth time, have reached the final of the women's doubles for a second successive year. The three-time defending champio... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853747/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:09 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853747/ A FLINDERS University research project will trial the use of lupin as a way of eliminating accumulated herbicide and pesticide residues in soil.Environmental health scientist Richard Bentham and plant... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853756/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:27 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853756/ Four people have been taken to hospital after a six car pile-up on the M5 motorway in Sydney's south-west. Four cars collided at Beverley Hills just before 7:30pm AEST and were hit shortly after by a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853089/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:08 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853089/ Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853748/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:16:48 -0400 The China Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853748/ BRADDON Labor MHA and former deputy premier Steve Kons is set to quit Parliament. Labor sources yesterday confirmed that Mr Kons, who resigned from Cabinet in disgrace last year, has not sought presel... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853731/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:33 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853731/ THE State Government's Local Government Board has begun its review into the potential of a voluntary merger between the Break O'Day and Glamorgan-Spring Bay councils. Board chairman Brent Arms... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853738/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:27 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853738/ National Parks and Wildlife officers will step up patrols on Sydney's northern beaches after four penguins were killed in a suspected dog attack. The little penguins were found dead in a breeding gro... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853753/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:09 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853753/ Indigenous Australians may be more susceptible to swine flu, compounding the many health problems they already face, according to new medical research. The medical journal, The Lancet, reports the fl... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853755/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:06 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853755/ Windhoek — Gold One International, which has operations in Namibia, announced this week that it has sold its Twin Hills project in North Queensland to North Queensland Metals Limited and Heemski... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853227/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853227/ Australian farmers - who are contracted as suppliers, rather than as members of the Fonterra cooperative - more this season than it is offering farmers at home.In May, Fonterra said it plans to pay it... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853742/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:49:14 -0400 Yahoo!7 News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853742/ EACH of Launceston's major charities now has 17,000 reasons to smile this winter. During this particularly tough time, The Examiner was proud to present St Vincent de Paul, the Benevolent Society,... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853729/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:31 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853729/ ONE of the Bass Labor hopefuls for next year's state election will miss out on preselection, with the ALP yesterday deciding to endorse six of the seven candidates. The Examiner understands the pa... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853739/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:28 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853739/ England's all-conquering women's team has left it late to enjoy yet another win over Australia this season. Laura Marsh's two runs off the last ball saw England beat Australia by two wickets to win t... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853672/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:06 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853672/ Marcus North has all but booked his place in Australia's side for next week's first Ashes Test after making a century in his final innings before the series opener. North finished the third day of th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853744/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:13 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853744/ Australia's dairy farmers have endured years of drought, and now the global financial crisis is giving them another reason to fear for their future. The price they will get for their milk this year h... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853754/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:12:07 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853754/ Michael Owen has joined English champions Manchester United on a two-year contract in a remarkable turnaround for the injury-prone striker. England forward Owen, 29, a free agent after his Newcastle ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853745/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:12 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853745/ TERRY Cashion, perhaps Tasmania's greatest rover and fairest footballer, was a winner again last night. AFL Tasmania's fifth hall of fame induction night elevated the former New Town, South Me... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853736/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:25 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853736/ THE pinnacle of Tasmania's footballing pyramid helped reinvest in its base on Thursday. The state's AFL representative Hawthorn is donating $15,000 back to grass roots footy. The club's Ta... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853735/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:23 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853735/ England has seen several of its likely team for next week's first Ashes Test get a decent workout in a drawn practice match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. The fact there was no play before lunch ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853746/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:10 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853746/ A NEW antique quilt will be able to be bought for the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery's collections after $5000 was donated by the Launceston Patchworkers and Quilters. The amount was raised... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853740/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:29 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853740/ Marcus North followed Brett Lee into Australia's Test side for Cardiff on Friday night when he crafted a timely century in the four-day tour match against the England Lions at Worcester.But there is g... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853741/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:29:18 -0400 sportal.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853741/ LAUNCESTON handcyclist Rowan Bowles has returned home from a successful foray into European competition which could have earned him a world championship berth later in the year. Bowles, 30, competed i... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853734/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:22 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853734/ THE outcome of a Tasmania Police investigation into a formal complaint of assault by North Hobart footballer Daniel Newitt's is expected to be known early next week. Newitt had his nose broken in ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853733/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:21 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853733/ A MAN has been killed in a horrific crash near Longford in which a prime mover crushed a sedan. The incident occurred just before 1pm yesterday on Illawarra Road between the Bass Highway and Bishopsbo... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853732/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:19:20 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25853732/ Posted on: Friday, 3 July 2009, 10:50 CDT Scientists in Australia have reported the discovery of three new species, including one agile predator that lived 98 million years ago.Writing in the peer-... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25851406/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:02:56 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25851406/ Unexpected surge in US jobless takes unemployment rate to 9.5pc Australia's economy, which has so far skirted the global recession, may stall after reports showed exports dropped to a 14-month low, ba... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25848650/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:50:56 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25848650/ South Australian Labor MP Tom Koutsantonis has filed a defamation action against the SA Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith. It relates to his use of fake documents in State Parliament to allege ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849356/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:51:49 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849356/ It's the latest in a long series of upgrades to the highway that have cut driving time between Hexham near Newcastle and the Queensland border by more than an hour. "I can't tell you how many ac... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849343/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:29 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849343/ The Australian share market has fallen, but not as hard as Wall Street overnight. The All Ordinaries Index ended the week down 1.3 per cent to 3,827, compared with the the Dow Jones Industrial Averag... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849358/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:51:52 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849358/ JULIA Gillard has moved to extend the federal workplace laws to foreign-owned "permit" ships operating off the Australian coast, in a victory for the maritime union. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849347/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:17 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849347/ A day after Kevin Rudd declared that indigenous disadvantage was worse than previously thought, The Weekend Australian can reveal that layers of bureaucracy are strangling a $700 million plan to addre... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849346/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:20 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849346/ FOR five days in late May, John Vaughan watched his Byron Bay beachfront property get smashed by a storm so severe that its type only occurs once every 100 years. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849348/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:14 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849348/ "The first case of the A(H1N1) pandemic virus was confirmed in Croatia," Health Minister Darko Milinovic said.The virus was found in a 60-year-old woman from the central coastal town of Spli... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849084/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:16 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849084/ The stations have made it to the top of the list ahead of hundreds of others despite the required work to improve access being ranked low priority. The revelations, in Transport Department documents r... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849355/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:29 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849355/ PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has promised to match funds raised by Australia's Italian community to help victims of the deadly earthquake that devastated central Italy in April. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849353/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:34 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849353/ The Sydney Tar Ponds Agency says there may be "unacceptable risks" to people who use a park being developed near the notorious site during the cleanup process. The agency has asked the Cape Breton Re... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25848680/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:46:34 -0400 CBC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25848680/ Apart from being much cheaper than the mainstream brands, which sell for about $13 a packet, they don't have any of those confronting health warnings. The ready availability of illegal cigarettes, wh... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849349/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:08 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849349/ Former Hey Hey It's Saturday producer Gavan Disney has been cleared of three indecent assault charges, but is still fighting another 12 in the Victorian County Court. Disney, 60, is accused of sexual... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849357/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:51:53 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849357/ ONE of the closest allies of South Australia's embattled Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith has used parliamentary privilege to accuse the attorney-general of being behind fake documents that hel... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849345/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:23 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849345/ AT the tender age of four, Jacob Pierpoint has already cheated death twice - but his mother, who saved him both times, has been tracigally lost to him forever. Four months before his birth, mum Sherri... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849352/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:38 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849352/ Mr Cordover's only regret was that he'd had to end his life prematurely because no laws existed to give a doctor the right to end it for him, Dr Syme said. "I think he would have liked to have go... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849354/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:32 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849354/ Across the world, the explosion of government debt threatens to act as a tax on recovery, in turn retarding Australia's 2010 expected pick-up. Just as the private debt bubble burst, so could the publi... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849350/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:05 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849350/ AFP, SYDNEY Saturday, Jul 04, 2009, Page 10 Mining giant Rio Tinto yesterday confirmed a huge take-up for its record rights offering after investors snapped up the Australian portion, allowing it ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849359/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:22:34 -0400 Taipei Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25849359/ Q. We have an active son aged 16 and a shopaholic daughter aged 14, and have rashly suggested to them that we might go to Australia in summer 2002. We're thinking of three weeks, and would like to see... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25848786/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:11:25 -0400 The Independent http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25848786/ By Jiang Yaping and Mimi Chau CANBERRA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 15,000 local and overseas fans flocked to Sydney Olympic Park Acer Arena on Friday night to see the Asian pop star, Jay Chou's fir... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25848761/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:36 -0400 SINA http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25848761/ A New South Wales woman who shook her baby to death has been sentenced to at least four years' jail. In sentencing the 30-year-old woman, judge Brian Knox said the nine-week-old boy died a few days a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25846934/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:19:20 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25846934/ NRL: Vatuvei in doubt for scrap at Suncorp The New Zealand Warriors' woes on the road worsened as they crashed to a 28-14 National Rugby League loss to the Brisbane Broncos tonight.Up 8-0 and utterly ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25846931/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:18:18 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25846931/ Dale Barltrop, an Australian-born violinist who trained in the U.S., has been named as concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He will take up the post, which involves leading the VSO stri... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25846903/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:14:29 -0400 CBC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25846903/ The barking is incessant, and menacing. Nearly 130 snarling dogs lunge at the sides of flimsy pens. The struggle to feed and water them overwhelms the dogman of Mutitjulu, but others fear coming too c... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25846918/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:06:12 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/25846918/