US gun dealer bans rentals after suicides

SHOOT Straight, Florida's largest independent gun-shop chain, has stopped renting guns to prevent its eight Florida ranges from becoming suicide parlours. Khaled Akkawi, founder of the Apopka-based chain, made the decision last month after the...

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Bischoff family seeks Bali answers

The bodies of Noelene Bischoff and her daughter Yvana are already being examined by authorities. Source: AAP THE family of Noelene and Yvana Bischoff just want to find out what killed them in Bali so they can be finally laid to rest. Their...

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Japanese whaler stops outside Aust waters

The government is being urged to prevent a Japanese whaling vessel from entering Australian waters. Source: AAP A JAPANESE whaling ship that was pursuing anti-whaling activists has stopped just outside Australian waters after an apparent...

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Google launches private ferry service

Google has launched a free ferry service from San Francisco to Redwood City for its employees. Source: AAP GOOGLE workers commuting from San Francisco to the company's Silicon Valley campus can now make part of the trek on an 83-foot, Wi-Fi-equipped...

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Vic warning about country-wide monk scam

Australians are being warned of bogus Buddhist monks taking cash in exchange for religious items. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS are being fleeced by a group of conmen dressed as Buddhist monks who take cash in exchange for supposedly religious...

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Indonesian police hold bodies in Bali

Bali police won't release the bodies of a mother and daughter until they can rule out foul play. Source: AAP INDONESIAN police won't release the bodies of an Australian mother and daughter who died in Bali until they can rule out criminal activity...

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Taliban deny sending Afghan girl to attack

The Taliban say they did not send a 10-year-old girl to carry out a suicide attack. Source: AAP THE Taliban have denied that they sent a 10-year-old girl as a suicide bomber against Afghan police, a day after she said her brother had put her...

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NSW gran had cannabis 'for dying daughter'

A great-grandmother claims the cannabis found with cash in her home was used by her dying daughter. Source: AAP AS a 79-year-old great-grandmother living in Sydney's eastern suburbs, Barbara Stiff did not fit the bill for a drug supplier. ...

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Rescued Antarctic group due home on Jan 22

PASSENGERS rescued from an ice-bound ship in the Antarctic are expected to reach Tasmania on January 22. But the effort that rescued 52 expeditioners, many of them from Australia and New Zealand, will delay the Australian Antarctic Division's...

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Aust trade deficit narrows as exports grow

Australia's trade balance stayed in the red in November, with a deficit of $118 million. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S international trade deficit has narrowed for the fourth consecutive month and strengthening resources exports are expected to support...

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League player refused bail

Rugby league player Russell Packer has been sentenced to two years in jail for assaulting a man. Source: AAP NRL player Russell Packer has had his bid for bail knocked back before an appeal against the severity of his two-year sentence for...

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Services sector contracts in December

Australia's services sector continued to contract in December, according to a private sector survey. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S services industry finished 2013 on a sour note, with the sector contracting at a faster rate in December. According...

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Oscar-winning producer Saul Zaentz dies

LEGENDARY Hollywood producer Saul Zaentz has died aged 92. The producer passed away at his home in San Francisco, California on Friday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, according to The Hollywood Reporter. His nephew Paul Zaentz, a fellow...

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Man's arm slashed at Sydney park party

A SYDNEY party-goer's arm has been slashed with a broken bottle, severing an artery. Officers say they were called to Lackey Street in South Granville about 3.45am (AEDT) on Sunday after a fight broke out, and found the 20-year-old Fairfield...

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