Vampires are still around?

Italian researchers believe they have found the remains of a female “vampire” in Venice, buried with a brick jammed between her jaws to prevent her feeding on victims of a plague which swept the city in the 16th century.
Matteo Borrini, an anthropologist from the University of Florence, said the discovery on the small island of [...]

Police say Australian Open sex assault isolated

Police say Australian Open sex assault isolated
Police investigating the sexual assault of a five-year-old boy at the Australian Open in Melbourne have defended their decision not to warn the public about the possible threat to children.
The young boy was allegedly assaulted in a men’s toilet late on Monday afternoon while his mother waited for [...]

Deputy Mayor to face court in June

The Gold Coast deputy Mayor is to face court in the middle of the year over his alleged failure to submit an electoral return declaring donations for the 2004 council poll.
In Southport Magistrates Court yesterday, David Power’s solicitor asked that the matter be heard as soon as possible.
The Crown had sought an adjournment until the [...]

100 Million IE7 Installations!

It looks like IE7 is beating Firefox already in usage. Amazing.

100 Million IE7 Installations!
I’m pleased to report that on January 8th, we had the 100 millionth IE7 installation. However, even more important than installations is usage. According to WebSideStory (the company we use to measure browser usage), as of this week, over 25% of all [...]

Pair died in murder-suicide: police

Update to previous story.
Police have described the deaths of two people on Queensland’s northern Gold Coast as a murder-suicide. The bodies of the 64-year-old man and 62-year-old woman were found in their Coombabah home yesterday.
Detective Inspector John Hartwell says post-mortem examinations indicate no other people were involved in the deaths.

Arthurs powers on

Australian Wayne Arthurs has advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with an emphatic four-set victory over American Zack Fleishman at Melbourne Park today.
After going down in a first set tiebreak, the 35-year-old veteran was all smiles when he completed his win 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 with a simple finish from the [...]

Armed robbers ambush tavern manager

I heard on the radio that over AUD$150,000 was taken.

Armed robbers ambush tavern manager
Police say the thieves who robbed a Gold Coast tavern on the weekend ambushed the manager.
Two armed men wearing balaclavas locked the manager of the Fisherman’s Wharf Tavern into a safe room of the building in the early hours of Sunday [...]

Pink backflip on boycott pleases wool industry

Pink backflip on boycott pleases wool industry
The wool industry has welcomed an admission by US singer Pink that she failed to properly research the practice of sheep mulesing before she made a video condemning the practice.
The singer caused a furore when she called for consumers to boycott Australian wool as part of a campaign [...]

Bali nine smugglers fight death sentences

Bali nine smugglers fight death sentences
Lawyers for convicted heroin smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are appealing to Indonesia’s Constitutional Court to quash their death sentences.
The two Australians are on death row in Bali.
The judicial review application argues Indonesia’s constitution guarantees the right to life as a basic human right.
Four other Australians convicted in [...]

Newton in court on assault charges

Matthew Newton has pleaded not guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend Brooke Satchwell.
 
Assault charges against actor Matthew Newton have been heard in a Sydney court.
The 29-year-old son of Bert (famous TV host in Australia) and Patti Newton is accused of assaulting his former girlfriend, actress Brooke Satchwell.
Newton has pleaded not guilty to four charges, including [...]