Times Square preps for New Year's Eve bash

NEW York City's Times Square is getting ready for New Year's Eve. The square will host millions on Tuesday night counting down the last few moments of 2013. Starting on Saturday, six Citibikes from the city's bike share program were being installed...

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Cyclone closer to WA's north coast

A CATEGORY two cyclone off Western Australia's Kimberley coast is expected to intensify as it heads towards the Pilbara. Tropical Cyclone Christine was 280 kilometres off Broome at 2pm (WST) on Sunday and was moving towards the Pilbara coast...

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US driver survives plunge off cliff

A driver who survived a 90-metre plunge told rescuers he intentionally drove off the ocean cliff. Source: AAP A DRIVER who plunged 90 metres off a Southern California ocean cliff was rescued after firefighters waded into the surf to free...

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SA bushfire under control

A serious bushfire south of Adelaide has been contained the Country Fire Service says. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS have protected a South Australian country town from an out-of-control bushfire, with two fire crew volunteers injured while quelling...

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Great Ocean Road fire threat downgraded

THE fire threat at Peterborough near Victoria's Great Ocean Road has been downgraded but the road closure may still cause traffic delays. The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) has issued an alert saying the grassfire in...

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US polls finds 73pc unhappy with Congress

A CNN poll says 43% are unenthused about going to the polls for US mid-term legislative elections. Source: AAP A US poll suggests 73 per cent of people feel Congress has done practically nothing good for the country since the November 2012...

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Toddler saved after falling into pool

A QUICK-THINKING family member used CPR to save a toddler who fell into a pool on the NSW Central Coast. The two-year-old girl was pulled unconscious from the backyard pool on Thursday afternoon, but she was breathing by the time paramedics...

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Nine road deaths dampen festive season

NINE people have died on Australian roads this festive season, including two friends killed in a single-vehicle incident in NSW on Boxing Day. A man, 31, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene of the crash on the NSW Central Coast....

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Man badly burned preparing Christmas lunch

A NSW man was airlifted to a burns unit after being injured in an explosion while preparing lunch. Source: AAP A NSW man is being airlifted to a specialist burns unit after being injured in an explosion while he prepared Christmas lunch....

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WA police concerned for missing woman

Police are concerned for a woman who disappeared from Albany, a day after arriving from Queensland. Source: AAP POLICE are concerned for a 79-year-old woman who disappeared from Albany on Christmas Eve, a day after arriving from Queensland....

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Man stabbed, woman left unconscious

A man has been found stabbed and a woman found unconscious, in Sydney suburb of Guildford. Source: AAP A MAN has been found with stab wounds to his neck and a woman has been found unconscious in Sydney's west. Police were called to a...

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Indon official in trouble over plane rage

AN Indonesian official has allegedly ordered his staff to prevent a plane from landing because an airline refused to free up a seat for him. Marianus Sae, the head of Ngada district in East Nusa Tenggara province, is being sought for questioning...

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Batts inquiry must reveal truth: family

A royal commission into the Rudd government's home insulation scheme is set to begin in Brisbane. Source: AAP KEVIN and Christine Fuller are about to spend their fifth Christmas without their son, Matthew, but take some comfort in knowing they're...

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Two women killed in Victorian crash

TWO women killed in a collision on a Victorian highway are believed to be Australia's first road fatalities for the Christmas-New Year period. Police say a car and a 4WD vehicle collided on the Calder Highway, 8km north of Ouyen in the state's...

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