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Smith says Queensland can't be complacent

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 6:46 PM EDT (National Nine News)

New captain Cameron Smith warns Queensland's champion side will be punished if they rest on their record of six straight series wins against a NSW side loaded with strike players and hungry to end Origin rugby league's best streak. Your say: Can Queensland be beaten? "The big  …

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Stargazers dazzled by 'super moon'

Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 8:17 PM EDT (National Nine News)

ninemsn readers have sent in photos of the 'super Moon' that dazzled skygazers over the weekend.The moon passed closer to the earth than at any other time of the year, making it appear substantially larger and brighter.While this narrow orbit happens annually, a full moon made th …

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Syria set to hold parliamentary poll

Seeded on Sun May 6, 2012 5:55 AM EDT (National Nine News)

Against a backdrop of deadly unrest, Syria is set to hold on Monday a multi-party parliamentary election which regime critics and analysts say will do little to change the autocratic country. The vote, initially scheduled for September 2011, was postponed to May 7 this year afte …

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Dying Melbourne teen films 'final goodbye'

Seeded on Fri May 4, 2012 7:17 PM EDT (National Nine News)

A Melbourne teenager has recorded an emotional video message to say goodbye after he was told by doctors he may not have long to live. Shaun Wilson-Miller, 17, has battled heart problems since he was a child but last week he was given his worst diagnosis yet. A biopsy revealed  …

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Sunday's moon to be biggest this year

Seeded on Fri May 4, 2012 7:06 PM EDT (National Nine News)

The full-moon will be the closer to the Earth this Sunday night than any other night this year. The once-a-year spectacle, dubbed a "super moon", will see the moon drift 14 percent nearer to Earth than normal and shine 30 percent brighter. The moon will be closest at 1.30pm (AE …

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Scientists watch black hole feast on unlucky star

Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 8:41 AM EDT (National Nine News)

Scientists have witnessed the rare spectacle of a supermassive black hole devouring a star that had ventured too close — an event that occurs about once in 10,000 years, they reported on Wednesday. Matter-sucking black holes normally lurk dormant and undetected at the cent …

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Couple born hours apart die within days

Seeded on Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:29 PM EDT (National Nine News)

A US couple born just hours apart at the same hospital have died within days of each other, when the wife passed away while visiting his body at a funeral home. Ronald Clark Oman died on April 16, only weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. His wife of 58 years, Linda, died t …

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NASA releases mesmerising earth video

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:27 PM EDT (National Nine News)

NASA has released mesmerising footage of the earth shot by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The four-minute video captures the bright lights emanating from the cities of the world and the eerie green glow of the aurora australis above the atmosphere. Shot 400k …

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At least 17 killed in Syrian violence

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:15 PM EDT (National Nine News)

At least fourteen civilians and three soldiers have been killed in violence across Syria on Wednesday, a rights watchdog said, 13 days after a tenuous truce came into effect. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four people were killed on a bus raked with gunfire by secu …

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Asma al-Assad: Syria's first lady

Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:33 AM EDT ( ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation))

The world was once smitten with Asma al-Assad, but after a year of lethal violence the woman who married into Syria's powerful ruling family has become a hate figure for many. The London-born first lady, once described as a "rose in the desert", is at the heart of the shadowy in …

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How to TRAUMATIZE your children helps screw up your kids deliberately with skill

Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:38 PM EDT (ebay)

I found this whilst perusing ebay. I just HAD to share it with you guys! *giggles*

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Orangutan's last moments caught on film

Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:06 AM EDT (National Nine News)

Green the orangutan lies on a mattress inside a rainforest shack, taking her final breaths after a life full of tragedy. The female ape — a victim of deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations — can be seen clutching at the pillow, staring sadly into the came …

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Woman 'died after kissing husband's coffin'

Seeded on Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:10 PM EDT (National Nine News)

A Western Australian woman has described the moment her grief-stricken grandmother collapsed and died after kissing her husband's coffin at his funeral. Michelle Chorlton was at her grandfather's funeral in Perth on January 9 in 2002 when her grandmother who "didn't want to live …

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Breaking News - Malcolm Naden arrested in NSW

Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:24 PM EDT (National Nine News)

A man, reported to be Australia's most wanted criminal Malcolm Naden, has been arrested in the New South Wales Upper Hunter. Police say the 38-year-old was arrested just after midnight (AEDT) after officers from the Tactical Operations Unit and Dog Unit surrounded him on a pri …

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The Cullinan Diamonds - The gemstone series VII

Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:44 PM EDT

Royal Sceptre with Star of Africa(The stone can be removed from the Royal Scepter and worn as a pin or pendant.) The Star of Africa, a pear shaped diamond weighing 530.20 carats, aka the Cullinan I. It measures 58.9 × 45.4 × 27.7 mm, and has 76 facets (counting the c …

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The Regent Diamond - The gemstones series VI

Seeded on Mon Mar 5, 2012 7:44 PM EST (Tripod.com)

The adventurous history of the Regent is very much like that of several other great diamonds. Greed, murder and remorse play a part in the opening chapter. Trouble - political, social, and personal - accompanies this gem to it's last resting place.

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The Koh-I-Noor Diamond - The gemstone series V

Seeded on Sun Mar 4, 2012 8:16 PM EST (tripod.com)

It has been said that whoever owned the Koh-I-Noor ruled the world, a suitable statement for this, the most famous of all diamonds and a veritable household name in many parts of the world.

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The Hope Diamond - The gemstone series IV

Seeded on Sun Mar 4, 2012 7:21 AM EST (tripod.com)

The 45.52 carat steel blue Hope Diamond was found in India back in remote times as a rough crystal weighing 112 carats.

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The Jones Diamond - The gemstone series III

Fri Mar 2, 2012 8:35 PM EST

Origin of name The Jones diamond gets its name from members of the Jones family, who accidentally discovered the stone in Peterstown, West Virginia in April 1928.

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The Beau Sancy Diamond - The gemstone series II

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2012 4:41 PM EST ()

Finnish gemologist Herbert Tillander, after years of preparatory work, correspondence and persuasion convinced the relevant authorities to stage an exhibition of the two diamonds.

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The Sancy Diamond - The gemstone series

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2012 5:36 AM EST (tripod.com)

The Sancy Diamond has one of the most interesting, colorful, confused and involved histories of all the famous diamonds in Europe.

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US vegan grandmother 'looks decades younger'

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:29 AM EST (National Nine News)

A US grandmother who looks decades younger than her age has credited her youthful appearance to her raw vegan diet. Annette Larkins, 70, has been dubbed the “ageless beauty” by US media who say she looks as if she could be in her forties. Mrs Larkins told the WPTV N …

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Elderly mum 'left to perish' after carer son dies

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2012 1:18 AM EST (National Nine News)

An 83-year-old woman died in her Brisbane home after her carer son suffered a fatal heart attack, leaving her unable to seek assistance, Nine News understands. Their bodies may have gone undiscovered for more than a week. Police found the bodies of the woman and her 51-year-old …

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Did Life Start in a Pond, Not Oceans? : Discovery News

Seeded on Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:40 AM EST (Discovery.com)

Life may have gotten its start inland, inside ponds of volcanic condensate, not in the oceans. Modern life is more chemically compatible with conditions in venting geothermal fields, such as Yellowstone National Park, than in the ocean, even a primitive ocean, new analysis shows.

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