2014-09-21 Australia More Top Stories

  Sky News Australia   

New laws to target terrorism advocates  Sky News Australia
New laws will crack down on those who incite terrorism but Attorney-General George Brandis denies Islamic preachers will be specifically targeted. Parliament is set to debate moves to expand the Australian spy agency's powers from Monday and Senator ...

2014-09-21 Australia Health

Tripping the light fantastic in the brain  WA today
For a while there marijuana looked like a miracle drug, even to those who weren't high on it at the time. That was after Allyn Howlett, a researcher at the St Louis University Medical School, in 1988 discovered a receptor in the brain for THC, the chemical ...

2014-09-21 Australia Science

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No Clowning: Study Finds Clownfish Can Travel Hundreds of Miles  Latin Post
Clownfish, known to spend much of their lives among the protective tentacle shroud of host anemones, nevertheless take to open waters when young and can travel hundreds of miles, says surprising new research. The study of the dispersal of Omani ...

2014-09-21 Australia Sports

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Canterbury Bulldogs down Manly Sea Eagles after golden point shootout  Sydney Morning Herald
Manly 17 Bulldogs 18. Unleashed: Tony Williams charges through the Manly defence. Photo: Getty Images. As it happened · One-punch rule in the spotlight as Josh Starling and Reni Maitua hit the sin bin · Michael Ennis brain snap nearly cost Bulldogs victory ...

2014-09-21 Australia Entertainment

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Kanye West and Lorde collaboration coming soon!  MTV News Australia
Two of the biggest names in the biz are reportedly teaming up for a collaboration set to top charts around the world. Kanye West and Lorde are rumoured to be teaming up according to NY Post who claim sources have revealed Yeezus is keen to hit the studio ...

2014-09-21 Australia Technology

  Firstpost   

Apple IPhone 6 Plus Outselling Smaller Model, Survey Says  Businessweek
More buyers are picking Apple Inc. (AAPL:US)'s iPhone 6 Plus over the iPhone 6 in this debut weekend, according to a Piper Jaffray Cos. survey, and supplies of the larger model already are selling out in some U.S. stores. The iPhone 6 Plus is “more popular ...

2014-09-21 Australia Business

  Brisbane Times   

Hockey intensifies G20 efforts to create infrastructure hub  The Australian
AUSTRALIA is intensifying its effort to create a new “infrastructure hub” that could drive down the cost of funding major projects as part of a deal being discussed today by the world's biggest economies. Joe Hockey has support from key countries at the G20 ...

2014-09-21 Australia Australia

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PNG plane crash: Death toll reaches four as investigators return to crash site  The West Australian
A fourth person has died from injuries sustained in a plane crash in Papua New Guinea as investigators return to the site where the twin-engine plane came down. An Australian pilot and two passengers died when the plane went down as it approached the ...

2014-09-21 Australia World

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Secret Service Boosts Security Outside White House  CBS Local
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service chief has stepped-up security outside the White House after a man with a knife who jumped the fence made it into the presidential residence before being apprehended, officials said Saturday. President Barack ...