Poleaxed streaker hit with $1500 fine
News.com.au - A STREAKER poleaxed by Australian batsman Andrew Symonds could “perhaps charge admission” if he wanted to see how popular he was, a magistrate said this day. Magistrate John Costello fined 26-year-old underground miner Robert Murray David Ogilvie $1500
China experiments with free admission to public museums
Xinhua News Bureau - BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — Chinese culture authorities have vowed to open up 500 public museums and memorial halls free to visitors this year in its drive to give tax payers better access to high culture, but museums now face a tide of culture
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Massive loss turns into large win for mum
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China to solicit public opinions on health care reform
Xinhua News Bureau - BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) - China has drawn up a preliminary plan on the health care reform which will soon be publicized to solicit thoughts from the general public, Premier Wen Jiabao stated here on Wednesday. The reform aims to maintain the “public
‘Police raid homes of death-wish pair’
News.com.au - POLICE have raided the homes of two terminally ill people who announced on television they planned to end their lives, states euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke. Dr Nitschke stated Australian Federal Police (AFP) today seized the lethal drug Nembutal
Memphis cops: No leads in slayings of 6
Grand Forks Herald - Joe Scott pleads to the public at a news conference in Memphis, Tenn. on Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2008 for information on the murders of four adults and two children at a home in Memphis, Tenn.
Martin LeFevre: Bleeding From Flag Pins
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Cyclist sought over hit-run incident
News.com.au - A HIT-RUN cyclist who left a 62-year-old pedestrian in intensive care after crashing into him in the CBD has reignited calls for tougher penalties for rogue riders. Thornbury man Don McFadyen suffered multiple fractures, including a dislocated hip
Tokyo shares end morning slightly lower on US economic worries
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McCain Makes It Official With Wins in Four States
KEYE Austin - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican front-runner John McCain has won in Vermont, Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island, securing his party’s nomination for president, CNN.com reports. Democrat Barack Obama scored an simple win in Vermont, the first of four states
Favre retirement saddens Packers fans
Boston Globe - Green Bay Packers’ Brett Favre is shown at the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year news conference in Phoenix, in this Jan. 30, 2008 file photo.
Playford to replace Huxley in Brumbies
The Australian - PETER Playford will replace Julian Huxley in the Brumbies’ starting XV after the Wallabies utility back was diagnosed with a brain tumour on Monday. Playford is the only change to the run-on team that belted Queensland last Saturday and will start on
Top Movie News
Fox Birmingham - Times sure have changed in the 19 years since Harrison Ford last donned the signature fedora of thrill-seeking archaeologist Indiana Jones. ‘Semi-Pro’ Scores $15M, Tops Box Office Will Ferrell’s basketball comedy “Semi-Pro” dribbled to the top of
Petrol stations ‘profiteering’
News.com.au - SOME petrol stations are profiteering by withholding their premium fuel for sale on “cheap Tuesdays”, the NSW Government says. NSW Fair Trading Minister Linda Burney made the accusation today after finding premium petrol was unavailable at more than
Short sex is the ideal, say experts
News.com.au - Survey finds the ideal sex lasts between 7 and 13 mins Even intercourse lasting 3 to 7 mins ‘adequate’ Aussie men want it to last ‘considerably longer’ THE ideal sex should last between seven and 13 minutes, and even three-minute sex is “adequate”, a
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