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Endangered wombat dies in new home
One of the endangered wombats moved away from its natural habitat in central Queensland has died.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 8:43 am -
Facebook provides alibi for robbery suspect
A 19-year-old New York man who was arrested for armed robbery has been exonerated thanks to a status update he posted on social networking site Facebook.
November 13, 2009, 9:09 am -
Venezuela destroys 30,000 guns
CARACAS (Reuters) - Battling with one of the world's highest murder rates, Venezuela on Wednesday crushed more than 30,000 guns seized from the streets during police raids this year.
November 13, 2009, 4:49 am -
Lawmaker who expensed fine wine, car, jailed
LONDON (Reuters) - A former far-right British member of the European Parliament who cheated on his expense money to buy fine wine and a car was jailed on Wednesday for two years.
November 13, 2009, 4:48 am -
Weird and wacky world records tumble around globe
LONDON (Reuters) - Manjit Singh, a 59-year-old security consultant from Leicester, England known as the "Ironman," on Thursday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than eight metric tons over a distance of 21.2 meters with his hair.
November 13, 2009, 4:45 am -
Flocking to "Cinderella" ball for monetary bliss
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese women are vying to attend a lavish ball in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, lured by the dream of a possible fairytale match with a millionaire.
November 13, 2009, 1:11 am -
Queensland remembers the fallen
Queenslanders have paused for a minute of silence to remember Australia's fallen World War I soldiers.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 1:31 pm -
Campaign launched for locally-caught seafood
The Northern Territory Seafood Council is rolling out a new logo for restaurants that serve locally-caught seafood to use on their menus.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 1:25 pm -
Living large: life as a world record judge
From growing long ghastly fingernails to gobbling down countless chillies, people all over the world have been making wacky attempts to earn themselves a spot in the Guinness Book of Records for decades.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 9:36 am -
And the ugliest people are...
Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.
November 12, 2009, 7:59 am -
Looking for a bargain? Madoff's homes get price cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's still not cheap, but Livin' La Vida Madoff may now cost a bit less.
November 12, 2009, 5:36 am -
The anti-swine flu holy water dispenser
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu -- an electronic holy water dispenser.
November 12, 2009, 5:34 am -
China's Hu arrives in Singapore with panda offer
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China will give Singapore two giant pandas to mark 20 years of friendly ties between the two countries, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Wednesday.
November 12, 2009, 4:01 am -
Kawasaki's gum chewers told to keep prize money
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kawasaki Frontale have been told to keep the $5.5 million (3.3 million pounds) prize money the Japanese club offered to return after its players were given a public dressing down for unsporting behaviour following their J-League Cup final defeat.
November 12, 2009, 1:04 am -
Chicago student-journalists probed for motives
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of university students who claim their research exonerated a convicted murderer were in court themselves on Tuesday, accused of sloppy work and credibility problems.
November 12, 2009, 1:01 am -
Cassar-Daley top contender for country awards
Singer-songwriter Troy Cassar-Daley will lead the charge at the 2010 Country Music Awards in Tamworth.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 3:07 pm -
City slickers miss out on real life: Attenborough
Is our increasingly urban lifestyle leading us to lose touch with the realities of life and death? World famous wildlife communicator Sir David Attenborough believes it is.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 2:53 pm -
Prams recalled over severed fingertips
British company Maclaren is recalling 1 million strollers in the United States in response to 12 cases of children slicing off their fingertips in the hinge mechanism.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 2:09 pm -
Star Trek creator, Murphy Brown to enter TV Hall of Fame
Late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, comedy duo Tom and Dick Smothers and actress Candice Bergen will be among those inducted into the television's Hall of Fame in January.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 10:15 am -
Twilight tops People's Choice nominations
The Twilight movie series shone at the nominations for the People's Choice Awards, with its three stars - Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner - each in the running for a trophy.
ABC - November 11, 2009, 9:21 am
