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Radio station claims Australian Communications and Media Authority has no power to make finding over telephone callRadio station 2Day FM has gone to the federal court seeking a restraining order against part of an investigation by the media watchdog into a radio prank call to a...(more)
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• Environment minister says UK is falling behind trade partners• 'GM could be as important as the agricultural revolution'Environment minister Owen Paterson will on Thursday urge the UK to lead a European farming revolution using genetically modified crops, which he will say will reduce fertiliser and...(more)
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The local currency is being sold heavily as the US central bank prepares to wind down its stimulus programThe Australian dollar plunged to its lowest point against the greenback since September 2010.It hit a 33-month low of 92.63 US cents early on Thursday morning before rallying...(more)
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Industrial mechanic and engineer were caught in sting after tip-off from Ku Klux Klan, investigators say as duo are chargedThe FBI has charged two men with making a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel.An indictment charges 49-year-old Glendon...(more)
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Coalition leader says his first prime ministerial trip would be to Jakarta, but election winner will host UN leaders in New YorkTony Abbott might have to make an emergency dash to New York if he becomes prime minister to fulfil Australia's obligations as president of the...(more)
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PENSA These solar-powered flowers are now sprouting up in New York, offering precious joules to cellphones drained by searching for 3G on the subway. Design firm Pensa and solar company GoalZero will be testing the Street Charge stations at 25 locations in New York. Here are...(more)
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Incredible survival story of WWII crash pilots who beat Arctic winter
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China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, delivers the country's first-ever video lecture from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.
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A scheming Bronx teacher raped a 10-year-old student after he tricked the girl’s family into thinking she was receiving an academic award, police sources said Wednesday.
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Kurt HaubrichCoal dust for everybody! Bad news for climate hawks, coal haters, and Northwesterners who don’t like breathing coal dust: The Army Corps of Engineers says it won’t consider climate change or other big-picture issues when it reviews the environmental impacts of proposed coal export terminals....(more)
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Shutterstock / HolyhikaruSeattle’s climate ambitions are thiiiis big. Seattle has set itself an 86-page to-do list to help it reach carbon neutrality by 2050. The city council on Monday voted unanimously to adopt the 2013 Seattle Climate Action Plan [PDF], which outlines a detailed process designed...(more)
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The heartbroken mother of 4-year-old Ariel Russo trembled and sobbed in court Wednesday at the sight of the teen driver charged with killing her “baby girl.”
