2014-10-20 Australia More Top Stories

  THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY   

Luke Batty's dad threatened him months before fatal attack  The Australian
GREG Anderson had threatened his son Luke Batty with a knife months before he brutally killed the 11-year-old at a suburban cricket ground, but police and child protection officers closed their file on the matter after hearing the boy was not afraid and loved ...

2014-10-20 Australia Health

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Aussies urged to lose grabbable guts  Stuff.co.nz
TOXIC: A new Canberra campaign takes a graphic approach to exposing the need for healthy living. Relevant offers. Motivate Me. Stuffed challenge is a family affair 10 simple tips to a longer, healthier life Sofia's workout secret: 'No pain, no cake' Mind over ...

2014-10-20 Australia Science

  CBS News   

NASA's Mars orbiters survive comet flyby and sneak once-in-a-lifetime peek  Computerworld
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope grab images (before and after filtering) of Comet Siding Spring with its Wide Field Camera 3. Credit: NASA. While spacecraft duck and cover, they grab historical data about the comet, its effect on Mars. Sharon Gaudin.
Mountain-sized rare comet whizzes past Mars   Sydney Morning Herald
Comet Siding Spring makes close fly-by of Mars in rare encounter   ABC Online
Comet Siding Spring skims past Mars   BBC News
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Ancient Scottish fish 'first to have sex'  BBC News
An international team of researchers says a fish called Microbrachius dicki is the first-known animal to stop reproducing by spawning and instead mate by having sex. The primitive bony fish, which was about 8cm long, lived in ancient lakes about 385 million ...

2014-10-20 Australia Sports

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Bill Pulver may regret going to ARU and handling of Beale-Patston saga: Nick ...  Sydney Morning Herald
Wallabies great Nick Farr-Jones says ARU chief executive Bill Pulver might be regretting taking the top job in Australian rugby. Pulver and ARU powerbrokers are meeting on Monday to appoint a new coach in the wake of Ewen McKenzie's dramatic ...

2014-10-20 Australia Entertainment

  Sydney Morning Herald   

X Factor grand final recap: the world ceases to hold any meaning  Sydney Morning Herald
This is it. The pointiest of pointy ends. The crunchiest of crunch times. All the blood, sweat, tears and celebrities standing on desks is about to culminate in a dream come true for one sort-of-lucky Aussie youngster. Tonight we will see just how these plucky ...

2014-10-20 Australia Technology

  The Inquisitr   

Hands on: Skype Qik  Sydney Morning Herald
Not content with face-to-face phone calls, Skype also wants to be the Snapchat of instant video. These days Skype is pretty much the de facto standard when it comes to consumer-grade VoIP and video calls, letting you talk to your friends in real time. Apple's ...

2014-10-20 Australia Business

  ABC Online   

Government hopes to raise $5.5b from Medibank sale  ABC Online
The Federal Government has put a $1.55 to $2 per share price range on its Medibank Private float. While the shares may end up being priced below or above the indicative range depending on demand, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann also announced a ...

2014-10-20 Australia Australia

  Herald Sun   

McCulkin murder: fears of 'jail verbal' as accused appear in court  The Australian
TWO men accused of kidnapping and killing Barbara McCulkin and her two young daughters nearly 40 years ago have appeared in a Brisbane court for the first time. Vincent O'Dempsey, 76, and Garry Reginald Dubois, 67, were silent when they separately ...

2014-10-20 Australia World

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US Drops Supplies to Help Kurdish Fighters in Syria  Voice of America
Turkey said on Sunday that it will not arm or agree to arms transfers to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants for control of Kobani. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday called the embattled Kurdish forces "equal" to the Kurdistan Workers ...