| Aussie couch potatoes try for TV record June 12, 2010 at 4:40 PM |
| FIVE Australians will attempt to break a Guinness World Record by watching television continuously for more than 86 hours during the 2010 World Cup. |
| Toddler dies after being hit by car June 12, 2010 at 3:54 PM |
| A TODDLER who ran onto a road and was struck by a car has died, police say. |
| Defence jets join Abby's rescue party June 12, 2010 at 3:16 PM |
| THE Australian Defence Force has deployed two aircraft to Cocos Island, in the Indian Ocean, to assist in the rescue of US sailor Abby Sunderland. |
| WA cabbie nears end of epic ride June 12, 2010 at 3:05 PM |
| AFTER swimming with whale sharks and guiding a blind man though stunning Kimberley landscapes, cabbie Doug Slater is about to cross the finish line after driving nearly 14,000km to showcase Western Australia to the world. |
| 'More sites on radar' for asylum seekers June 12, 2010 at 2:45 PM |
| DEPUTY Prime Minister Julia Gillard has confirmed more mainland sites are actively being sought to cope with the continued surge in asylum seekers. |
| Miner 'preparing work at shelved project' June 12, 2010 at 1:41 PM |
| XSTRATA has been accused of misleading Australians over the impact of the proposed super-profits tax after signing a contract for work on a project the company said had been shelved. |
| Oil cleanup workers stopped by gas leak June 12, 2010 at 12:03 PM |
| ABOUT 800 Gulf oil response workers aboard 120 vessels have been recalled to shore after dozens aboard a supply boat were hospitalised from exposure to a natural gas leak, BP has said. |
| Girl dies as seven others flee house fire June 12, 2010 at 10:32 AM |
| A TEENAGE girl has died in a house fire in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane. |
| 16 dead in flash flood at camp site June 12, 2010 at 9:40 AM |
| AT least 16 people have been killed by floodwaters that rose at more than 2 metres an hour tore through a campground packed with holidaying families in Arkansas. |
| Wall St shrugs off poor retail data June 12, 2010 at 9:17 AM |
| US stocks have clawed back from losses to close with modest gains as reports on consumers' outlook and retail spending sent mixed signals about the health of the economic recovery. |
| Wall St shrugs off poor retail data June 12, 2010 at 9:17 AM |
| US stocks have clawed back from losses to close with modest gains as reports on consumers' outlook and retail spending sent mixed signals about the health of the economic recovery. |
| Gas leak on oil spill response vessel June 12, 2010 at 9:10 AM |
| THREE dozen workers aboard a supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico have been hospitalised following exposure to leaking toxic fumes at a natural gas platform, US officials said. |
| Teen girls charged over carjackings June 12, 2010 at 9:04 AM |
| SIX teenage girls have been charged with carjacking three vehicles in different locations across Sydney's west. |
| Pope begs forgiveness from abuse victims June 12, 2010 at 8:37 AM |
| SURROUNDED by 15,000 white-robed priests, Pope Benedict XVI has begged forgiveness from clerical abuse victims at a Mass in St Peter's Square and promised to "do everything possible" to protect the world's children. |
| BP bounces back after shares dive June 12, 2010 at 7:30 AM |
| SHARES in BP have rallied after recent sharp losses, amid reports it plans to defer dividends as it battles the Gulf oil spill. |
| Gunmen kill 19 at Mexican rehab centre June 12, 2010 at 4:05 AM |
| GROUP of more than 30 gunmen storm drug rehabilitation centre and open fire. |
| Six dead as floods wash away camp site June 12, 2010 at 2:49 AM |
| FLASH floods wash away camp site in Arkansas, killing six people, with rescuers still battling to free those stranded. |
| War graves desecrated with swastikas June 12, 2010 at 1:26 AM |
| FRENCH President condemns vandals who daubed Nazi graffiti on British war graves in northern France. |
| Aborigines to greet Japanese spacecraft June 11, 2010 at 11:28 PM |
| ABORIGINES will be among the first to see a capsule released by a doomed Japanese space probe. |
| Unions 'won't strike during World Cup' June 11, 2010 at 10:09 PM |
| HEADACHE over for South African Government as public workers agree to delay any possible action until after the final. |
| Russell Crowe says he's not dead June 11, 2010 at 8:54 PM |
| RUSSELL Crowe denies reports that he plunged off a mountain while filming in Austria. |
| Obama attacked over 'big mistake' June 11, 2010 at 8:48 PM |
| IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that US President Barack Obama has made a "big mistake" by pushing for UN sanctions, and "blocked the way" to friendly ties with the Iranian people. |
| Premier declares war on locusts June 11, 2010 at 8:38 PM |
| THEY'RE pint-sized, broody gluttons capable of grounding planes and the Victorian premier wants them dead. |
| Soccer boss arrest for World Cup travel June 11, 2010 at 8:21 PM |
| THE Rwandan Army has arrested the president of the national soccer federation for travelling to South Africa for the World Cup without prior permission. |
| Teen charged over vicious train assault June 11, 2010 at 7:37 PM |
| A TEENAGER has been charged over an assault on a metropolitan Melbourne train last weekend that left a tourist with serious head injuries. |
| Australian woman freed from Yemen June 11, 2010 at 7:34 PM |
| AN Australian woman detained in Yemen as part of an investigation into al-Qaida has been freed and is flying home with her two children. |
| Report finds bullying in fire brigades June 11, 2010 at 6:51 PM |
| FIREFIGHTERS are being bullied and harassed, often by senior management, within the "boy's club'' ranks of the NSW Fire Brigades, a report has found. |
| Australia to pay for Abby's rescue June 11, 2010 at 6:11 PM |
| AUSTRALIA will to pay for its part in the search and rescue of teenage solo sailor Abby Sunderland who encountered extremely rough weather in the Indian Ocean. |
| Mandela pulls out of World Cup opener June 11, 2010 at 5:46 PM |
| SOUTH Africa's former president Nelson Mandela has pulled out of the opening ceremony of the World Cup, after his great-granddaughter was killed in a car accident involving a drunk driver today. |
| War vet indecently assaulted women June 11, 2010 at 5:34 PM |
| A VIETNAM veteran who claimed he could read auras has admitted indecently assaulting three women. |
| BP considering dividend cut June 11, 2010 at 5:23 PM |
| BP chief executive Tony Hayward said in an interview published today his firm was considering cutting its dividend amid growing US public anger at its handling of a devastating oil spill. |
| Share market up ahead of long weekend June 11, 2010 at 5:07 PM |
| THE Australian share market closed firmly in the black as hedge funds covered short positions ahead of a long weekend for all Australian states except Western Australia. |
| US teen solo sailor 'safe' June 11, 2010 at 4:37 PM |
| TEEN solo sailor Abby Sunderland has been located alive in the Indian Ocean, after fears were raised when she encountered extremely rough weather early today. |
| Woman jailed over daughter's sex acts June 11, 2010 at 4:32 PM |
| A DRUG-ADDICTED woman who "permitted, encouraged and assisted'' her 13-year-old daughter to have sex with a truck driver will spend at least five and a half years in jail. |
| Dead humpback washes up on beach June 11, 2010 at 4:13 PM |
| A DEAD humpback whale measuring nearly 9m has washed up on a public beach on New York's Long Island. |
