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Top Stories Mother and son in $400m heroin bust The AFP has arrested three people after seizing 168kg of heroin with a potential street value of $400m. US Republicans eye return to power US voters demoralised by a faltering economy look certain to hand Republicans a mid-term elections triumph. » PM to pitch asylum plan in Malaysia » Vic state election countdown on » Yemen hunts parcel bomb suspects » Cyclone headed for Cocos Islands » Matriarch calls for end to Chaouk feud » Asian backing for Gillard plan dismissed » Bomb travelled with passengers » Stewart, Colbert rally draws 215,000 » more Top Stories

Features BrandPerry bash Resort owners charged with violating noise laws during BrandPerry wedding 'Nervous' shoot Australia Jesinta Campbell goes out of her comfort zone for FHM Lo-fat for Take That Robbie Williams trains hard to avoid being the 'podgy' member of Take That
Celebrity » Campbell nervous after FHM cover shoot » Melbourne Cup gets Scary, not Posh » Becks teams with Ellen for TV spoof » Will he be back? Arnie mulls his future » more Celebrity News Music » ARIA awards to be presented at free show » Robbie fears becoming 'podgy' boy band » Ladies' man Rod can't recall past lovers » Dion's tips helped with pregnancy, Carey » more Music News Entertainment Saw 3D slashes US box office Psychokiller Jigsaw has come back to life at the US box office, raking in $US24.2 million ($A24.79 million). » Campbell nervous after FHM cover shoot » Melbourne Cup gets Scary, not Posh » Becks teams with Ellen for TV spoof » USA teen takes the Miss World crown » more Entertainment News



National - Regional » Man critically injured in fall from car » Bins are backs at Sydney train stations » NSW power levies spent interstate » Joern Utzon bashed by 'smiling thug' » more Regional News National - Rural » Famed SA wine region fights new suburb » LNG boost to Queensland's economy » Fly plague to hit Aust's south-west » Senate to hold another Murray inquiry » more Rural News National Fatma Chaouk calls for end to feud The matriarch of the Chaouk family has urged her relatives to end their deadly dispute with a rival family. » Brumby calls Vic state election » Thousands expected for Cup parade » Fifth Vic fatality in horror weekend » Three arrested in $400m drug bust » more National News
BUSINESS House prices crawl slightly higher House prices in the nation's eight capital cities barely grew on average during the September quarter. » Ten offers Packer, Murdoch board seats » ABC investigation uncovers telco scam » Krispy Kreme calls in administrators » Sigma refutes allegations » more Business News	FINANCE Bank power boosts Aust shares The Australian share market continued to strengthen in morning trade to be up by over 0.8 per cent at noon. » BHP makes move to sweeten Potash deal » LNG deal set to bolster Aussie economy » Dollar opens almost one cent higher » Donut downturn for Krispy Kreme in Oz » more Finance News
World Seven hostages killed in church rescue Seven people were killed and at least 13 wounded in a hostage rescue operation in a Baghdad church. » Parcel bomber revelations » Istanbul suicide blast injures 32 » Priest abuse victims in Vatican City » Guards killed at Baghdad stock exchange » more World News	Technology Oz army's virtual training The Australian army can now train in foreign countries without being there. » World Expo ends in Shanghai » Daughter of M16 boss puts gun pic online » Stephen Fry leaks Potter pics on Twitter » Turkey lifts YouTube ban - report » more Technology News
Crime Woman stabbed to death in Sydney's west Police are investigating the stabbing death of a woman at a home in Chipping Norton in Sydney's south-west. » Mother and son in $400m heroin bust » Mother who got son drunk appeals ruling » Parcel bomb 'meant to blow up plane' » Boy killed in armed confrontation » more Crime News
Environment Indonesian tsunami 'victims' found alive More than 100 people feared dead from a tsunami in Indonesia have been found alive. » Hurricane Tomas batters the Caribbean » SA wine region fights new suburb » Melbourne dams hit half full mark » Shark in WA could have been 'spooked' » more Environment News	Odd Spot The 'Keys' to pumpkin carving Divers in the U.S. have gone underwater to carve pumpkins for Halloween. » One for all, and all in one glass » Italian lottery record of $A253m won » Shipwreck hunter awarded medal » Hayden swaps cricket for the kitchen » more Odd Spot News
Health Blood bank desperately short of supplies The nation's blood bank says it's desperately short of blood, with stocks plunging to just two days supply. » Hospitals go under online microscope » 'Nurse practitioners' a welcome move » Protein may be cancer breakthrough » Alcohol more dangerous than other drugs » more Health News	Politics Watchdog say no muzzle on principals The BER reviewing body has rejected claims principals have been muzzled from discussing mismanagement. » Brazil's 'Iron Lady' wins Presidency » PM's asylum pitch in Malaysia » Greens query govt's dubious reforms » NSW power levy money goes interstate » more Politics News