Another month of fixes for Obamacare

THE end of November. That's when the Obama administration now says the new, trouble-plagued website for uninsured Americans to get health care coverage will be working well. After a week of intensive diagnostics, the administration acknowledged...

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Fire bans declared for three SA districts

TOTAL fire bans have been declared for three South Australian districts, with conditions expected to be extreme in the state's northwest. Bans have been declared for the Northwest Pastoral, West Coast and Eastern Eyre Peninsula districts for...

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Five injured in anti-semitic Sydney brawl

FIVE people are in hospital after a brawl sparked by anti-semitic insults erupted in Sydney's eastern suburbs. A group of four men, aged 66, 48, 39 and 27, and a 62-year-old woman was walking along Blair Street in Bondi at 12.30am (AEDT) on Saturday...

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Bronco turned outlaw bikie denied bail

A FORMER Brisbane Bronco turned outlaw motorcycle gang member has been denied bail over drug trafficking charges under harsh new laws designed to stop bikies walking free. Michael Spence, 25, was one of eight men arrested on Wednesday in a police...

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Sydney school kids welcome Princess Mary

Crown Princess Mary and her husband Prince Frederik dropped in for a visit to a Sydney school. Source: AAP IF she's a princess, where's her crown? That was the question on the minds of some children at a Sydney school who nonetheless gave...

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'Bushfire-burnout' warning as crisis eases

LEADERS have praised the legions of firefighters and residents who stared down NSW's 10-day bushfire crisis that is only now easing. But amid the camaraderie and consolation there were concerns about bushfire burnout setting in - a full month...

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Ericsson Q3 net profit jumps on strong mar

SWEDISH wireless equipment company Ericsson AB says its net profit increased by 34 per cent in the third quarter as a better business mix boosted its margins. Ericsson said net profit for the period was 2.92 billion Swedish kronor ($US458 million),...

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Shares outlook bright - Nomura strategist

THE outlook for shares may be better than many people think, according to an investment strategist with one of the world's biggest banks. Kevin Gaynor, global head of asset allocation strategy at Japanese banking behemoth Nomura, thinks the global...

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Defence apologises for massive fire

The acting Defence chief has apologised over the NSW bushfire caused by an army explosives exercise. Source: AAP THE defence department has apologised for starting the biggest blaze in the NSW bushfire crisis but some Blue Mountains residents...

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Plane missing after leaving NSW for Vic

A SEARCH is under way for a missing light plane that left coastal NSW bound for Victoria. The single engine Cessna took off from Moruya on the far south coast of NSW at 8.15am (AEDT) on Wednesday. The plane, carrying only the pilot, was due...

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Irish await DNA results on child

IRISH authorities are awaiting DNA results on a child they removed from a Roma family in Dublin, as the couple she lived with insisted she was theirs amid comparisons with an abduction case in Greece. The child was removed from the family's home...

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Qld premier challenges regional mayors

QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman says regional mayors are concerned they don't have the cash to pay for infrastructure to accommodate an influx of residents. But he's told councils they're sitting on a "gold mine" and with a shift in thinking...

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Cops 'target' daughter of ex-Bandidos head

THE tattooist daughter of a former north Queensland Bandidos president says she's been unfairly targeted by police. Georgia Geary, whose father Maxwell Geary is the former leader of the Cairns chapter of the bikie gang, says she's been harassed...

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Dutch turns to tribunal to free Arctic 30

The Netherlands has asked an international tribunal to free Greenpeace activists jailed in Russia. Source: AAP THE Netherlands has asked an international tribunal to order Russia to release a Greenpeace protest ship and the activists who were...

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Cops 'target' daughter of ex-Bandidos head

The tattooist daughter of a former Bandidos president says she's been unfairly targeted by police. Source: AAP THE tattooist daughter of a former north Queensland Bandidos president says she's been unfairly targeted by police. Georgia Geary,...

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Gravity remains No 1 at Aussie box office

FOR the third week in a row, Gravity remains high above its competition at the Australian box office. The Sandra Bullock thriller defied physics by rocketing to the top of the local box office and now weeks later, not even Australian Hugh Jackman...

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Search for missing mum now a murder probe

THE disappearance of Perth mother Helen Rocha is now being investigated as a murder by West Australian police. Officers began searching the bushland area surrounding the Kwinana train station in Bertram on Sunday as they looked for Ms Rocha,...

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Philips cost cutting lifts profit

ROYAL Philips NV, the world's biggest light maker, says third quarter profits rose on cost-cutting, as sales declined but margins improved. The company has shed 4900 jobs over the past year, more than 4 per cent of its 114,300 workforce. Net...

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Man arrested after woman's death in NSW

A MAN has been arrested after a woman with stab wounds died in a home northwest of Sydney. The 40-year-old woman was found with multiple stab wounds at a home in Hobartville near Richmond around 3.20pm (AEDT) on Sunday, police said. She died...

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Vic fire fighters in NSW to be replaced

VICTORIA'S contingent of fire fighters battling the NSW blaze will be replaced by a fresh crew. Victoria's fire services commissioner Craig Lapsley says a 120-strong replacement crew will leave Victoria for NSW on Monday. The crew will replace...

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NSW premier declares state of emergency

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has declared a state of emergency as bushfire conditions worsen. Source: AAP A STATE of emergency has been declared across NSW, as firefighters prepare themselves for deteriorating weather being forecast throughout...

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