Cormann coy on surplus pledge

FINANCE Minister Mathias Cormann has created some wiggle room on the coalition’s budget surplus pledge.

Cormann coy on surplus pledge

NYSE holds successful dry run for Twitter

TWITTER, which is expected to go public this week has chosen to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

NYSE holds successful dry run for Twitter

Young kayakers saved from Tas river

FIVE girls have been rescued after their kayak capsized in a northern Tasmanian river.

Young kayakers saved from Tas river

Sharpton threatens Barneys store boycott over profile suit

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton threatened Saturday to boycott luxury retailer Barneys if the department store doesn’t respond adequately to allegations by black shoppers that they were racially profiled there.

Sharpton threatens Barneys store boycott over profile suit

Tens of thousands flee India flooding; 39 dead

NEW DELHI — Days of torrential rains have unleashed floods in southeast India that have killed dozens of people and forced the evacuation of more than 70,000 others from hundreds of low-lying villages.

Tens of thousands flee India flooding; 39 dead

Police: Tenn. man had loaded rifle in bag at JFK

NEW YORK — Police say a Tennessee man has checked luggage containing a loaded, defaced rifle at New York’s Kennedy International Airport.

Police: Tenn. man had loaded rifle in bag at JFK

Mass. mom’s ‘heart is broken’ over teacher killing

DANVERS, Mass. — The mother of the Massachusetts teenager accused of killing his teacher inside a school bathroom is brokenhearted over the educator’s death and seeks prayers for her son, according to a statement released Saturday by her son’s defense attorney.

Mass. mom’s ‘heart is broken’ over teacher killing

Police: Pa. cop takes 2nd cop hostage, kills self

JIM THORPE, Pa. — Investigators were looking into whether mental illness played a role in the death of an off-duty eastern Pennsylvania deputy sheriff after he took another off-duty officer hostage at gunpoint before fatally shooting himself, police said Saturday.

Police: Pa. cop takes 2nd cop hostage, kills self

Life in jail horrible: Aussie activist

AN Australian Greenpeace activist detained in Russia after an Arctic drilling protest says she spends 23 hours a day in a freezing cell.

Life in jail horrible: Aussie activist

Phoenix police investigating homicide

Phoenix police are at the scene homicide near 17th Avenue and Camelback Road in Phoenix on Saturday afternoon, officials said.
There were reports of gun fire near 17th Avenue and Hazelwood Drive mid-morning.

Phoenix police investigating homicide