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NAB Cup: your full guide

We run the rule over the this weekend's combatants in the AFL's pre-season comp.

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'Porn star' teacher's lesson

Geelong teacher who co-starred in an erotic video with a former student says he regrets the sex tape.

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Fighting to be heard

Two years on, the campaign to rescue local live music still has many hills to climb.

Tigers say Dustin Martin has had a summer to remember.

Tiger cub primed to join elite

Those watching Richmond's Dustin Martin on a daily basis say the 20-year-old is set to take the competition by storm.

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In sickness and in health

A cancer battle helped to inspire the design of a hospital, with the hope of bringing an aesthetic salve to suffering.

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6:02pm Live blog: NAB Cup opening night 5:45pm Degrassi star's death a five-year secret 5:10pm Devil genome mapped for first time

Thousands going nowhere

A young girl sits on a luggage trolley near the Air Australia ticket counter at Honolulu International Airport

4:40pm LATEST Hundreds of travellers stranded, 300 jobs at risk and 100,000 tickets outstanding for grounded Air Australia flights.

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We're in a boom, so why the gloom?

Aussies should cheer up - the outlook is much better than we realise, Treasury chief says.

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'Bold' mega-metropolis vision for CBD

Minister denies plan for skyscrapers from Carlton to bay is a 'developers' picnic'.

Bloody Valentine: florist fails to deliver

ASHER MOSES Online business accused of killing romance as fair-trading bodies take action.

Fuel crisis warning on refinery closures

Australia could find itself short of fuel if Caltex shuts down its two refineries, the mining union says.

Demetriou pay hit as AFL records loss

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Curtain raised on $3m Street revamp

Caroline Stacey outside the existing Street Theatre building.

DIANA STREAK Canberra's professional theatre practitioners will have the city's first custom designed rehearsal space when The Street Theatre's new $3.18 million extension, a modern bright structure, is built.

Embezzler's sentence cut on appeal

Women-only swimming on the way 25

Labor to release draft bill on pokies reform

Thieves rob driver of pizza, cash

Kingston setback for Corbell

Government push to ban third-party appeals derailed.

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Husband of woman found in shed still missing

5:16pm Police have wrapped up a bushland search for the husband of a woman found dead in the NSW Hunter Valley.

Man sues Twitter over hate blog

Bullet lodged in brain of 'happy-go-lucky girl'

e-ticketing Taxpayers 'spared $200m loss' as T-card trial aborted

'Many questions still unanswered': man jailed over Melloney's death

Catheter link to Joshua death

Month-old Sydney baby died after unsuitable catheter was inserted.

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New council clean-up powers for Valley

TONY MOORE Property owners who do not clean up rundown businesses in Fortitude Valley will be fined up to $20,000 under a plan to be unveiled this morning by Lord Mayor Graham Quirk.

US Australian cruise passenger arrested over 7.9kg cocaine in cabin

NSW border commissioner assures Queenslanders 11

New measures to protect Queensland water quality

Drug labs busted on Gold Coast

A tale of two Carmens

There's something unusual about the 'stars' in Opera QLD's ads.

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Russell Street bomber to be quizzed over Prue

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ANDREA PETRIE Police will interview Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue about the murder of Melbourne teenager Prudence Bird 20 years ago.

Police seek help on 'hit-list' murder

Victoria bears brunt of job cuts 24 This article contains a video that will play automatically.

Prison staff level cited on rioting

Husky makes history with Sub Pop

Clean-up after wild weather

Yesterday's storm uprooted trees and left commuters stranded.

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'Premeditated' attack on burns victim

A womans body is found in Port Melbourne (Thumbnail)

AJA STYLES Police are investigating whether drugs and sex were involved in a 'malicious' and 'premediated' fire attack on a 25-year-old Rivervale woman yesterday morning.

Tears as judge holds drink drive sentence

Workplace laws threatening industry: miners

Man charged over robbery spree

Man killed in rollover near Mandurah

WA set for cheap airfares

West Aussies are set to enjoy cheaper tickets to the east.

National Obituaries Births Deaths Investigations Melbourne Life Education Higher Ed Crosswords

No link between school cash and marks: study

BIANCA HALL School funding levels are no guarantee of good student results, a report to be released today reveals.

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Roxon puts court diversity on trial

Judge set for Kirby mantle

Submarine all at sea on repairs

Building watchdog comes closer to being put down

A class above

There may be much to learn about education from our Asian neighbours.

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Filling The Blank

This CNN documentary will make you face the most feared disease of our times in an unprecedented, raw, dramatic and real way. This is the story of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease families in the world, their extremely horrific struggle to survive and the amazing historic study that a group of doctors and researchers are about to implement in Colombia. The intimate access to families, the raw emotions of the main characters, and the possibility of finding a cure for the disease transform this documentary in a worldwide event, a story no one will ever forget.

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You call that a scab?

Learning is tough, especially when your tutor has something on his lip. Directed by Koichi Iguchi, Tropfest Australia , 2008. Winner of the Tropicana Award.

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Hundreds die in Honduras jail fire

Honduran forensic workers and soldiers remove corpses in plastic bags from the National Prison in Comayagua, some 90 kms north fo Tegucigalpa, on February 15, 2012. At least 350 prisoners were killed and scores injured when a fire overnight tore through the prison in central Honduras. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA

RAF SANCHEZ, WASHINGTON A fire killed more than 350 inmates at an overcrowded Honduran prison, burning many to death as they screamed from their locked cells.

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Bungling bombers wanted to kill Israeli diplomats, police say

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Police halt News staffer's Australian trip

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The Simpsons turn 500

Homer celebrates landmark episode with Julian Assange.

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Crowds snap up inner suburbs

CHRIS TOLHURST Many auctions for houses in inner and middle-ring suburbs yesterday drew big crowds and produced above reserve prices.

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Port Melbourne rattled by Station Pier tower sheikh up 5

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Casual workers facing rent battle 2

$82m apartment buyer revealed

22 year old daughter of a Russian billionaire is the proud new owner.

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Woolies, Coles among world's top retailers

5:19pm Australia's two most powerful supermarket players increase their clout, making it on to a list of the top 21 retailers in the world.

ASX Shares cap third straight losing week

Dollar climbs on Greek hopes

ANZ posts $1.48 billion profit 125

ANZ chief calls for end to bank bashing 189

Brighten up Aussies, Treasury chief says 235 This article contains a video that will play automatically.

Billabong raises defences against TPG

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China imposes resource tax on iron ore, others

Matt O'Sullivan Customers jettisoned as another airline fails This article contains a video that will play automatically.

Eric Johnston Mind the margin gap 10

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A Baillieu government election promise to cut down on the tens of million dollars spent on government spin has not been delivered.

Beware company spin

Earnings season brings a flood of company figures: here's how to tell fact from fiction.

Small Business

Sick and tired of sickies

Meaty idea makes millions

The celebrity CEO: Tony Hsieh

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Abbott atacked over asylum seeker comments

JESSICA WRIGHT UPDATE The Refugee Council of Australia has angrily denounced claims asylum seekers are given luxurious 'welcome packs'.

Tony Wright Pyne channels Cromwell to ratchet up rhetoric 53 This article contains a video that will play automatically.

Regulator weighs into fat-free claims as labels fail taste test 10

No link between school cash and marks: study 48 This article contains a video that will play automatically.

Sean Brennan Time for first peoples to get a fair go in constitution 32

Michelle Grattan

Julia Gillard receives little credit for getting major legislation through.

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Helping needy to avoid the jobs abyss

Syrian situation is complex and unpredictable

Nathan Buckley after Collingwood's loss to Brisbane in the 2003 grand final.

A reason to celebrate the footy season

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Funky places to park funds

COLLECT That slab of concrete where you park your car is now one of the most valuable pieces of city real estate, rivalling office and apartment space for cost per square metre. And it has appeal for DIY super investors.

Annuities' pros and cons

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DIY super tax strategies

Rich pickings

How to make the most of your super.

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Flower site wilts under complaint deluge

ASHER MOSES Scores of complaints against an Australian online florist accused of ruining Valentine's Day surprises by failing to deliver has prompted co-ordinated action by fair trading bodies.