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Socialite jailed for stabbing ex-girlfriend 28 times

1:55 PM | A Sydney socialite and former Foxtel presenter who repeatedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend, asking her "are you ready to die?", has been jailed for at least 11 years, with a judge stating that he acted "in profound jealousy".

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Paws on Sunday to consider our four-legged friends

1:52 PM | May 20 The Million Paws Walk will attract hundreds of canine friends to Sir James Mitchell Park in South Perth.

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Shot man walks into hospital

1:45 PM | Two people are being questioned after a man walked into the emergency ward at a north shore hospital with gunshot wounds.

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Silence doesn't work: it's time we talked about suicide

12:28 PM | This week, the national spotlight was again shone on the tragedy that is suicide with the death of Don Ritchie OAM, often referred to as “the angel” of the notorious Gap in Sydney.

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$10m bank blunder: guilty of 30 charges

11:54 AM | A New Zealand woman has been found guilty of all 30 charges against her after Westpac mistakenly deposited $NZ10 million ($7.7 million) into her boyfriend's bank account.

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Slipper claims are character assassination, lawyer tells court

11:23 AM | The lawyer for the Speaker of Parliament, Peter Slipper, says the allegations of sexual harassment and misuse of Cabcharges against him by a former staffer has been "an exercise in ambush" and "character assassination".

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Boyfriend who 'meticulously dissected' his partner jailed for 28 years

11:00 AM | A Sydney man, who claimed his girlfriend had died accidentally before he dissected her body with a circular saw, has been sentenced to 28 years in jail.

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Markets Live: Investors in 'panic mode'

10:58 AM | The Australian sharemarket has plunged in a broad-based sell-off, as fears grow the eurozone's debt crisis could worsen.

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Tech exodus: what you say about the brain drain crippling Australia's tech industry

10:51 AM | They are the Digital Dreamers - Australia's best and brightest minds of their generation. But they are being forced offshore by the inability to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams at home. Why is this happening?

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Body found in cottage destroyed by fire

10:51 AM | The body of a woman has been found in a cottage gutted by fire on the NSW north coast this morning, emergency services say.

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Broken hearts club

9:24 AM | Funny, strange and sad stories of lost love. The Why We Broke Up Project is where people are going to share their tales of romance gone wrong.

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Stocks sink to year's lows

8:37 AM | Australian stocks have sunk to their lowest level this year as investors begin to panic over the crisis in Europe after reports of a run on Spanish banks.

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Three original Wiggles to hang up their skivvies

7:47 AM | AND then there was one. After entertaining children for 21 years the Wiggles will undergo a massive makeover with three of the original band members - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt and Greg Page - departing in favour of younger performers. |

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Love thy neighbour, with fires

3:00 AM | When did our neighbours become strangers? Why is it that knowing your neighbours has become an antiquated concept? While it's true that this is not a universal problem - indeed, we are lucky to have great neighbours who we know fairly well - it seems we are in the minority among our friends and acquaintances.

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Cannes kingdom is a world apart

3:00 AM | This year's festival winner is up for grabs.

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Solar panel incentives at risk

3:00 AM | Victorian incentives for households to install rooftop solar panels would be slashed under a shake-up proposed by the state government's productivity adviser.

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Airport and Albanese clash over plane delays

3:00 AM | SYDNEY Airport has blamed delays in planes arriving and departing on government constraints rather than its own ability to meet rising demand from airlines and passengers.

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Multiple deficiencies uncovered in NSW abattoirs

3:00 AM | ANIMAL welfare breaches have been uncovered in all 10 of the state's red meat abattoirs, a government review has found.

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Buying in deep gloom, investors bank on Facebook not going boom

3:00 AM | EIGHT years after Mark Zuckerberg and friends co-founded Facebook in the college dorms of Harvard University, the most hyped and biggest technology listing will finally launch on New York's Nasdaq stock market.

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Ashby's motives over Slipper allegations dubious, say lawyers

3:00 AM | COMMONWEALTH lawyers have cast doubts on the motives of James Ashby, the staffer who accused Peter Slipper of sexual harassment and rorting taxi expenses, saying his case appears designed to maximise media coverage and that there was no initial attempt at conciliation.

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