Target Tasmania: US missile plan revealed

Ronald Reagan on the phone in his pyjamas in 1983. Taking time zones into account, he could have been talking to Bob Hawke about firing a few missiles our way Source: Supplied A WEEK before Bob Hawke dumped support for a US missile test, Federal...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

NYE heartbreak on the harbour

Police search the boat at Rose Bay before towing it back to Police Headquarters in Balmain. Picture: Adam Taylor Source: The Daily Telegraph A BROTHER and sister woke yesterday to discover their mother had vanished from the deck of their luxury...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

How rock lease was set in stone

How much should it cost to rent the rock? Source: The Advertiser A SECRET government debate on how to return Uluru to traditional Aboriginal owners included a dispute about money for renting the site and the length of the lease. Options...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

I cornt believe Greig is gone

Comedian Billy Birmingham, better known as the 12th Man. Picture: Jeff Herbert Source: The Daily Telegraph Tony Greig, right, will fellow cricket commentators Ian Chappell and Bill Lawry back in 1993. Source: News Limited COMEDIAN...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

School shooter to be buried in secret

An undated photo shows Adam Lanza, who opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life. Source: AP THE body of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza,...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Tributes flow for 'true horsewoman'

New Zealand jockey Ashlee Mundy formerly based on the Gold Coast, has died after a fall in her home country. Picture: Kate Czerny Source: News Limited GOLD Coast-based jockey Ashlee Mundy was a tireless, hard worker who did things her way....

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Snap, crackle and pop'n into 2013

Watch the Sydney skyline light up as Australia rings in the new year. Crowds surge into Sydney to watch fireworks spectacular Large crowds gather in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide Barbies sizzle, fireworks dazzle and bubbly flows to...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Are these the ultimate Aussie adventures?

The Larapinta Trail in Central Australia delves into the region's most spectacular natural features: waterholes, gorges and razorback ridges. Picture: andydolman/Flickr Source: Supplied Tourists white water rafting down the Franklin River....

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Christmas flash flood fears for NSW

Heavy rain hits New South Wales. Picture: file Source: HWT Image Library CHRISTMAS Eve has brought wild weather to much of NSW, with residents from Wollongong to Wilcannia warned to expect heavy rain and gusty winds overnight. The Bureau...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Mini-skirts banned 'to prevent rape'

POLICE in the small African kingdom of Swaziland have banned women from wearing miniskirts and midriff-revealing tops, saying they provoke rape. Offenders face a six-month jail term under the ban, which invokes a colonial criminal law dating...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Mass dating event flooded by men

Thousands of eager men flooded Seoul's Yeouido park for a mass dating event on Christmas Eve, only to meet other guys. Picture: Kim Jae-Hwan Source: AFP SOUTH Korea's "battle of the singles" - a highly-anticipated mass dating event organised...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

From layover horror to five-star bliss

A waiter delivers plates of fresh sushi at Wicker Park Seafood & Sushi in Chicago's O'Hare Terminal 2. Transformed terminals now include restaurant menus crafted by celebrity chefs. Picture: M. Spencer Green Source: AP GETTING stranded...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Straight from the North Pole: A little girl's question was answered 115 years ago. Source: AP ONE hundred and 15 years ago, a little girl by the name of Virginia O'Hanlon was being teased about Santa Claus by her friends. Virginia wrote...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

The man who owns the history of TV

James Comisar holds the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show "Adventures of Superman." Batman fans may also be familiar with the green sleeve on the rack in the left of the picture. Picture: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Source: AP ...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Hackers strike Family First website

A message posted on the Family First SA website by a group claiming to be Anonymous. Source: Supplied HACKERS have attacked the website of South Australia's Family First party with a grim message vowing to ''irradicate (sic)'' them. Information...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Asperger's gone: 'It'll set us back'

Garry Burge, 40, has Aspergers syndrome and has written a book about how hard it is to find employment. Source: news.com.au Asperger's dumped as label from key psychiatrist's manual Now part of "autism spectrum disorder" Sufferer, 40, says...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Flipping a coin no even bet after all

YOU don't need to be a mathematician or a Vegas card shark to know that, when all things are equal, the probability of flipping a coin and guessing which side lands up correctly is 50-50. But what most people seem to forget, or so says Stanford...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Air NZ 'joke' an Olympic balls-up

Belarus' Nadzeya Ostapchuk takes a throw in the women's shot put final during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Picture: AP Source: AP AIR New Zealand's latest promotion has bombed, with the airline accused of transphobia over a "joke"...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

A night I'll never forget

Joe Hildebrand samples homeless life when the Salvos give him a car to sleep in, police and public bathing are involved. IT was shortly after 8pm when the storm clouds broke and the dark grey sky began dumping torrents on top of me....

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Our crook approach to GPs

Dr Simone Stromer, a GP at the Park Family Practice at Bondi Junction, with patient Ada. Picture: Gibson Nic Source: The Daily Telegraph TIME-poor patients are "saving up" multiple medical issues before they see a GP as busy lifestyles lead...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Daniel's pain after bus left him behind

TOUGH GOING: Denise and Bruce Morcombe heard testimonies from Sunbus passengers. Picture: Jono Searle Source: The Courier-Mail BRUCE Morcombe can only imagine what happened to his son Daniel in the minutes after a Sunbus drove past on the afternoon...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Instagram soldiers grin and bear arms

IMAGES on social media of young, attractive men and women could depict a generation on their way to schoolies. Instead they're fighting in a war. If not for the khakis and the machine guns you'd be forgiven for thinking these guys and girls are...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

More discounts leak ahead of Click Frenzy

Retailers increasingly see online shopping as being where it's at. Source: The Courier-Mail MORE specials have leaked from Australia's first nationwide online sale, including discounted television sets and music downloads. But overseas...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Woman killed in the street

The shooting happened in West Footscray about 2.30pm today. Picture: Norm Oorloff Source: Leader A WOMAN has been shot in the head and killed in the middle of a street in Melbourne's west. The victim, aged in her 40s, had been involved...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

27 animals 'died while making Hobbit'

No Hobbits were harmed during the making of the film, but many animals are said to have suffered and died because of they way they were kept. Source: Supplied ANIMAL handlers involved in the making of The Hobbit movie trilogy say the production...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More

Turnbull urged to set up own party

Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull. Picture: Ross Schultz Source: The Australian MALCOLM Turnbull has revealed that "thousands and thousands of people" have urged him to set up his own political party but he is sticking with the Liberals where he...

23.18 | 0 komentar | Read More