Kevin Rudd Is The First Australian Prime Minister To Support Same-Sex...
Getty / Matt Roberts Re-installed Labor leader Kevin Rudd will now be the first Australian Prime Minister to support gay marriage.In May this year, while he was publicly saying there was no chance of...
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This Woman Only Drank Soda For 16 Years
A 31-year old woman's heart problems and fainting might have had something to do with the fact that she drank only soda for about half her life, according to a report of her case.The woman, who lives...
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Cyberattack Allegedly Reveals Personal Info Of 28,000 US Troops In South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hackers say they have leaked personal details of tens of thousands of U.S. troops to websites, South Korean news reports and online security officials said on Wednesday, a day after...
View ArticleA Vodafone Publicist Made Things Way Worse After The Company Was Accused Of...
Photo: Getty/Mark Kolbe On Thursday, the Australian Financial Review newspaper’s Rear Window column ran a story alleging Vodafone Australia plagiarised a Testra press release. It reported there were...
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'Sopranos' Creator David Chase Gave A Perfectly Bittersweet Eulogy At James...
Hitfix’s Alan Sepinwall provided the transcript to The Sopranos creator’s eulogy of James Gandolfini today at the actor’s NYC funeral attended by castmates Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Steve Buscemi...
View ArticleAustralia's Mark Webber Is Quitting Formula One
Photo: Getty/ Mark Thompson Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber has announced he is quitting and will now drive Porsche’s Le Mans-type sports-car. According to Fairfax Media, the 36-year-old will...
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This Creepy Art Project Dies A Little Every Time It's 'Liked' On Facebook
Jean Baudrillard, the French philosopher whose ideas inspired The Matrix, didn't live long enough to sign up for a Facebook account.It's a shame. As somebody who wrote about reality and simulations, he...
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Cameron Diaz Cast As The Villain In Jay-Z And Will Smith's 'Annie'
Cameron Diaz is going to be the sexiest Miss Hannigan ever.Yes, after Sandra Bullock passed, Nikki Finke of Deadline reports that Diaz is taking over the key villain role in the Jay-Z and Will Smith...
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Honeybees Are Right 'Handed'
When bees are forced to interact with only their left antennas, they have trouble bee-having: Just as humans shake with their right hands, bees also greet each other by predominantly using their right...
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Why Machines That Can Do Human Things Won't Replace Us Anytime Soon
As technology advances at an unprecedented rate, now performing tasks typically reserved for human creativity, one realizes just how special human beings are and how inadequate technology can...
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Scientists Sequenced The Genome Of A 700,000-Year-Old Horse
When a horse gallops, there is a moment when all its feet leave the ground — the moment of suspension. Scientists digging for fossils in the permafrost of Canada's Yukon Territory happened across a...
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Your Beach Vacation Could Make You Sick
Peter Lehner, executive director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.When I started visiting our Santa Monica office,...
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8 Things You Need To Remember When Getting Laid Off
Layoffs can come as a shock – one minute you're happily doing your job, with no thought of unemployment, and the next moment you're out of a job. Even when you've had an inkling that the company might...
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Pristine 1,200-Year-Old Royal Tomb Found In Peru
A rare, undisturbed royal tomb has been unearthed in Peru, revealing the graves of three Wari queens buried alongside gold and silver riches and possible human sacrifices.Though the surrounding site...
View ArticleThe CEO Of MYOB Lets His Executive Assistant Make 98% Of Scheduling Decisions
As the CEO of Australian accounting software house MYOB and the father of young children, Tim Reed spends many of his mornings and evenings in flight.Reed was appointed CEO in 2008, after joining the...
View ArticleVirgin Australia Is Letting Lounge Members Upgrade To Business Class At The...
Getty/Scott Barbour Virgin Australia is letting domestic travellers upgrade to business class from its airport lounges, up to 40 minutes before departure, Australian Business Traveller reports.Frequent...
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Highly Social Lemur Species Are Smarter Than Their Loner Cousins
Highly social lemurs are better thieves than their less-social cousins.On its surface, this isn’t particularly surprising. The social intelligence hypothesis claims that the evolution of primate...
View ArticleThe CEO Of Troy Resources Has Taken A 25% Pay Cut As Part Of A Wider...
Gold mining: ShutterstockThe CEO of gold miner Troy Resources has taken a 25% pay cut as gold prices fall.Paul Benson is currently paid $540,000, and will receive $135,000 less in the coming financial...
View ArticleSEE YOU LATER: A Lot Of Australian Politicians Decided To Quit This Week
It’s been a crazy week in Australian politics. After weeks of headlines hinting at a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd’s supporters, Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard finally called a party vote...
View ArticleThe ASX Could Be In Trouble For Setting Its Trade Reporting Fees Too Low
The ACCC has begun formally investigating the ASX’s recently reduced trade reporting fees after complaints from rival exchange Chi-X.John Durie of the Australian reports that the ACCC is looking at the...
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