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Kerr-ching as Miranda and DJs talk turkey

3:00 AM | MIRANDA KERR has the sort of sweet, cherubic face that could melt the coldest of hearts, but don't be fooled, she is one tough business woman, as David Jones's boss Paul Zahra has no doubt discovered.

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Audiences marvel at a comic escape

3:00 AM | The fantasy of The Avengers has brought boys back to the movies, writes Garry Maddox.

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Price war to intensify as mobiles give power to buyers

3:00 AM | IMAGINE walking into a department store, trying on a pair of shoes or moisturiser, then pointing your mobile phone at the barcode to get a list of real time pricing information from competitors offering the same pair of shoes or facial cream a few dollars cheaper just a few doors away.

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New clues to killing of nanny left by side of country road

3:00 AM | Penny Hill's murderer has never been found, but a fresh appeal has led to a second inquest with fresh DNA evidence.

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Popularity of an Assange run for Senate could leave Greens with envy

3:00 AM | THE WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, would stand a good chance of securing a Senate seat, most likely at the expense of the Greens, a new poll has found.

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Born to talk and tweet: why some children are always on the phone

3:00 AM | ARE your children spending too much time talking and texting on their mobile phones? According to new research, it's your fault. Or more specifically, the fault of the genes you passed on to them.

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Euro pain felt by local shares in big selloff

3:00 AM | AUSTRALIAN financial markets fell to their lowest level for 2012 yesterday amid deepening fears over the fallout from the economic and political gridlock in Greece, with sellers wiping billions of dollars off the value of the sharemarket in the past week.

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Drugs: it's time to talk

3:00 AM | The war on drugs has raged for decades with organised crime the only winner. Catherine Armitage reports.

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Exposed: Obeids' secret harbour deal

3:00 AM | The former ALP powerbroker Eddie Obeid hid his interests in a lucrative cafe strip.

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London rained kippers at Games fit for their times

3:00 AM | THERE was the daily diet of kippered herrings. The incessant rain that made the running track a soggy mess. And the climax to the cut-price opening ceremony when the release of 10,000 pigeons sent the crowd running for cover.

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Saving Daniel: a couple's desperate bid to keep their only child alive

3:00 AM | JUDY SMITH knew nothing about heroin until it had her only child, Daniel, in its grip.

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Patients left fuming over hip implant failure rate

3:00 AM | THE government's failure to promote patient interests in the wake of what is unfolding as Australia's worst orthopaedic debacle has triggered an outcry from patient and health groups.

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Livestock exporter sanctions criticised

3:00 AM | ANIMAL rights groups and Labor backbenchers have slammed the sanctions issued to livestock exporters who breached animal welfare rules as weak and dismissed claims by the government the new regulations are working.

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Lingering anguish hinders devastated village's recovery

3:00 AM | THE suicides last month of four residents of the mountain village of Kinglake, ravaged by the Victorian firestorm of February 2009, has left the community on edge.

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In age-old rivalry of cats and dogs Sally nose best

3:00 AM | ''SHE'S got him.'' Sarah Legge cannot see her dog among the waist-high grass tufts characteristic of the central Kimberley, but the conservation scientist runs towards the distinctive bark the mutt makes when she has caught her prize.

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Everyone seems to want a bite of the Big Apple

3:00 AM | AUSTRALIANS are pouring into New York at a rate of almost 1500 a day and are the Big Apple's third-biggest overseas spenders, spurred on by the favourable exchange rate and new work opportunities.

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Carr 'way out' on call for Taliban to get seat in coalition

3:00 AM | A LEADING Afghanistan expert has described as ''fairly way out'' the Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr's claim that Taliban participation would make a future Afghan government more sustainable.

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Insecure? New shoes should fix it

3:00 AM | LIGHTS, mirrors, skinny models - the thought of buying clothes can be a self-esteem nightmare.

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Claims of lying as casino owners trade blows over the Star

3:00 AM | JAMES PACKER'S Crown group has accused the rival gaming company Echo Entertainment of ''lies and numerous breaches of its own code of conduct'' following the release of the final report of an inquiry into the Star casino.

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