Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Melbourne's new elephant is a water baby

Water baby

Melbourne Zoo's three-week-old elephant calf doesn't yet have a name, but she has plenty of fans waiting for her public debut tomorrow.

International airports get body scanners

Travellers will face full body scans as part of a $200m security upgrade of Aussie airports. 06:42 pm

Toyota Australia is recalling hybrid Prius models in a worldwide program to fix faulty brakes. 09:10 pm

A man spied on his female housemate by hiding a secret camera in her room, a court has been told. 04:24 pm

Contaminated water seeping from a Kakadu mine has a uranium concentration way above normal. 03:46 pm

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Chesterton denies verbal attack on Laws

Chesterton denies verbal attack on Laws

Journalist Ray Chesterton has denied his description of John Laws as a "70-year-old disc jockey" was an attack on the broadcaster. February 9, 2010, 6:55 pm

Wife killer faces life sentence

Wife killer faces life sentence

A Perth man has been found guilty of murdering his wife despite arguing that he was affected by a mental illness and the medication used to treat it. 44 minutes ago

Tiny crowd watches crushing Aussie win

Tiny crowd watches crushing Aussie win (AAP)

The smallest crowd ever for an Australian limited overs match at Adelaide Oval witnessed the home side maul the West Indies by eight wickets on Tuesday night. 38 minutes ago

Ukraine PM refuses to accept rival's win

Ukraine PM refuses to accept rival's win

Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko has told her party she will never accept the legitimacy of her rival's victory and will challenge the results, a report says. 58 minutes ago

Shot Australian leaves South America

A Queensland man who was shot in South America last month has been admitted to a London hospital.February 9, 2010, 3:54 pm

Govt rethinks $5m misconduct penalty

The federal government has backed down on a plan to slug corporations and individuals up to $5 million for market misconduct.10 minutes ago

Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse Web game

Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse Web game

TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say… February 9, 2010, 7:04 pm

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Study shows why it is so scary to lose money

Study shows why it is so scary to lose money

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear centre controls the… February 9, 2010, 5:21 pm

New play tells Mamdouh Habib's story

New play tells Mamdouh Habib's story

Mamdouh Habib says he will "feel the stress" when he relives his Guantanamo Bay ordeal on stage for a new play opening in Sydney. February 9, 2010, 6:56 pm

Kate Walsh Flips Out with Ex over Break-up

Kate Walsh Flips Out with Ex over Break-up (whomagazine)

The ''Private Practice'' actress has finalised her divorce with Alex… February 9, 2010, 6:37 am

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    February 2, 2010, 11:22 am
    The power of coincidence

    In pseudoscience there are no coincidences. If two apparently unrelated things happen together, there must be a connection. Skeptics like to point out that coincidences happen all the time but people only remember some of them, and most of them mean...

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    February 9, 2010, 6:19 pm
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    CBS, the American TV network which broadcast yesterday's Super Bowl, pays renowned sports broadcaster Jim Nantz US$3.9 million a year to call NFL football, golf and college...

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    February 9, 2010, 8:23 pm
    Pragmatic Canada could teach us something

    One of the weirdest things about such a geographically isolated country as Australia is that so many of its residents think we are at the centre of the world, rather than just a small player in global politics. This overinflated sense of importance gets...

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