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  • CA to improve pay conditions for Oz women cricketers to boost professionalism

    Australian women cricketers are set to take a major leap towards professionalism after Cricket Australia's (CA) expected announcement of a major improvement in pay and conditions for female players next week when it unveils the women's Ashes squad. The success of the national team the Southern Stars and the sacrifices women make to play domestic and international cricket, will also be ...

  • Warne says IPL spot fixing scandal kick in the teeth for cricket

    Australian spin great Shane Warne has said that the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal felt like a kick in the teeth for the game of cricket. Warne was the inaugural captain of the team at the centre of the scandal, the Rajasthan Royals, before current skipper Rahul Dravid took over after the 2011 IPL season, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Stating that he had spoken to the team's ...

  • Saddened Gilchrist demands life bans for IPL spot-fixers if found guilty

    Australian legend Adam Gilchrist has expressed his disappointment at the spot-fixing scandal of the Indian Premier League and has demanded life bans for the cricketers involved in the crime if they are found guilty. Gilchrist, who plays for the Punjab Kings XI, became unwittingly involved as he faced an over allegedly 'thrown' by paceman S.Sreesanth, one of three Indian players charged with ...

  • Oz captain aspirant Warner comes under scrutiny for calling journalists pck old fart on Twitter

    Australian Test batsmen David Warner has come under investigation after he posted expletive-laden tirade on the social media against the journalists of a reputed Australian media company. A series of fiery rants were posted on the Twitter account of Warner, in response to News Limited journalist Robert Craddock's article on the perils of the rich and corrupt Indian Premier League, News.com.au ...

  • Oz Education Minister Collier apologises for Facebook like of naked Young Liberal

    Australia's education minister Peter Collier has apologized for an embarrassing Facebook indiscretion which revealed that he had liked a picture of a Young Liberal showing his genitals. The minister was aged 16 at the time and had participated in a trend called 'sneaky nuts', which is termed as a practice to secretly show both testicles while standing in the background of a photo, News.com.au ...

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The House on Sorority Row [DVD]

The House on Sorority Row [DVD]

Mark Rosman's The House on Sorority Row is a mid-'80s slasher flick that has been largely forgotten, which is unfortunate because it's one of the better ones, an interesting and generally entertaining addition to a genre that is often characterized by a lack of creativity and mindless repetition. The House on Sorority Row actually has a story in addition to a lot of young people bei ... ...

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  • Australian jailed for 45 years for raping murdering and stuffing Indian student in suitcase

    An Australian man has been sentenced to 45 years of imprisonment on grounds of raping and murdering Indian student Tosha Thakkar whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase. Daniel Stani-Reginald is said to have exchanged places with his father who has been arrested on charges of bashing his mother and was released weeks ago, News.com.au reports. According to the report, Justice Derek Price ...

  • Australian man gets jail for rape murder of Indian woman

    A 21-year-old Australian man of Sri Lankan descent, who raped and murdered an Indian woman, has been sentenced to 45 years in jail by a Sydney court Friday. The New South Wales Supreme Court ruled that Daniel Stani-Reginald would not be eligible for parole for a minimum of 30 years for raping and murdering Tosha Thakkar, then 24, in a Sydney flat March 9, 2011, a media report said. Thakkar, a ...

  • Australian firm apologises after customer data leak

    Australian communications provider Telstra apologized Friday for a massive online leak of customer details. Newspaper Fairfax Wednesday found that a Google search could easily get to Telstra spreadsheets, obtaining customer names, telephone numbers, and even business and home addresses, reported Xinhua. More than 1,600 customer records were leaked in one of the spreadsheets, which contained ...

  • Women spend almost twice as much time on housework and childcare than men do

    Researchers from Australia have found that women spend almost twice as much time on housework and childcare than men, even when they increase their time in paid employment. According to the Australian Institute of Family Studies, women with children under five spend about 41 hours a week on childcare, 32 hours a week on housework and 14 hours in paid work, the Sydney Morning Herald ...

  • Dugan can help Dragons get their fire back says Young

    St George Illawarra have struggled to score points since Darius Boyd's defection to Newcastle but former Dragons lock Dean Young believes Josh Dugan can solve their attacking woes. Young has urged Dragons fans not to expect too much from Dugan too soon, but is adamant the former Raiders No.1 will return to his best at St George Illawarra and will have a similar impact to what Boyd did when ...

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