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The government will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces for sending more than 70…

Bracanov warned about Royal protest

Police say they warned veteran anti-royalist Sam Bracanov the day before he was arrested not to go through with plans to thro…

Police ID suspect in New Orleans mass shooting

Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother's Day parade…

Marine faces trial over urination on corpses

A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be…

MP Thomson facing more HSU funds charges

Craig Thomson is facing 19 new charges over allegations he misused thousands of dollars of union funds.The controversial MP i…

Boy, 7, drives car for drunk grandfather

Police in New Zealand have stopped a car driven by a seven-year-old boy while his grandfather was more than twice the drink-d…

More sex charges against Syd dance teacher

A prominent Sydney dance teacher accused of grooming children for sex and possessing child pornography is facing six new char…

Families Begin Returning to Their Homes in Moore

Workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado c…

Lawyer: Feds Investigating Susan Powell Case

The lawyer for missing Utah woman Susan Powell's parents, Anne Bremner, said Tuesday in Seattle that federal authorities are …

Raw: Aerial View of Moore Tornado Damage

The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore was a top-of-the-scale EF5 twister with winds of at least 200 mp…

Crews Race to Find Survivors of Okla. Twister

Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flatt…

Oklahoma: Images of Devastation, Reunion

Residents of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore sift through the remnants of their homes and parents embrace children outside …

Reunited Dad, Son: 'We Just Praise God'

David Wheeler spent an agonizing three hours looking for his son Gabriel, who was one of the last rescued from the rubble of …

Moore, Okla. City of Reunions, Tears After Storm

The day after a massive tornado swept through Moore, Okla., the suburb is a place of mourning for those lost. And it is a pla…

Gov. Fallin: Okla. Facing Horrific Disaster

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin says her state is facing one of its 'most horrific' disasters ever. She says officials don't h…

German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process infor…

Herbalife names Pricewaterhouse new auditor

Herbalife Ltd. says it has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to be its new auditor. The nutrition company's previous auditor KPMG…

Indexes edge higher on Wall Street in midday trade

Stock indexes are edging higher in midday trading on Wall Street as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves…

Special K churns out products in brand evolution

Special K was once just a line of cereals. Today, it's a diet food empire. The brand first hit shelves in 1955 as a no-frill…

Most metals close higher on LME

Copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) has closed higher, although earlier gains stalled in the European afternoon in a qu…

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to …

Push for new northern port

The Tasmanian Freight Logistics Council wants the port of Bell Bay to be dropped as the state's preferred major port.…

Exchange program lets chefs loose on farms

Some young chefs get their hands dirty to learn more about the produce they use in their kitchen.…

Push for new northern port

The Tasmanian Freight Logistics Council wants the port of Bell Bay to be dropped as the state's preferred major port.…

Mayor struggles with BJD cattle 'lockdown'

A mayor in north-west Queensland's Gulf Country says he is starting to question the need for movement restrictions on cattle …

The NSW Government has promised six new ferries, an extra 50 services a week and a new wharf at Barangaroo as part of its 20-year ferry…

Gillard says she's a terrible singer

Julia Gillard has given a rare insight into her after-hours activities: paperwork and knitting in front of the TV."Sometimes …

South-east Qld to get 10 new schools

The Queensland Government says it will build 10 new schools in "growth hot spots" across the state's south-east, as nine othe…

Sydney's train station escalators a hazard for guide dogs

There are calls to upgrade escalators at Railcorp's train stations so they can be safely used by guide dogs. Simone Cottom's…

Barnett refuses to budge on disability scheme

The Premier Colin Barnett says some disabled Western Australians will be worse off if he agrees to the DisabilityCare scheme …

Brazil is Australia's 'perfect match': ANU

If foreign affairs was a dating game, Brazil would be Australia's new perfect match.At least that's the assessment of Austral…

Independent schools claim Gonski lock out

Non-government schools in Tasmania claim they are being locked out of talks to boost education funding. The Catholic Educati…

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