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Mulherons' Kitchen Rules in MKR final

Written By Unknown on Senin, 29 April 2013 | 23.18

Dan and Steph Mulheron hoping to start a family with My Kitchen Rules Grand Final winnings. Courtesy MKR Seen on Seven.

HERVEY Bay cooking couple Dan and Steph Mulheron are one step closer to their dreams of starting a family after winning Seven's My Kitchen Rules

The toughly fought kitchen battle saw Dan and Steph narrowly defeat Sunshine Coast siblings Jake and Elle Harrison by just two points in the culmination of the months-long reality show.

Dan and Steph have revealed they will use the money to fund further IVF treatments and open a gourmet sausage shop.

They were required to serve a five-course meal for family, friends and former contestants, 100 plates in total, and were judged on the quality of the food and presentation.

In the end Manu Fieldel and Pete Evans judged Dan and Steph's offering more highly, giving them a score of 54/60.

Jake and Elle were awarded 52/60 and the two point difference saw them sent home as runners up.

Dan and Steph have previously spoken of their desire to start a family after trying for five years. They have undergone IVF treatment once already and have been saving for their next attempt.

WON BY TWO: Dan and Steph's party erupted in Brisbane last night after they were named winners. Picture: Steve Pohlner

The $250,000 cash prize will give them the freedom to keep trying.

"The dream is to have three kids, me with my sausage shop, Steph at home as a mum and live comfortably," Dan said in the lead-up to last night's grand final.

"I want to work hard, have the weekends off with family and be able to provide for my family, that is the ideal."

Heading into the competition the pair were living week-to-week just making ends meet as they saved to make their dreams come true. For siblings Jake and Elle, the dream was to open a late-night supper club in Brisbane and while not taking out the cash prize will certainly prove a hurdle for them, they are determined to turn that dream into reality under their own steam.

They said they weren't completely disappointed.

"The only difference is $250,000," Elle said. "That is amazing but coming second is still amazing. We are the youngest competitors ever in this competition, getting this far is incredible."

STILL HAPPY: Losers still are grinners - Jake and Elle Harrison celebrated their My Kitchen Rules runner-up award with friends and family. Picture: Marc Robertson

Both duos held separate grand final parties with family and friends at Brisbane venues.

Regardless, Jake and Elle said they would be "partying well into Monday".

They were all kept in the dark about who would win the competition until it was announced on air last night with dual endings shot to keep the final result a secret.

KNIVES OUT: My Kitchen Rules grand finalists Jake and Elle Harrison and Steph and Dan Mulheron.

The Voice vs My Kitchen Rules MKR


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Vietnam vet found, 44 years on

Four decades after the Vietnam war ended a mysterious man in Southeast Asia claiming to be an American Special Forces soldier listed as 'Killed In Action' has been found

John Hartley Robertson went missing in 1966 and was declared dead two years later. Source: Supplied

  • American, speaks no English, found in Vietnam
  • Film claims it's Sgt John Hartley Robertson
  • Sgt Robertson was declared dead in 1968

A NEW documentary claims to have discovered an American soldier 44 years after he went missing in the Vietnam War.

Unclaimed, a documentary from Canadian filmmaker Michael Jorgensen, purports to find Master Sergeant John Hartley Robertson, who was presumed dead in 1968.

Sgt Robertson was thought to have died after his helicopter was shot down over Laos on a classified US Army mission.

Unclaimed follows the story of a 76-year-old American man who can only speak Vietnamese, the Toronto Star reports.

He lives in a village in the country's south.

"They'll come unglued," Jorgensen predicts of American audiences' emotional reaction to the film.

"They don't hold anything higher than service to the country. [They'll] lose their minds," he added.

Sgt Robertson's family has long believed he was alive, claiming to have documents supporting that theory, including reports that he was living in a Vietnamese prison.

Shelby Robertson Quast, the soldier's granddaughter, was told he was alive when she travelled to Cambodia. Her mother, Barbara, said in the early 1990s she had documents proving he was alive.

The filmmaker was apparently told by a government source on the subject of Sgt Robertson's mysterious new life: ""It's not that the Vietnamese won't let him go; it's that our government doesn't want him."

Unclaimed follows the plight of Tom Faunce, a Vietnam vet who'd heard about Sgt Robertson on a humanitarian trip to the region in 2008.

In the documentary, Sgt Robertson reportedly appears forgetful, according to The Star's report, perhaps suffering from dementia.

He appears to forget the names of his American children and other details, including his birthday.

Sgt Robertson's wife and two children initially agreed to DNA testing for the film, but then backed out.

Jorgensen says he can understand why that would have been a tough path for the family to take.

"Somebody suggested to me maybe that's (because) the daughters don't want to know if it's him," he said.

"It's kind of like, that was an ugly war. It was a long time ago."

But the film features a reunion between Sgt Robertson and his sister Jean. And she has no doubt it's him.

"There's no question [that's John]," his sister told Jorgensen.

"I was certain it was him in the video, but when I held his head in my hands and looked in his eyes, there was no question that was my brother."


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Star's wife lives in 'chook shed'

Miriam Ashley at One Mile Dam community. Picture: Daniel Hartley-Allen

MIRIAM Ashley sits on the floor using a brush to do a traditional painting.

The "chook shed" she squats in is at One Mile Dam.

It is so close to the city Dustin Fletcher could hit the Eureka apartments with a drop punt from her house.

Ms Ashley, 55, has no electricity or running water. No toilet. Her home is made of tin and has a concrete floor.

Miriam Ashley at One Mile Dam community. Picture: Daniel Hartley-Allen Source: No Source


The story of One Mile Dam has been told many times before. Hers is one of two houses that have had the electricity cut off for more than a year.

She has no furniture except an old bed and mattress in the centre of the room she sleeps in.


Ms Ashley is living with her daughter at the moment and her husband, David Gulpilil, is out bush working on a new film.

One Mile Dam leader David Timber sees it as a case of discrimination and a deliberate attempt to move all residents, something governments in the past have wanted to do.

Life in one of Darwin's worst addresses, Kurringal Flats

Mr Timber said the electricity line to the back two houses went off on March 30 last year and he suspects it was deliberately cut off.

"This is discrimination for starters. David Geddes from Power and Water gave me two figures, two conflicting figures to fix it, $100,000 and $50,000," he said.

"I think it's because the Government wants that part of land."

Miriam Ashley at One Mile Dam community. Picture: Daniel Hartley-Allen Source: No Source


In the past Ms Ashley has lived with friends and spent time in the long grass after moving in from Arnhem Land.

"But I've been here in Darwin for 10 years, round and round in the long grass before with David," she said.

"Now they give me and David this One Mile Dam place to stay in.

"But there's no light, no power and water."

Power and Water's responsibility ends at the gate.

Yilli Rreung Aboriginal Corporation looks after the houses on behalf of the absent landlord, the Aboriginal Development Foundation.

But chief executive officer Colin Tidswell said in a letter to the Planning Action Network the houses were in such poor condition they were decommissioned last year but people have been still living in them.

"We do not have the funding to bring these dwellings up to an acceptable level," he said.


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FBI's global hunt for third man

The brothers accused of carrying out the Boston bombings planned to carry out an attack in New York.

The FBI is investigating the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received training that helped them carry out the attack, the chairman of the US House Homeland Security Committee said.

Republican Michael McCaul spoke a day after US officials disclosed that Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the two brothers suspected in the attack, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, vaguely discussed jihad with his mother.

"I think given the level of sophistication of this device, the fact that the pressure cooker is a signature device that goes back to Pakistan, Afghanistan, leads me to believe - and the way they handled these devices and the tradecraft - ... that there was a trainer and the question is where is that trainer or trainers," McCaul told Fox News Sunday.


"Are they overseas in the Chechen region or are they in the United States?" McCaul said.

"In my conversations with the FBI, that's the big question.

They've casted a wide net both overseas and in the United States to find out where this person is. But I think the experts all agree that there is someone who did train these two individuals."

At this point in the investigation, however, Senator Claire McCaskill said there was no evidence that the brothers "were part of a larger organisation, that they were, in fact, part of some kind of terror cell or any kind of direction.''

The Democrat, who's on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told CBS' "Face the Nation" that "it appears, at this point, based on the evidence, that it's the two of them."

Homemade bombs built from pressure cookers have been a frequent weapon of militants in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen once published an online manual on how to make one.

Fox News has released an image of what appears to be an exploded backpack at the scene of the Boston bombings. Source: Supplied

Investigators are pursuing other "persons of interest" who may be linked to the deadly bombings.

"There are still persons of interest in the United States that the FBI would like to have conversations with," Congressman Mike Rogers, Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told US TV's This Week. He declined to provide a number.

Authorities are also investigating whether Tamerlan had links to an Islamist leader, Gadzhimurad Dolgatov, who led a local cell of the Caucasus Emirate, Russia's most feared Islamist group.

Known as "Robin Hood", he was responsible for dozens of attacks and bombings in Dagestan before being killed in December by Russian forces.

Before he was killed, Tamerlan made several videos where he threatened to kill police officers and anyone who helped them, which he posted on his YouTube channel, CNN reports.

After returning to the US from Dagestan, Tamerlan put the videos up in a folder marked "terrorism".

One was a message recorded by Dolgatov, posing in front of a banner in Arabic script.

"I'm warning you," he said in the video. "I'll kill you just like I'll kill them (police officers). Don't become their pawns. If you have brains, you won't want to die leaving behind widows, orphans and crying mothers. We'll destroy you. If you side with the police, you are helping Satan. I'm warning you."

A Russian Interior Ministry official said: "We're looking into whether the two men met or had any contact. It's odd Tsarnaev should post Dolgatov's video. How come he was even aware of his existence?

"We can't rule out that Tsarnaev was introduced to him. Clearly, he was impressed by him if he posted his video. The question is why?"

A senior US official said: "Dolgatov was an obscure figure with local significance for a short period of time - the time Tamerlan was in Dagestan. The fact that Tamerlan viewed his videos online appears to be significant. It just seems to be too much of a coincidence."

The moment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's arrest aftera dramatic shootout with police. Picture: via Twitter/Imgur Source: No Source


A new government document obtained by ABC news has raised suspicions about Tamerlan and his visits back to Russia.

Speculation surrounds Tamerlan and the possibility that he was being trained in Russia.

The document says: "Such construction would likely require previous knowledge of or additional research into circuitry."

With the Boston marathon bombing suspect in a prison hospital, investigators are pushing forward and abroad to piece together the myriad details of a plot that killed three people and injured more than 260.

Boston firefighters, right, talk with FBI agents and a crime scene photographer at the scene of Monday's Boston Marathon explosions, which killed at least three and injured more than 140, in Boston, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Recently, it was revealed that Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials say.

In another conversation, the mother of now-dead bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was recorded talking to someone in southern Russia who is under FBI investigation in an unrelated case.

Had the conversations been revealed earlier, they might have been enough evidence for the FBI to initiate a more thorough investigation of the Tsarnaev family.

Russian authorities told the FBI only that they had concerns that Tamerlan and his mother were religious extremists. With no additional information, the FBI conducted a limited inquiry and closed the case in June 2011.

Two years later, authorities say Tamerlan and his brother, Dzhohkar, detonated two homemade bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 260.

Tamerlan was killed in a police shootout and Dzhohkar is under arrest.

How did Boston terror suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev - whose mother was also on a terror database - slip through the cracks, despite warning signs?

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspected mastermind of the Boston bombings. Picture: Splash Australia Source: The Sunday Telegraph

In the past week, Russian authorities turned over to the United States information it had on 26-year-old Tamerlan and his mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, ethnic Chechens who emigrated from southern Russia to the Boston area about 11 years ago.

In early 2011, the Russian FSB internal security service intercepted a conversation between Tamerlan and his mother vaguely discussing jihad, according to US officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The mother of the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings has lashed out at US authorities.

The two discussed the possibility of Tamerlan going to Palestine, but he told his mother he didn't speak the language there, according to the officials, who reviewed the information Russia shared with the US.

In a second call, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva spoke with a man in the Caucasus region of Russia who was under FBI investigation.

Congressman Mike Rogers, Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on US TV's This Week show that there are still "persons of interest" the FBI would like to speak with in the USA. Picture: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The mother of the two Boston bombing suspects, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, with the suspects' father Anzor Tsarnaev, left, speaks at a news conference in Makhachkala, the southern Russian province of Dagestan, on Thursday. Picture: AP Source: AP

Nothing in the conversation suggested a plot inside the US, officials said.

It was not immediately clear why Russian authorities didn't share more information at the time.

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva has denied that she or her sons were involved in terrorism. She believes her sons have been framed by US authorities.

The sons' father has been hospitalised, preventing his departure for the United States, he says.

Anzor Tsarnaev told Ria Novosti news agency he had left Makhachkala, capital of the Russian republic of Dagestan, for Moscow to catch a flight to the United States but had to be hospitalised due to a sudden rise in his blood pressure.

Bombing suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and TamerlanTsarnaev pictured at the Boston Marathon. Picture: AP Photo/FBI

Speaking from his home in Makhachkala in Russia's south, the father of the Tsarnaev brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon attack says his children were framed. Deborah Gembara reports.

"I am in hospital but not in Moscow," Mr Tsarnaev said, refusing to say where he was.

"Due to the illness I've decided to put off for the moment my journey to the United States."

The parents of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects have retreated to a village in southern Russia to shelter from the spotlight and abandoned plans for now to travel to the United States.

Anzor Tsarnaev said he believed he would not be allowed to see his surviving son Dzhokhar.

"Unfortunately I can't help my child in any way. I am in touch with Dzhokhar's and my own lawyers. They told me they would let me know (what to do)," Tsarnaev said in an interview in the village where he relocated with the suspects' mother.

He agreed to the face-to-face meeting on condition that the village's location in the North Caucasus, a string of mainly Muslim provinces in southern Russia, not be disclosed.

The mother of the Boston bomb suspects says it is all a set-up and her elder son was controlled by the FBI for years. Lily Grimes reports.

FBI crime scene investigators look for evidence just off Boylston Street near Berkeley Street April 17, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Darren McCollester/Getty Images/AFP


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Gai v Singo: WTF is going on?

We'll assume he wasn't blowing up about her fashion sense Source: The Daily Telegraph

Businessman John Singleton has sacked trainer Gai Waterhouse following a clash on live television.

ON THE surface, the John Singleton/Gai Waterhouse bust-up is a story about racing. But it's actually about much more than that.

It is about friendship, family, integrity, trust and the fundamental problems with having an upstart 32-year-old bookmaker in every Australian lounge room.

If you've missed the finer points, here's a super quick five point summary, followed by five early lessons from this still unfolding yarn:

1. THE BLOW-UP
Colourful businessman and horse owner John Singleton splits acrimoniously on live television with his long-term trainer Gai Waterhouse. Gai is the mum of Tom Waterhouse, whose relentless self-promotion has made him one of Australia's most disliked public figures.

2. THE FAILURE
The split occurs because Singleton has a mare called More Joyous engaged in a big race called the All aged Stakes at Randwick. More Joyous is no Black Caviar, but it once won eight races in a row. On Saturday it runs second last.


3. THE ALLEGATIONS
Singo blows up after the race, not because his horse has lost, but because he says a friend heard from Tom Waterhouse that the horse had health issues and was "no chance" of winning. The inference is that Tom must have got that info from Gai. Tom Waterhouse denies the allegations and is considering legal action.

4. THE FOOTY STAR TIE-IN
It then emerges that Waterhouse tipped Channel Nine commentator Andrew Johns a different horse to More Joyous in a casual interaction during Friday Night Footy. On The Sunday Footy Show, Johns says Waterhouse said nothing negative about the horse's health. He also reveals that he himself backed More Joyous. Meanwhile, Waterhouse says he lost $300K on the race, thereby inferring that he wanted More Joyous to win, and believed it could win.

5. THE TENSE PHONE CALL
There is also reportedly a phone call between mother and son where Gai asks Tom if he has told anyone More Joyous was not well enough to win. Tom says 'no, Mum'. A more thorough inquest will take place next Monday, headed by NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy.

SO THERE'S YOUR SUMMARY. NOW HERE ARE FIVE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR...

1. THE FAMILY DEFENCE DOESN'T CUT IT
The Waterhouses really have to stop defending each other in public. Three weeks ago, Gai Waterhouse said everyone should lay off her son because he was such a productive young Australian. Today Tom Waterhouse has defended his Mum saying "if anyone does not think Mum is out there trying to win every time, they don't know her". Gee, that settles it, then.

2. PEOPLE NOW LIKE TOM EVEN LESS
Tom Waterhouse is everywhere, bombarding people of all ages with his gambling information. The guy has a weird role on Nine's Friday Night Footy which is passed off as editorial content when  really he's just spruiking gambling odds. People don't like him for that. Now that he's embroiled in all this, they like him even less.

3. SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN
When you're hanging out with that many sports stars who enjoy a bet, and when you're a bookie whose Mum is a top horse trainer, there will always be people like John Singleton who question the information chain. The words "conflict of interest" come very strongly to mind.

4. THE WATERHOUSE NAME TAKES ANOTHER BATTERING
Tom's father Robbie and grandfather Bill were warned off Australian racecourses for being implicated in the Fine Cotton horse substitution scandal in the 1980s. Tom plays on his family's gambling knowledge in his ads, as though it's something people should respect. In truth, many people still haven't got over Fine Cotton.

5. RACING IS BACK TO NORMAL AFTER BLACK CAVIAR
Two weeks ago, racing was in the headlines for a fast horse which always tried its hardest and won every race it contested. Children loved the horse, and racing momentarily seemed like a happy, open, family kind of sport. How very quaint that suddenly seems.


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What $12 billion actually looks like

Confirming newspaper reports today, Ms Gillard told a forum in Canberra the government's revenue had slid $12 billion since the last budget update in October.

BY now we all know the government's revenue has slid by $12 billion since the last Budget update in October.

Sure, it's a big number, but what does it actually mean?

Thankfully the helpful people at Deloitte Access Economics have worked it out.

Read: Federal Budget decisions "grave" and "urgent"

Deloitte is not saying Prime Minister Julia Gillard should do any of these things immediately (in fact, it would be ugly if she did) but this is a simple way to understand how big the $12 billion shortfall is.

The PM offers an analogy to help explain the cuts that will need to be made in the upcoming budget.

If the shortfall was made good entirely from spending it would require:

- Entirely abolishing all Family Tax Benefit A payments (saving $14 billion).
- Or stopping all funding to the States for health care (saving $13 billion).
- Or stopping all funding to schools (saving $13 billion).
- Or stopping all funding to aged care homes (saving $8 billion), as well as community care ($2 billion) and veterans' care ($2 billion).
- Or cutting all Medicare payments by two-thirds (saving $12 billion).
- Or cutting pensions to the aged by a third (saving $12 billion).
- Or abolishing all disability pensions (saving $15 billion).

Or if the shortfall was made good entirely from taxes and 'tax expenditures':

- Extending capital gains tax to the family home (raising – eventually – $15 billion a year).
- Or raising the current 45 per cent rate to 66 per cent (raising $12 billion).
- Or having the current 45 per cent rate cut in at incomes of $65,000 rather than $180,000 (raising $12 billion).
- Or raising the 32.5 per cent rate to 37 per cent (that is, do away with that rate completely, raising $10 billion).
- Or lowering the $18,200 threshold to $12,500 (raising $13 billion, but you'd be taxing about an extra 650,000 people, including many pensioners).
- Or taxing all superannuation contributions at marginal tax rates (raising $14 billion).
- Or raising the rate of company tax from 30 per cent to 35 per cent (raising $12 billion – but also adding to franking credits that would cut the personal tax take).
- Or adding 30 cents a litre in additional taxes on the price of petrol (raising $12 billion).
- Or tripling the existing taxes on cigarettes (raising $12 billion, and adding about $17 to a pack of 25 cigarettes).
- Or lifting the carbon tax to $60 dollars a tonne and removing the future link to the European carbon price (raising $12 billion).

Summary: It's A LOT of money.


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Baby sons died in shower: inquest

An inquest has heard two little boys died in a bathroom while their exhausted mother was unconcious or asleep for 10 hours.

INQUEST: Miranda Hebble, whose two sons drowned in a shower at her Ellenbrook home in 2008, outside Perth Coroner's Court today. Picture: Richard Polden Source: PerthNow

INQUEST: Miranda Hebble, whose two sons drowned in a shower at her Ellenbrook home in 2008, outside Perth Coroner's Court today. Picture: Richard Polden Source: PerthNow

AN exhausted Miranda Hebble put her two young sons in the shower and closed the bathroom door.

She fell asleep and woke up about 10 hours later to find water overflowing from the shower - and both boys dead.

The WA coroner is examining the deaths of Lochlan James Stevens, aged two, and Malachi Isaac Stevens, 10 months, who died in November 2008.

Ms Hebble, then aged 22, was caring for her sons alone in Perth while the boys' father, Christopher Stevens, then aged 23, was working on a fly-in fly-out basis.

The couple have since separated.

Counsel assisting the inquest, Kate Ellson, said Ms Hebble had no history of mental illness or drug and alcohol abuse.

She was a quiet person and had been struggling with sleep because of Malachi's restlessness.

Constable Daniel William Herbert O'Rourke testified that in February 2008 he was called to an incident in which Malachi had been left in a car while Ms Hebble returned a DVD to a store.

The baby, then five weeks old, was hot, crying, sweaty and red in the face when he was pulled from the car, he said.

Ms Ellson said in her opening address that on November 7, Lochlan had smeared faeces from his nappy on floors, walls and Malachi's cot, so their mother took the boys into the shower.

She left to fetch something but passed out or fell asleep, the court heard.

When she woke up 10 hours later, she found Malachi floating in the shower on his side, with bruises on his cheek.

Lochlan was lying on the bathroom floor with blood coming from his mouth and had a scratch on his forehead and a mark on his stomach, Ms Ellson said.

In a call to emergency services, Ms Hebble said: "I passed out and the plug in the shower got plugged up ... and the shower filled up ... and they're not breathing. They're dead.''

The boys were pronounced dead at 2am the following morning.

A post mortem examination could not reach a definitive conclusion, but indicated drowning may have caused Malachi's death, while Lochlan may have suffered exhaustion, hunger and possibly hypothermia, Ms Ellson said.

Drowning might also have contributed to his death, the court heard.

Ms Hebble was comforted by family members as she sat quietly in court for some of the proceedings.

Outside court, Mr Stevens told reporters he was hoping to get an "end to the story'' to help everyone move on.

Mr Stevens said he now had a wife and daughter but still missed his boys.

He described Lochlan as a "terror'', causing "chaos'' like many children his age and said Malachi had "iron lungs that could scream the house down''.

Mr Stevens said he wanted to know how and why they died.

"Give me an answer that I can actually use,'' he said.

The inquest continues.


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'Whoopty f------ do': US TV show to Howard

Written By Unknown on Senin, 22 April 2013 | 23.18

Former prime minister John Howard has starred in a US comedy segment about gun control. The Daily Show

The Daily Show had some colourful words for former prime minister John Howard. Source: news.com.au

You don't usually hear language like that in an interview with former prime minister John Howard, but the US Comedy Channel's Daily Show does not play by the rules. 

Colourful language and absurd leaps of logic were centrepiece in a satirical segment on gun control, broadcast on Saturday, where Mr Howard and US gun rights activist Philip Van Cleave were interviewed.

After the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, the Howard government introduced sweeping gun laws which removed millions of guns from circulation and there has not been a mass shooting since.

But in the segment, Mr Cleave argues it's just a mathematical blip.

"(The laws) stopped one thing. That could also be a statistical anomaly," Mr Cleave said.

"Yeah, it was just their mass shootings disappeared," Mr Oliver deadpanned in reply.

"But there were so few of them," Mr Cleave says. "Whoop de do."
When Mr Howard points out there had been 13 mass shootings in the 18 years before Port Arthur, and rattles off statistics about how the suicide rate plummets, Mr Oliver says to him: "Whoopty f---ing do."

Mr Howard has been vocal in US media about his government's crackdown on firearms this year.

After the December 14 Sandy Hook massacre where 20 American children and six adults were murdered by a gunman, the former prime minister penned an opinion piece for The New York Times about the Australian gun control experience.

"After this wanton slaughter, I knew that I had to use the authority of my office to curb the possession and use of the types of weapons that killed 35 innocent people," Mr Howard wrote. "I also knew it wouldn't be easy."

Laws that would ban assault weapons and impose criminal background checks on most firearms sold in the United States were blocked by the US senate last week.

Mr Oliver sparked controversy when he referred to Australia as "most comfortably racist" last week. 

Full video:


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Bomber 'brainwashed' his young bride

Katherine Russell, the American wife of marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, leaves the house where he lived in Cambridge, the day after Tsarnaev, was killed in a shootout with police. Picture: Austral via William Farrington / Polaris Source: Supplied

THE widow of Boston bomb suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was "an all-American girl who was brainwashed" by her extremist husband according to one school friend.

School friends say Katherine Russell was 'totally transformed' by Tsarnaev, reports the Mail Online.

By the time she was 21, she had married him, born him a child and converted to Islam.

As a girl growing up in Rhode Island Katherine was known to her friends as Katie. One school friend who asked not to be named told MailOnline: "I saw her like a few months ago and she was just totally transformed. She was not the same person at all."

Another agreed: "She was just this All-American girl who was brainwashed by her super-religious husband.

"Nobody understands what happened to her.

"None of us would have dreamed that she would marry so young or drop out of college and have a baby or convert or be part of any of what's happened."

Katherine was a student at Sussex University, Boston, when she met Tsaraev, then a promising boxer and athlete in 2009.

It was during that time that she converted and her youthful priorities appear to have changed as she left in 2010 without graduating.

The hunt for two terror suspects in Boston's marathon day bombings as seen through the eyes of news makers and law enforcement. Sources CBS, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, Sky News, News Limited

She had a child, Zahara, now 3.

In 2009, Tamerlan was arrested for assaulting her.

In the aftermath of the Tamerlan's death, his mother-in-law said her family was sickened by the horror inflicted by the deadly attack.

Judith Russell read a statement from inside her home in Rhode Island through a partially open doorway.

"Our daughter has lost her husband today, the father of her child. We cannot begin to comprehend how this horrible tragedy occurred,'' Russell said.

"In the aftermath of the Patriots' Day horror, we know that we never really knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

"Our hearts are sickened by the knowledge of the horror he has inflicted.''

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was kileld ina  shootout with police after going ont he run.   Picture: AP/Julia Malakie

Neighbour Paula Gillette, who lives across the street, said Katherine Russell left for college a few years ago, and when she came back she would dress in less revealing clothing with head coverings.

She said Russell and her husband had a young daughter, but Russell appeared to be living at the house without her husband.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, left, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev pictured at the Boston Marathon where they are suspecyed of planting bombs.


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Worst ever first minute on the job?

A.J. Clemente's first night at the anchor desk for Bismarck NBC affiliate KFYR has ended with him being suspended for using profanity that has shocked viewers

IT was AJ Clemente's first day on the job and he was a little nervous. Who isn't??

But most people's first-day work blunders are not broadcast to thousands of viewers and don't include double-barrell profanities.

News presenter AJ Clemente launched into his first-ever broadcast as a weekend news anchor for KFYR by saying "F*ckin sh*t!" into a live microphone.

Clearly thrown by her new colleague's colourful language, his co-presenter tried to quickly move things on by getting Clemente to introduce himself.

But Clemente later tweeted what many viewers were probably thinking:

His bosses obviously agreed.

Clemente was immediately suspended for his on-air blunder as KFYR-TV's news director, Monica Hannan, posted the following message on the station's website and facebook page.

KFYR-TV's Facebook post. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied


But as the video clip quickly spread around the web, many labelled Clemente's suspension unfair and called for the young news anchor to be reinstated by the TV station. It wasn't long before #keepAJ started trending on Twitter.

What do you think? Was suspending Clemente a little harsh? Have you ever had a horror first day on the job? Tell us about it below.


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8 words gave up Boston bombers

Hear the story of one of the heroes who rushed to help Boston Marathon bombing victims. Fox News

BOSTON'S extraordinary manhunt began with eight words, written down by one of the victims of the marathon bombing, who has now been hailed a hero.

He wrote: "Bag, saw the guy, looked right at me".
 
Jeff Bauman had been waiting for his girlfriend to cross the finish line when a man wearing a cap, sunglasses and a black jacket over a hooded sweatshirt looked him in the eyes and dropped a bag at his feet.

Boston Marathon bomb suspect number two is in custody after law enforcement arrested him after a brief stand-off. Fox News


 Two and a half minutes later, the bag exploded, tearing the 27-year-old's legs apart.

A picture of him in a wheelchair, bloodied and ashen, was broadcast around the world as he was rushed to Boston Medical Centre. He lost both legs below the knee.

An emergency responder and two volunteers, including Carlos Arredondo, centre in cowboy hat, push Jeff Bauman in a wheelchair after he was injured in an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15. Picture: AP Source: AP


The first thing he did when he came round, woozy from medication, was to ask his brother, Chris, for some paper and a pen.
 
The words he wrote down helped crack open the biggest terrorism case in the US since the 9/11 atrocity and confirmed the suspicions of FBI agents searching videos from the scene.
 
An official told CNN: "When the bombs blow up, when most people are running away and victims were lying on the ground, the two suspects walk away pretty casually. They acted differently than everyone else."

The FBI showed Mr Bauman the images and he was able to pick out the man he had seen.
 
Within hours the FBI had released photographs of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Tip-offs came pouring in immediately.

Now Bauman is on the long, painful road to recovery, after his son lost his lower limbs from the bombing. This is an earlier message he posted on Facebook after the attacks.

Jeff Bauman Snr posts an update about his son on Facebook. Source: Supplied

His friends have set up a fundraising page online called 'Bucks for Bauman' to help him cover the cost of his medical treatment.

Their goal is to reach $1 million dollars, and already, more than $375,000 in donations have been pledged.

The page states:"We have created this fundraiser to raise money to help support our dear friend, Jeff and his family. As most of you know, Jeff was severely affected by the tragedy that had taken place at the Patriots Day Boston Marathon this year. Throughout this difficult time we want to help in every which way we possibly can to get Bauman back on track as soon as possible.


"Medical bills are going to start rolling in, let's get a head start on helping out Bauman and his family! Every dollar counts!!"

"We all knew you were the nicest kid, now we know your the strongest!!"

"We're all praying for a quick and safe recovery!"


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Police called after Today Tonight dispute

Brozzi's search for his daughter Reya brought him to the Sunshine Coast in 2010. Picture: Megan Slade Source: The Courier-Mail

Camilla Ellefsen Lunetta in 2002. Photo: Supplied. Source: Supplied

Camilla Ellefsen is believed to be living in Australia with her daughter Reya. Picture: Megan Slade Source: The Courier-Mail

  • Police called on a Channel Seven TV crew in Sydney
  • Ex-partner says he hasn't seen fugitive mum "for years"
  • Reya "no closer to being found" despite fresh inquiries

POLICE have been called after a Channel Seven television crew tried to film a man in relation to the international parental child abduction of Reya Lunetta.

The Today Tonight crew were filming outside a home in Sydney's eastern suburbs when they were reported to police on Wednesday.

Camilla Ellefsen Lunetta abducted Reya from the United States in 2002 amid a bitter custody dispute and is believed to be hiding in Australia, as revealed by news.com.au.

The 40-year-old occupant of the Clovelly home allegedly told officers attending that he had been in a relationship with Ms Ellefsen Lunetta, but had not seen his ex-partner or the child for "many years".

Reya's father Brozzi Lunetta arrived in Australia on Monday after news.com.au exclusively revealed the pair had allegedly been living in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Brozzi Lunetta with daughter Reya before she was abducted. Picture: supplied. Source: Supplied

Maroubra local area command duty officer Renae Zelvis said the missing 11-year-old was not at the Victory St property when police arrived.

"Apparently that person hasn't been involved with the mother or child for numerous years now," she said.

"Police spoke with the person who lived there and confirmed that he hadn't had any contact with the lady involved and then (police) passed that message on to the American father and the camera crews.

"I don't think it's any closer to the girl being found. The man said he hadn't had any contact with the lady for many years."

Camilla Ellefsen Lunetta in 2002. Photo: Supplied Source: Supplied

Acting Inspector Zelvis said they were informed of the custody dispute when an occupant at the property phoned triple zero.

"We were actually called by the person who lives there because he was concerned about the TV crews being there," she said.

"I'm pretty sure, from the information that we were given, that there was no contact between the American father and whoever lives at the premises.

"It was more the cameras being there that he contacted us (about).

"The neighbours were approached as well, which they weren't real happy with."

The Victory St property at Clovelly which police were called to on Wednesday. Photo: Google Maps Source:

Another police spokesperson said officers were at the scene for about 40 minutes.

"We were called in relation to a domestic matter … then there's been a secondary complaint from a neighbour about the television crew and their behaviour," the spokesperson said.

An occupant of the adjoining flat said they were unaware of the custody dispute.

"We're in a separate flat and have nothing to do with anything that might be going on," she said.

"I really don't want to get involved in any way shape or form. It's a matter for police.

"There's been other media here and it's been really aggressive and it's freaked us out."

Ms Ellefsen Lunetta has been on the run in Australia, with her daughter, since arriving on Norwegian passport in 2003.

Camilla Ellefsen Lunetta and Reya in 2002. Photo: Supplied Source: Supplied

A Today Tonight spokesperson confirmed the police incident.

"New South Wales police attended but never asked the crew to cease filming or leave the property," the spokesperson said in a statement.

"Today Tonight had no issues with the police, who were very helpful."

Email kristin.shorten@news.com.au or follow @itsKShort on Twitter


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Brothers 'planned more attacks'

Massachusetts police release thermal photos taken from a helicopter of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lying in a boat. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

INVESTIGATORS believe two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were likely planning other attacks based on the cache of weapons uncovered.

As Boston-area residents came together in prayer and reflection after a tumultuous week, the lone surviving suspect in the bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarneav, lay hospitalised under heavy guard apparently in no shape for interrogation.

Tsarnaev remains in serious condition in a Boston hospital, and after initially being unable to answer questions on the devastating attack, he was reportedly beginning to give "sporadic" written responses to investigators' questions.

Investigators believe Tsarnaev's neck wound may be from a failed suicide attempt and not from the shoot-out that killed his brother, CBS News  and The New York Times report.

The wound has "the appearance of a close range, self-inflicted style," The New York Times quotes a senior law enforcement official saying. "He's not in good shape."

Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said authorities found an arsenal of homemade explosives after Friday's gun battle between police and the two suspects.

Vision from Massachusetts Police shows thermal imaging of the suspect hidden on a boat, engaged in fire with police. Vision: LiveLeak

"We have reason to believe, based upon the evidence that was found at that scene - the explosions, the explosive ordnance that was unexploded and the firepower that they had - that they were going to attack other individuals," Davis told CBS television. "That's my belief at this point."

The scene of the gun battle was loaded with unexploded bombs, and authorities had to alert arriving officers to them and clear the scene, Davis said. One improvised explosive device was found in the Mercedes the brothers are accused of carjacking, he said.

"This was as dangerous as it gets in urban policing," Davis said.

US officials said the elite interrogation team would question Tsarnaev without reading him his Miranda rights, which guarantees the right to remain silent and the right to a lawyer.

The moment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's arrest aftera dramatic shootout with police. Picture: via Twitter/Imgur

Such an exception is allowed on a limited basis when the public may be in immediate danger, such as instances in which bombs are planted and ready to go off.

American Civil Liberties Union executive director Anthony Romero said the legal exception applies only when there is a continued threat to public safety and is "not an open-ended exception" to the Miranda rule.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said surveillance video from the Boston Marathon attack shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev dropping his backpack and calmly walking away from it before the bomb inside it exploded.

"It does seem to be pretty clear that this suspect took the backpack off, put it down, did not react when the first explosion went off and then moved away from the backpack in time for the second explosion," Patrick told NBC television.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation searches for a motive in the Boston bombing. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

"It's pretty clear about his involvement and pretty chilling, frankly."

On Sunday, family and friends attended a wake for Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant worker, who was one one of the three people killed in the marathon bombing. A private funeral is scheduled for Monday.

Restaurant manager Krystle Campbell, 29, was one of the three killed by the bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Picture: AP Source: AP

Eight-year-old Martin Richard of Boston's Dorchester neighbourhood and 23-year-old Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China, also died in the attacks. BU is holding a memorial service for Lu on Monday.

An infrared image released by Massachusetts police Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sheltering inside a boat before his capture. Picture: AFP

This undated photo provided by Meixu Lu shows Lingzi Lu in Boston. Boston University confirmed Wednesday, April 17, 2013, that Lingzi Lu, who was studying mathematics and statistics at the school and was due to receive her graduate degree in 2015, was among the people killed in the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Meixu Lu) Source: AP

An uncle of the Tsarnaev brothers said he had a falling-out with Tamerlan over the man's increased commitment to Islam.

Ruslan Tsarni said Tamerlan told him in a 2009 phone conversation he had chosen "God's business" over work or school. Tsarni said he then contacted a family friend who told him Tsarnaev had been influenced by a recent convert to Islam.

Tsarni said his relationship with his nephew basically ended after that call.

The 19-year-old Boston bombings suspect remains in a serious condition in hospital.

As for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, "he's been absolutely wasted by his older brother. I mean, he used him. He used him for whatever he's done," Tsarni said.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev studied accounting as a part-time student for three semesters from 2006 to 2008 and was married with a young daughter.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a student at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, left, TamerlanTsarnaev This photo released by the FBI early Friday April 19, 2013, shows what the FBI is calling suspect 1, in black cap, and suspect number 2, in white cap, walking through the crowd in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013, before the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/FBI)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been named as the suspect from the Boston Marathon bombings.

The hunt for two terror suspects in Boston's marathon day bombings as seen through the eyes of news makers and law enforcement. Sources CBS, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, Sky News, News Limited


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Boston suspect 'awake' - reports

The 19-year-old Boston bombings suspect remains in a serious condition in hospital.

UPDATE: BOSTON Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and responding sporadically in writing to questions, according to unconfirmed reports.

Several news outlets are reporting that Tsarnaev, 19, was responding sporadically in writing to questions from police investigators.

The report has not been veriifed by authorities.

Investigators were reportedly asking about other cell members and other unexploded bombs, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The report was picked up by CNN's Piers Morgan, but veteran Al-Jazeera correspondent Alan Fisher cautioned that Tsarnaev was likely too ill to be reponsive.

NBC News, citing federal officials, reported that despite a throat injury that keeps him from talking, the 19-year-old was beginning to respond to questions from investigators

USA Today also cited a law enforcement official as saying he was awake and responding in writing.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown. The suspect is unable to speak to investigators but was cursing as he was captured and rushed to hospital. Picture: AP

Tsarnaev is being treated in Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston where he is listed as being in a  "critical but stable condition" from wounds sustained in a shootout, police say.

Investigators believe his neck wound may be from a failed suicide attempt and not from the shoot-out that killed his brother, CBS News  and The New York Times report.

The wound has "the appearance of a close range, self-inflicted style," The New York Times quotes a senior law enforcement official saying. "He's not in good shape."

The injury is why he is unable to communicate with police, CBS reports.

Tsarnaev was taken into custody bloodied and badly wounded after an hours-long manhunt and an earlier shootout that killed his older brother Tamerlan, 26.

"The suspect is not yet able to be interrogated by police," said Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis.

US Police believe two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were planning other attacks.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino added "we don't know if we'll ever be able to question the individual".

Officials have invoked a "public safety" legal exception that will allow them to question Tsarnaev without reading him his so-called Miranda rights to remain silent and to consult a lawyer.

Reports said charges could come as early as today against Tsarnaev, who with his brother is the main suspect in the double bomb attack on the Boston marathon that took three people's lives and wounded about 180.

A policeman was killed and another was seriously wounded in a shootout with the suspects.

Authorities have yet to disclose the exact nature of Tsarnaev's injuries as he receives treatment at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, where some of thse wounded in the blasts are also being treated.

Commissioner Davis said federal authorities were trying to track down how and where the two suspects obtained the firearms and explosive devices.

Massachusetts State Police have released this aerial image of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat. The boat's owner, who found the suspect and called 911, is "distraught" and has gone into hiding, neighbours say.

Some Republican lawmakers have called for declaring the teenager an "enemy combatant," which would give him the same status as Guantanamo "war on terror" detainees.

Critics have insisted that because Tsarnaev is a naturalised US citizen and authorities have found no ties between him and terror groups so far, he should be granted a criminal civilian trial.

With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev unable to speak, attention has shifted to Tamerlan, who may have been radicalised or even trained in the Caucasus last year.

US lawmakers questioned why Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in a shootout, did not raise more red flags despite being questioned at the request of the Russian government in 2011 and spending six months in the volatile region last year.

An infrared image released by Massachusetts police Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sheltering inside a boat before his capture. Picture: AFP Source:

Earlier, investigators released stunning images of Tsarnaev's final moments of freedom, slumbering wounded in a boat in a suburban backyard. They are also stepping up inquiries into a trip to Muslim regions of Russia taken by his accomplice brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

The moment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's arrest aftera dramatic shootout with police. Picture: via Twitter/Imgur

NBC News reported that authorities were finalising federal charges against Tsarnaev and hoped to charge him later today.

"He is in no condition to be interrogated at this time," Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis told Fox News Sunday.

"He's progressing, though, and we're monitoring the situation at this time."

Mr Davis said a specialist interrogation team is waiting to question the suspect.

The 19-year-old is "serious but stable," Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick told reporters on Saturday. "I think not able to communicate yet."

Mr Patrick said he hopes the teenager survives.

Law enforcement investigate the scene where bombing suspect was caught in Watertown, Massachusetts. A specialist high-value interrogation team is waiting to question the suspect, who is in critical condition. Picture: AFP

"We have a million questions and those questions need to be answered," he said.

Overnight, family and friends attended a wake at a funeral home in Medford, Massachusetts, for Krystle Campbell, the 29-year-old restaurant worker who was one one of the three people killed in the marathon bombing. A private funeral is scheduled for today.

Eight-year-old Martin Richard of Boston's Dorchester neighbourhood and 23-year-old Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China, also died in the attacks. Boston University is holding a memorial service for Lu today.

Surveillance video from the Boston Marathon attack shows one suspect dropping his backpack and calmly walking away from it before the bomb inside it exploded, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Sunday.

The video clearly puts 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the scene of the attack, Mr Patrick said on NBC.

"It does seem to be pretty clear that this suspect took the backpack off, put it down, did not react when the first explosion went off and then moved away from the backpack in time for the second explosion,'' said Mr Patrick.

Surviving Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, remains in serious condition in hospital, under heavy guard. Picture: VK.com 

"It's pretty clear about his involvement and pretty chilling, frankly.''

US media reported Tsarnaev suffered a throat wound during a shoot-out with police after a massive manhunt in which Tamerlan was killed.

Despite the throat wound, Tsarnaev cursed profusely in the ambulance ride to the hospital after his arrest, The Los Angeles Times reported, citing an FBI source.

The Tsarnaev brothers are the main suspects in the double bomb attack on the Boston marathon which killed three people wounded about 180. A policeman was killed and another was left fighting for his life after gunbattles during the hunt.

Commissioner Davis said authorities found an arsenal of homemade explosives after Friday's gun battle between police and the two suspects.

"We have reason to believe, based upon the evidence that was found at that scene - the explosions, the explosive ordnance that was unexploded and the firepower that they had - that they were going to attack other individuals," Nr Davis told CBS television.

US President Barack Obama holds a meeting in the Situation Room to discuss the investigation into the Boston bombings. The surviving suspect was not read his rights, based on a public safety exemption, which could complicate his trial. Picture: AFP

"That's my belief at this point."

The scene of the gun battle was loaded with unexploded bombs, and authorities had to alert arriving officers to them and clear the scene, Mr Davis said. One improvised explosive device was found in the Mercedes the brothers are accused of carjacking, he said.

"This was as dangerous as it gets in urban policing," Mr Davis said.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was under armed guard at a hospital where some victims of the bombings are also being treated. Counter-terrorism agents trained in interrogating "high-value" detainees were waiting to question him, a law official told AFP.

Prosecutors were also at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Cambridge, just outside Boston, working out charges.

Media reports say authorities did not read Tsarnaev his usual Miranda rights to see a lawyer or stay when he was captured, invoking a special exception for security reasons.

Boston Marathon bomb suspect number two is in custody after law enforcement arrested him after a brief stand-off. Fox News

That has left US authorities facing tough decisions over how to handle the investigation and any trial.

Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham have led calls for the teenager to be declared an "enemy combatant," which would give him the same status as Guantanamo "war on terror" detainees.

Legal rights groups have been quick to insist that he face a criminal trial, even though Tsarnaev would be likely to face a death penalty calls.

The Tsarnaev family are ethnic Chechens who moved to the US from the former Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan around 2002.

Media reports say Tamerlan Tsarnaev became a fervent Muslim in recent years. Much focus is now being put on his six month trip to the Russian region of Dagestan last year.

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during telephone talks Saturday to increase cooperation against international terrorism, the Kremlin and White House said.

Crowds cheer on the police after news of the arrest breaks in Boston. Picture: AP

The FBI acknowledged on Friday that an unnamed foreign government, reportedly Russia, asked for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011. The FBI interviewed the man but said it had found no "derogatory" information.

The men's social media pages appeared to express sympathy with the struggle in Chechnya, which has been ravaged by two wars since 1994 between Russia and Islamist-leaning separatist rebels.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who became a US citizen last year, was caught after a man named Dave Henneberry saw blood on boat he kept in his backyard in Watertown, in the Boston suburbs. When Henneberry lifted the tarp he saw the wounded teenager curled up inside, police said.

The University of Massachusetts student was surrounded for a showdown that included a final gunbattle before Tsarnaev surrendered to authorities.

Thermal images taken by a police helicopter overhead showed Tsarnaev slumbering in the covered boat. They also showed a robotic arm reaching to lift the cover so cameras could peek inside.

Over the weekend crowds gathered outside Mr Henneberry's home, craning their necks to gaze at his bullet-riddled and blood-smeared 1980s boat.

People visit a make-shift memorial on Boylston Street. near the scene of Boston Marathon explosions as people get back to their daily routine after a city-wide lockdown and the capture of the surviving suspect. Picture: AFP

Neighbour George Pizzuto said that Mr Henneberry was "in shock" and "totally distraught" at the events of Friday night, and is not talking to reporters.

Mr Henneberry has gone into hiding and the boat, his prized possession, is being kept under wraps by police as they collect evidence against Tsarnaev.

Police say the brothers killed one officer and wounded another as they fled, hurling home-made bombs at their hunters.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in one gunbattle. His brother was also shot but escaped, bloody and wounded.

Watertown police chief Edward Deveau said the pair had at least six bombs with them when being chased and that Dzhokhar had driven over his brother as he escaped.

Fifty-eight of the victims from the bomb attack are still in Boston hospitals, with three in critical condition.

Children attend a candlelight vigil at Victory Park in Watertown, Massachusetts, as authorities wait to question Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, who is in serious condition in hospital. Picture: Getty

EARLIER

Police Commissioner Davis said releasing photos was a turning point for the manhunt, as the wait to interview a suspect continues.

Mr Davis has told the Boston Globe that releasing the photos of the two suspects in the Marathon bombing "may have led to the further attack" against MIT police officer Sean Collier.

He said it "was a turning point in the investigation, no doubt about it".

"It forced them out of their hideout and they decided to commit further violent acts."

His comments came as residents of Watertown, Boston, gathered to pay tribute to the the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, after they were forced in to lockdown mode until the manhunt was over.

Investigators have also examined the boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was hiding and shot multiple times before he was taken into police custody.

They have also searched the house of their sister, Alina, Tsarnaev, who lives in the US.

The FBI have seized a computer from her home and he is cooperating with police.

Their motives for committing such a crime are still unknown.

Late Friday the FBI confirmed it had investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago. The FBI said it received information from "a foreign government" that he was a follower of radical Islam and had changed drastically in 2010 as he prepared to travel overseas to join "unspecified underground groups".

An uncle of the Tsarnaev brothers said he had a falling-out with Tamerlan over the man's increased commitment to Islam.

Ruslan Tsarni said Tamerlan told him in a 2009 phone conversation he had chosen "God's business" over work or school. Tsarni said he then contacted a family friend who told him Tsarnaev had been influenced by a recent convert to Islam.

Tsarni said his relationship with his nephew basically ended after that call.

As for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, "he's been absolutely wasted by his older brother. I mean, he used him. He used him for whatever he's done," Tsarni said.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev studied accounting as a part-time student for three semesters from 2006 to 2008 and was married with a young daughter.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a student at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.


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The truth to Vodafone's coverage leaked

Written By Unknown on Senin, 15 April 2013 | 23.18

The "criss-crossey" areas signify areas that are due for an upgrade.

The "criss-crossey" areas signify areas that are due for an upgrade. Source: adelaidenow

VODAFONE users will be pleased at the news that somebody has leaked a link to its public network mapping tool.

The tool (which is likely meant to be for internal use only), shows everything from data speeds, network zones, and the quality of indoor and outdoor coverage.

It was leaked to Gizmodo this morning by an anonymous user.

It also shows which areas whose coverage are due for a planned improvement between the next three to 12 months.

Areas due for improvement include most of Melbourne, parts of Sydney and about half of Tasmania. Most of the east coast of Australia is due for an upgrade, as well as most of Perth and the southern tip of WA.

So if you want the truth of your Vodafone coverage, News.com.au recommends you check out this tool now before it is pulled offline. And just in case, we've included screen shots of the areas due for an upgrade. Northern Territorians will be disappointed to learn that there are only small areas that are due for service improvements.

Areas due for upgrade

The "criss-crossey" areas signify areas that are due for an upgrade. Source: Supplied

The "criss-crossey" areas signify areas that are due for an upgrade. Source: Supplied

The "criss-crossey" areas signify areas that are due for an upgrade. Source: Supplied

The "criss-crossey" areas signify areas that are due for an upgrade. Source:

The "criss-crossey" areas signify areas that are due for an upgrade. Source:


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Is it D-Day for North Korea?

South Korean protesters burn effigies of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, and late leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung at an anti-North Korea protest on the birthday of Kim Il Sung in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Source: AP

OBLIVIOUS to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, the people of Pyongyang have spilled into the streets to celebrate the birthday of their first leader, Kim Il-sung.

Girls in red and pink jackets skipped along streets festooned with celebratory banners and flags and parents pushed strollers with babies bundled up against the spring chill as residents of the isolated, impoverished nation began observing a three-day holiday.

There was no sense of panic in the North Korean capital, where very few locals have access to international broadcasts and foreign newspaper headlines speculating about an imminent missile launch.

North Korea's own media gave little indication of how high the tensions are.

The Rodong Sinmun, the Workers' Party newspaper, featured photos and coverage of current leader Kim Jong-un's overnight visit to the Kumsusan mausoleum to pay respects to his grandfather. There was only one line at the end of the article vowing to bring down the "robber-like US imperialists".

South Korean protesters lift up a mock North Korean missile during an anti-North Korea protest in Seoul. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Kim Jong-un's renovation of the memorial palace that once served as his grandfather's presidential offices was opened to the public on Monday, the vast cement plaza replaced by fountains, park benches, trellises and tulips. Stretches of green lawn were marked by small signs indicating which businesses - including the Foreign Trade Bank recently added to a US Treasury blacklist - and government agencies donated funds to help pay for the landscaping.

Braving the cold, grey weather, people lined up in droves to lay bouquets of fake flowers at the bronze statues of Kim and his son, late leader Kim Jong-il, in downtown Pyongyang, as they do for every major holiday in the highly militarised country, where loyalty to the Kims and to the state are drummed in citizens from an early age. They queued at roadside snack stands for rations of peanuts, a holiday tradition. Cheers and screams from a soccer match filled the air.

Monday marked the official start of the new year according to North Korea's "juche" calendar, which begins with the day of Kim Il-sung's birth in 1912. But unlike last year, the centennial of his birthday, there are no big parades in store this week, and North Koreans were planning to use it as a day to catch up with friends and family.

It's long been a tradition to celebrate Kim Il-sung's birthday as a national holiday in North Korea.


He used to mark the occasion by rounding up "ideological offenders" and sending them to prison. Now the celebration de jour is more forceful and military.

Which brings us back to the escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula. If Kim Jong-un has been posturing for weeks, and no one knows if and when he plans to press the big red button, wouldn't it make sense that he'd do something today?

There have been reports of nuclear armament and long-range missiles capable of reaching Darwin. But it's also likely that Kim Jong-un will just fire off a test mile into the Sea of Japan.


Perhaps it's a face-saving measure, perhaps it's just a nod to his grandfather. But history suggests he's bound to do something.

The Kims love a good April. In 1984, they tested a ballistic missile. In 1992 they revealed their nuclear program to the world. In 1997 Kim Jong-il promoted 123 generals on his father's birthday.

The trend has continued more recently, too. In 2006, Kim Jong-il threatened a nuclear test on April 14. In 2009, and last year, North Korea launched a "satellite". That's just cute talk for "missile test".

Curiously enough, while the world continues to wait on North Korea's next step, it's just been business as usual in the rogue state: marathons and gala concerts.

North Korea literally trotted out athletes from around the world for a marathon through the streets of its capital - suggesting its concerns of an imminent military crisis might not be as dire as its official pronouncements proclaim.

In other developments, the US and Japan appear more keen than North Korea about restarting talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program and the London School of Economics is furious at the BBC for using its students as cover to get into the secretive nation.

Continue the conversation on Twitter: @christoforpaine | @newscomauHQ

Athletes from 16 nations hit the streets for the Mangyongdae Prize Marathon in Pynongyang, despite fears of the rogue nation launching a nuclear attack.


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Webber to 'quit F1 at end of season'

Mark Webber endures a nightmare Chinese Grand Prix after colliding with a Torro Rosso before his right rear wheel fall off mid-race.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso claims his 31st grand prix victory in China ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton.

Radio Le Mans has reported that Mark Webber has signed a new deal to race for Porsche. Source: Getty Images

AUSTRALIAN F1 driver Mark Webber has reportedly signed a new five-year contract to lead Porsche in their return to famous 24 hour endurance race Le Mans.

Overnight Radio Le Mans announced that Mark Webber had put pen to paper making the deal official, meaning he would join Porsche in their assault on the World Endurance Championship.

Webber is expected to quit F1 at the end of the season, when his contract with Red Bull expires.

Rumours of a move to Porsche have been simmering for some time, and the car giant last week did not deny an interest in hiring Webber for their new Le Mans sportscar program.

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Rumours of a move to Porsche ramped up following the controversial Malaysian Grand Prix.


German publication Bild reported that the Webber was is in talks with Porsche in the wake of Sebastian Vettel's ignorance of team orders by denying Webber victory at Sepang.

Webber was quick to deny any rumours before the start of this year's F1 season, but is yet to make comment on the latest announcement.

Porsche's new LMP1-class car will hit the test track later this year.


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Dude, there's your car parking app

  • Teenager creates app to help you find your car
  • Helps to save animals with pet adoption app
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THEY'RE young, they're rich, and they're taking the technology world by storm. Over the next two weeks, news.com.au will be introducing you to some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and offering you the chance to win $1000 and a BlackBerry 10 phone when you vote.

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IF you are like the 99 per cent of busy shop-goers who have ever forgotten where you parked the car or overstayed your welcome at the parking meter, then you should know the name Brandon Cowan.

The tech teen prodigy was just 16 and in Year 11 at high school in NSW when he created and co-developed the famed iParkedHere iPhone app, which helps users remember exactly where they parked their car and warns them when their parking time has run out.

Now 19, Cowan has owned Crazy Dog Apps for just over two years, and says this is just the beginning.

The tech teen prodigy was just 16 and in Year 11 at high school in NSW when he created and co-developed the famed iParkedHere iPhone app

"My app ideas come from real-world problems with poor or no solutions already available," he says.

"First I identify a problem and then I come up with an app idea that solves the problem.

"For example, I have a bad memory and never remember where I park my car - so I made iParkedHere, an app that remembers where you parked.

"Another example is a few years ago when I noticed that there were no apps available that let anyone in Australia easily find a pet to adopt. So I made PetRescue for iPhone."

He says Crazy Dog Apps began when he had two app ideas and was quoted $70,000 by a local development company to produce one of them.

"After hearing this rip-off quote and having over 30 other app ideas just two months later, I was very determined to turn my ideas into reality," Cowan says.

"A family friend who had been in the IT industry for over 30 years liked my ideas and we co-founded Crazy Dog Apps together.

"I remember saying to him - why do we even need a website, who is going to look at it. I've now had over 20,000 visitors on my website, without spending thousands of dollars in search engine advertising like my competitors do."

Currently working on an exciting new app for an international gaming company, Cowan says he has no regrets making Crazy Dog Apps his priority, even throughout the HSC.

"I always try to focus my efforts on what is more fun and productive and for me, building a business was more fun - and arguably more productive - than school work," the Masada College alumni says.

"It seemed logical to spend more time creating great apps instead of creating great essays. With this being said, I did spend some of my time memorizing essays and doing maths and I ended up with an ATAR over 90."

Brandon has so far built three apps, one that helps to save dogs, another to find where you parked and another to help people build their own iPhone app from scratch. Source: Supplied

But things don't always come so easily, and Cowan says a lot of hard work and dedication is crucial.

"App development isn't simply about having 'a good idea' and turning it into an app," he warns.

"It's about refining your ideas and moving forward with one that is actually worth turning into an app. People forget that there are hundreds of thousands of apps on the App Store and each of them were made from 'a good idea'. Your idea must be exceptional and a no-brainer, not just 'a good idea' that you think will be cool if it was turned into an app."

He also says Australians do not have to be tech savvy Aussies to launch their own app, and has even designed an app to help you do it.

"I am very passionate about sharing my knowledge and turning ideas into reality," he says. "Due to this, I created App Making Guide which is an iPhone and iPad app that will show anyone how to turn their idea into an app without programming.

"Crazy Dog Apps is just the start for me, and in the near future, I will be launching my new business, Advertising Done Right, where I will be taking on some of the bigger players in the online advertising industry.

"There is a ridiculous amount of detail, dedication and perfection needed for my new business to succeed but I think I have what it takes - we'll find out in the next 12 months!"

Tune in tomorrow to meet the men behind one of Australia's most successful online shopping websites, The Iconic.


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Great Scott wins US Masters

Adam Scott has shown nerves of steel to hole a pressure putt and claim the US Masters crown.

Queenslander becomes first Australian to wear famous green jacket after dramatic play-off victory.

Adam Scott celebrates with his green jacket after winning the 2013 US Masters. Source: AP

Adam Scott reacts after making a birdie putt on the second sudden-death play-off hole to beat Angel Cabrera and win the 2013 US Masters. Source: Getty Images

THE jinx is finished - Australia has a Masters champion.

Adam Scott ended 77 years of often agonising history today to win our first green jacket after an extraordinary final round and gripping two-hole playoff.

Scott, 32, made a birdie three on the par-four 10th, the second play-off hole, good enough to edge out gallant Argentine Angel Cabrera after a five-hour war.

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The Queenslander played a great iron approach to 3m right of the pin and slid in a putt that will live in Australian sports' fans memories forever, after Cabrera narrowly missed a birdie of his own.

There were scenes of immense celebration around the green, not least of which was a great hug between both combatants showing great sportsmanship.

The putt ended an agonising run of eight runner-up finishes by generations of Australian challengers who couldn't quite do what Scott did today.

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"I don't know how that happens, It seems a long way from a couple of years ago here (when he finished tied for second) and last July when I was trying to win the British Open," Scott said.

"It fell my way, I had some luck somewhere. I don't know how to express it."

Speaking from the Sanctuary Cove Golf Club, Scott's mother Pam said the family was beside themselves after the history-making win.

"It's something Adam has wanted so long, it was just a delight to watch," Pam Scott said.

"My daughter Casie and I watched it all morning and we just leapt in the air when he made that putt.

"It was a hard putt too, but he has worked so hard and deserves this."

Pictures: US Masters final round

The man himself paid tribute to his idol and good mate Greg Norman for giving him the opportunity to create history.

"There was one guy who inspired a nation of golfers and that's Greg Norman .. and part of this belongs to him."

Speaking later, Norman said he believed Scott would "go on and win more majors than any other Australian golfer."

He also tweeted the following:

Adam Scott celebrates with his green jacket after winning the 2013 US Masters. Source: AP

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said "by any measure it is an historical day for Australian sport".

"Adam Scott's triumph at Augusta immediately joins the ranks of the truly great Australian sporting moments," she said in a statement.

The Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, also publicly congratulated Scott.

"I know all Australians join me in congratulating Adam for making sporting history today," she said.

"His exceptional skill and nerves of steel are a source of pride and inspiration throughout our country."

Australia celebrates Scott's famous win

Adam Scott showed his patriotism, screaming 'C'mon Aussie' after making a superb birdie putt to get to nine under on the 18th hole in regulation play. He would go on to edge Angel Cabrera in a playoff. Source: No Source

Scott said he had tried to block the thoughts of breaking the Aussie jinx through the round.

"I tried not to think about anything along those lines, so the thing I did really well out there was to stay in the moment," he said.

"Australia is a proud sporting nation and this is one notch in the belt we've never got."

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On the first playoff hole, the 18th, both players left their approach shots short and their balls ran back down off the front of the green.

Cabrera's chip barely shaved the cup, but they each made safe pars to advance to the 10th.

They only got to the play-off after one of the most nail-biting regulation finishes in Masters history.

After they and Queenslander Jason Day fought tooth and nail through the back nine, Scott made a curling 5.5m birdie putt to reach nine under.

Adam Scott reacts after holing a birdie putt on the second sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Argentina's Angel Cabrera on the second sudden-death playoff hole to win the Masters Source: Getty Images

Scott, who roared "Come on Aussie" as the ball dropped into the cup, could barely believe his eyes a minute later when Cabrera, who needed a birdie to tie again, lasered his approach to within a metre.

The Argentine coolly knocked it in, delaying the Aussie celebration -- but only for 15 minutes.

"It was a split second when I thought I'd won then," Scott said.

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"That was the putt we'd seen so many times on that green ... and I just thought, 'It's time for me to step up and see how much I want this'.

"It's an amazing feeling."

Earlier, Queenslander Jason Day had looked the winner when he moved two shots clear midway through the back nine.

Adam Scott celebrates after making a birdie on the 18th hole in regulation play Source: AFP

But he made consecutive bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes to slide two shots out of the play-off in outright third at seven under.

Victorian Marc Leishman was also in the hunt for a long time, but dunked his second shot to the par-five 15th in a bold attempt to make the eagle that would have put him level with Day at the time.

After a penalty drop, he pitched past the pin and couldn't make the par putt back down the hill, effectively ending a super challenge that he'd sustained for three days after leading through the first round.

Leishman rallied and finished with a 72 to be five under overall, good enough for a share of fourth with Tiger Woods.

Queenslander John Senden finished with a two-over-par 74 today to finish three over and in a tie for 35th.

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Rebel in risque leather at MTV Awards

Aussie funny girl Rebel Wilson opens the MTV movie awards with flames, nunchucks and hot pants.

Host Rebel Wilson onstage during the 2013 MTV Movie Awards in California. Picture: Gett Images Source: Getty Images

Rebel Wilson hits the stage a leather catsuit at the MTV Movie Awards.Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

REBEL Wilson has kicked off the MTV Movie Awards, hitting the stage in a skin-tight leather catsuit. But not everyone in the audience seemed stoked with her opening performance.

The Aussie actress, who is hosting the show this year, launched into a raunchy mash-up of Eminem's Lose Yourself, Macklemore's Thrift Shop and Alicia Keys' Girl On Fire.

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In typical Rebel form, she followed with a few cheeky one-liners: " A special shout-out to Lil' Kim, hopefully he doesn't see me up on stage being all hot and prematurely fire his missile."

She also promised some new awards this year: Best Shirtless, Best Ginger and Best Beard, which could go to "Lena Dunham's vagina, because it's seen a lot of faces."

There are plenty of blank faces in the audience and it seems not everyone is totally thrilled with the Aussie's dry sense of humour.

Rebel returns to the stage later in the evening and, for a minute we think she's opted for a more demure outfit change. That is, until an "accidental" dress malfunction reveals one-too-many nipples. This gag receives a roar of laughter from the crowd. Phew.

Rebel Wilson's flash of flesh got a roar of laughter from the audience. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

Bradley Cooper is the first award winner, grabbing the Golden Popcorn award for his performance in Silver Linings Playbook.

Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson won the Best WTF Moment award for their scenes in Django Unchained.

"This is awesome,'' Jackson said. "This is a fan award. if it wasn't for all of you, we wouldn't have this golden popcorn."

Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Foxx accept the WTF Moment awar. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana present the award for Best Fight, which goes to Marvel's The Avengers for the epic battle between Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston.

Accepting the MTV Trailblazer award was Emma Watson, who was introduced by Eddie Redmayne and Logan Lerman.

Paying tribute to her bad hair in the Harry Potter series, Watson also spoke about being teased "mercilessly", urging the crowd to be persistent: "If you truly put your heart into what you believe in, it makes you vulnerable, but it means amazing things can and will happen."

Emma Watson accepts the MTV Trailblazer award. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

Steve Carrell and Amanda Seyfried take the stage to present the award for Best Kiss. The winner is Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook.

Cooper takes the stage solo, apologising that Lawrence couldn't be there but says "she was great to kiss."

Bradley Cooper onstage during the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

Snoop Dogg and Ke$ha take the stage with what appears to be a joint and introduce the first presenters for the night, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.

Rapper Macklemore performs onstage during the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

Peter Dinklage presents Will Ferrell with the Comedic Genius Award. Ferrell arrives onstage sporting a serious moustache and a money-patterned suit.

"Here's the deal. I'm just a simple guy from Burbank, California. I had two basic dreams", he says.

"First, to one day hopefully be able to make people laugh... The other dream is to wake up every day and be able to dress myself exactly like Dennis Rodman."

Will Ferrell accepts the Comedic Genius Award at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

While her toy koala didn't seem to be an audience winner, Rebel takes out the award for Best Breakthrough Performance for her role in Pitch Perfect.

"Do you want to give me an Australian kiss now? It's like a French kiss but down under", Wilson cheekily asks Zac Efron on stage.

Host Rebel Wilson produces a soft toy koala, but the audience isn't laughing. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

Efron, Seth Rogan and Danny McBride present the award for Best Shirtless Performance to... Twilight hottie Taylor Lautner, of course.

Lautner comes out wearing a fake beer belly, joking: "I'll be honest with you. I turned 21 recently. And I've been eating and drinking."

After an interesting Bollywood-themed performance from Selena Gomez of her new single Come and Get it, child star Quvenzhané Wallis and Chloe Grace-Moreta present the award for Best Villain to Tom Hiddleston for Marvel's The Avengers.

Next up, actress Kerry Washington hits the stage to introduce Jamie Foxx, who receives the Generation Award.

The Django Unchained star thanks his family, fellow actors and directors who he has worked with on this "wild ride". 

"Anytime someone tells you you can't do something, make sure you do it."

Jamie Foxx accepts the MTV Generation Award from Kerry Washington. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

The next award, Best Musical Moment, goes to Pitch Perfect (yep, Rebel again), starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean and Hana Mae Lee.

Martin Freeman's character in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Bilbo Baggins, took out the award for Best Hero, beating big names Christian Bale, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., and Anne Hathaway in a stacked field.

Brad Pitt took the stage to present the final award for the night, MTV Movie of the Year.

And it goes to...

Marvel's The Avengers.

Actors Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston and director Joss Whedon accept the Movie of the Year award for Marvel's The Avengers. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images

What did you think of our Rebel's hosting job? Hilarious, or a tad too far?

Rebel Wilson at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images


 
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