AN Australian speedway star used a vodka bottle to sexually assault a drunken teenager in her hotel room after a race meeting, a court has heard. full story ![]()

Stuntbear brings us a reenactment of "Star Wars" if the events of the 1977 movie had hapened in Australia instead of a galaxy far, far away. Other than the high number of references to cricket, drinking beer and unintelligible Australian accents, "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Bloke" is basically the exact same thing as the original. (via Daily of the Day)
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian court ruled on Friday that two technology companies could hold a patent on genetic material related to cancer, in a case similar to one before the U.S. Supreme...
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