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Scott happy Roos are on right path

6:40 AM | NORTH Melbourne coach Brad Scott is confident his side hasn't lost its form from when it defeated Geelong six weeks ago.

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Thrills and chills

3:02 AM | Baby, it’s cold outside - but the city's entertainment is starting to heat up. Follow our guide to enjoy the best of it from June to August.

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Australian interview one giant leap for NASA's famous son of an accountant

3:00 AM | After decades of hiding his light under a bushel, Neil Armstrong has opened up about his extraordinary life - to the professional body representing Australia's beancounters.

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Restaurant denies claim it refused baby patron

3:00 AM | A woman says a lauded city restaurant discriminated against her for taking along her baby.

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Troubled waters: review says there are too many fishers in the sea

3:00 AM | THE biggest overhaul of commercial fishing for two decades in which the state government would pay fishers to leave the industry has been proposed by an independent review.

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Five held for child prostitution

3:00 AM | FOR as little as $10, three men in their 50s allegedly used two sisters to procure sex with girls as young as 12.

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Rego stickers to go but state will drive remembrance days

3:00 AM | IN ANOTHER life, Barry O'Farrell spent a few months driving unregistered. But the Premier insists motorists should have little fear of committing a similar misdemeanour after his government said yesterday it would scrap car registration stickers.

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Heaviest HP job cuts outside region

3:00 AM | HEWLETT-PACKARD'S decision to shed 27,000 staff globally - more than 8 per cent of its workforce - should fall less harshly on the Asia-Pacific region, according to an analyst.

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Rinehart turns up heat on Fairfax

3:00 AM | GINA RINEHART has ramped up the pressure on Fairfax Media after being overlooked for a board seat, warning the current board was failing shareholders.

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Crime groups rife at ports, inquiry finds

3:00 AM | AUSTRALIA'S border security is exposed to 19 ''critical'' risks and dozens of other serious vulnerabilities, which are wrecking efforts to control an epidemic of drugs and arms smuggling on the waterfront.

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Thomson treated 'worse than Ivan Milat'

3:00 AM | CONCERN is growing for the wellbeing of Craig Thomson after he pleaded publicly yesterday for an end to his trial by the Parliament and the media.

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Tigers and Hawks kiss VFL break goodbye

3:00 AM | Richmond and Hawthorn have organised a 'scratch match' for their reserves today.

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Magpies call up two more rookies

3:00 AM | Injuries have forced Collingwood's hand again as it confronts white-hot Adelaide this weekend.

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Let's talk football, if you dare

3:00 AM | In the court of popular opinion, Darren Jolly was damned if he did and damned if he didn't.

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History repeating for injured Tigers

3:00 AM | It was nearly 12 months ago that defender Dylan Grimes sustained a hamstring injury.

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Beleaguered Watts taps in with Malthouse

3:00 AM | Michael Malthouse has become a sounding board for struggling young Demon Jack Watts.

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AOC to fight for hockey

3:00 AM | Australia could take its protest over scheduling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Relaxed Hesjedal fires up

3:00 AM | Ryder Hesjedal is so laid back in his bid to win the Giro d'Italia that 'he is nearly horizontal'.

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Black Piranha looking snappy

3:00 AM | Black Piranha lines up tomorrow for a fourth crack at the Doomben 10,000.

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Wilkie in talks for health rescue

3:00 AM | THE Gillard government is actively considering Andrew Wilkie's request for a special $400 million rescue package for the Tasmanian health system, with Labor's attitude towards the independent ''warming markedly'' since the Thomson and Slipper scandals threatened its knife-edge majority.

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