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  • Imogen Thomas gets up close and personal with 'hunks in trunks' on This Morning Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:03PMYou'd have thought in the light of the controversy surrounding her love life these past few months that Imogen Thomas would be steering well clear of men at the moment.
  • Serena Williams Stomachs the Competition Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:14AMFiled under: Serena Williams , Beauty , Paparazzi Photo , Hot Bodies , Stars In Heat , TMZ Sports Wearing a mismatched black and pink bikini, tennis diva Serena Williams cooled her rock hard body in the waters off South Beach this weekend. The buff 29-year-old brickhouse does not need a lifeguard. Permalink
  • Bookreporter.com's Summer Reading Feature and Contest Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:13AMSummer is upon us! At Bookreporter.com, this means it's time for us to share some great summer book picks with our Summer Reading Contest and Feature.
  • Force nomad Swanepoel lands with Canterbury Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:27PMMark Swanepoel was born in South Africa, spent a bit of his boyhood in the Bay of Plenty and played in the world junior championships with Australia.
  • Rugby nomad Swanepoel lands with Canterbury Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:58PMMark Swanepoel was born in South Africa, spent a bit of his boyhood in the Bay of Plenty and played in the world junior championships with Australia.
  • Man on four armed robbery counts Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:25AMA 44-YEAR-old man has been charged over four armed robberies in the Brisbane bayside area and Bribie Island in the past month.
  • Anjali Nayar: Sex (and soccer) sells Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:00AMWhy the rising interest in women's soccer? The women's game is now faster and more enjoyable to watch, but Anjali Nayar reports that advertising experts think it may be because of a tactical switch in the way the sport is being marketed - the players are now seen as sexy.
  • Rusty Gromfest 2011 Champions Crowned! Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:38AMMichael Wright (Lennox Head) and Kirstin Ogden (Suffolk Park Byron) were crowned 16 Boy's and 16 Girl's Rusty Gromfest champions respectively for 2011.
  • Local Surfers Michael Wright and Kirstin Ogden Win the Blue Ribbon Rusty Gromfest Divisions Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:08AMMonday July 11 2011, Lennox Head NSW:Michael Wright (Lennox Head) and Kirstin Ogden (Suffolk Park Byron) were crowned 16 Boy's and 16 Girl's Rusty Gromfest champions respectively for 2011.
  • Tornado risk eases but storm warning remains Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 6:06PMWeather warnings are in place for much of the country today.
  • Tornado warning for lower North Island lifted Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 5:04PMA severe thunderstorm warning for the lower North Island has been lifted, but heavy rain and snow to low levels is still expected.
  • RICK METHOT: Night fishing -- it's a trip, man Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 8:36PMAt midnight I’m sitting over 80 feet of water.
  • The long descent Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:14PMAndrew Bain cycles 400 kilometres from Mount Kosciuszko to Narooma in five gruelling, exhilarating days.
  • Interview: Alasdair McGregor Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:22AMIt's a cold, imposing place fraught with peril and discomfort but for this author, the Antarctic carries the warmth and nostalgia of home, writes STEVE MEACHAM.
  • Of beauty and blizzards Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:21AMIf you hadn't met Alasdair McGregor - a fifth-generation Australian, despite the name that sounds like a character from an episode of Taggart - you might think think him egotistical. How many award-winning authors can you name who publish a volume they have (a) edited? (b) taken most of the photographs for? (c) provided their own exhibition-standard landscape paintings for? (d) contributed ...
  • Margaritas in a villa by the sea Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 9:00AMTODAY'S retirees who downsize are looking for a sea or tree change close to home and their existing networks.
  • Caution advised in wake of Kermadecs quake Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:21PMCivil Defence has cancelled its tsunami alert after it was triggered by a massive earthquake in the Kermadec Islands region today, but is warning people to stay away from the water. read more
  • Marine threat after massive Kermadecs quake Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:51PMCivil Defence has cancelled its tsunami alert after it was triggered by a massive earthquake in the Kermadec Islands region today. read more
  • Five summer travel traditions worth starting Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:57AMTraditions don't have to be static. Visit a different island park each summer, or charter a boat, or visit historical sites or beer festivals — or any combination thereof.
  • The Gay Performance Artist Celebrating Pride Weekend Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 2:31PMOnce a week, Daily Intel takes a peek behind doors left slightly ajar. This week, the Gay Performance Artist Celebrating Pride Weekend: male, self-employed performing artist, Chelsea, 25, gay, single. DAY ONE 3 a.m.: Text friend crush and ask him to marry me, as a joke, since New York marriage-equality bill passed tonight. He responds saying he just married his bed. Lame. Everyone online is ...
  • Obituaries published Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 9:32PMTelbert A. Tonderum
  • Taxi found in Brit hit-and-run case Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 6:35PMPolice have located the taxi driver linked to a suspected hit-and-run that critically injured a British backpacker in Sydney more than a week ago.
  • Making a child's every second count Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 9:00AMFACED with a life-limiting illness, some parents try to make dreams come true.
  • LeBron James: Is He the Alex Rodriguez of the NBA? Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 6:41AMThe NBA is on hold for who knows how long and that means one thing. We don't have much to talk about in the way of LeBron James. So I took the opportunity to look at him in this light. There is maybe one thing that LeBron James and Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez don't have in common. A-Rod has a ring, LeBron does not. Other than that, it seems as if these guy's careers mirror each other ...
  • UFC 132 Fight Card: Bleacher Report MMA Staff Predictions Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 2:04PMThe Ultimate Fighting Championship is set to make history with a star-studded UFC 132 card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. The main event features the anticipated rematch between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber. In March 2007, Faber successfully defended his WEC featherweight title against Cruz. Now, Cruz will get his chance for redemption as he attempts to ...
  • Beachside property bargains beckon Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 10:37AMIt's not just the waves making crashing sounds at the beach.
  • Volunteers get a lift - of several inches Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 12:13AMTHEY'RE NOT a tourist destination like the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but on the bright side, the lack of foot traffic keeps Ontario's sidewalk plaques to honor volunteers in better shape.
  • Why we're debating 1788 and all that Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 3:33PMDescribing the 'invasion' of Australia may be a necessary concession, says Oscar Humphries.
  • Sailor's wife tells of heartbreak Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:49PMTHE wife of a sailor who mysteriously disappeared from their boat off Sydney's northern beaches on Sunday has spoken for the first time of her pain.
  • Police puzzled by injured backpacker Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 6:06PMA British backpacker was in a critical condition in an Australian hospital last night after he was found mysteriously lying in the middle of a street with a fractured skull, broken ribs and internal bleeding.
  • Less than 1500 tickets left for WIN Dragons clash Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 9:23PMLess than 1500 tickets remain for tonight’s NRL blockbuster between the St George Illawarra Dragons and Manly Sea Eagles at WIN Stadium.
  • Yaar zinda, sohbat baaqi Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 6:28AMOut of the blue the other day I received the text message: “Hasan Dars passed away”. I thought it was a joke. How could it be? Hasan was still an adolescent! Maybe it is not the right word, but his energy, his wide, poetry-breathing grin, how could it all have suddenly evaporated into thin air?
  • THE CANARY LIST Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 11:30PMShe knew that they hurt the boy, because he told her, always, the mornings after he was returned. She was the only one the boy trusted. She was five and he was four. Each time he was returned to the house, it seemed he had grown smaller.
  • Time to face up to social media in the classroom Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 9:14AMAs busy parents increasingly hand responsibility to schools to provide social guidance and modelling for their children, is it any wonder that we are beginning to experience the type of behaviour detailed in your story on cyber sexual slandering? (''Websites trumpeting high school sexual slanders to the world'', June 24).
  • 'Dadchelor' parties celebrate pregnancy with male bonding Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 9:01AMWhat happens at the man shower, stays at the man shower? The newest male-bonding ritual is all about celebrating a major milestone for dads-to-be... and maybe a lap dance or two.
  • Manly Bike Basket Holds Heavy, Manly Things [Desired] Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 6:02PM# desired When you think "bike baskets," you probably see a flimsy decoration on the front of a beach-cruiser. The Takeout would feel more at home on an F-150 Superduty. It's designed to carry the heavy things that matter. Like beer. More »
  • The business of lifesaving: Bob and Salmons Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 7:00AMWhen it came time for W. E. Tunnell, superintendent of the Sixth Life-Saving District, to address the dinner guests, he could not restrain his praise for Keeper Theodore Salmons. After three decades of service, Tunnell told surfmen from the Lewes and Cape Henlopen Life-Saving Stations that during Salmons' career, 'He has saved more lives from the sea than any other man in the Life-Saving Service ...
  • Your Skin: Even manly men need a grooming routine Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 1:17AMWho says men don't want to look good, especially for their ladies? Healthy skin is always in style and so is great hair and handsome hands and feet. Just because you're a manly man doesn't mean you should let yourself go. Looking good helps you have more confidence and makes you feel good about yourself.
  • 2011 summer entertainment season begins June 14 Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:06PMEdited by Matthew HallTimes Editormatthew@sonomawest.com
  • Even if Anthony goes to death row, she'll never be executed Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:06PM"Mike, revenge is served deliciously cold. Casey will definitely get the needle. Many of us will celebrate her death. Mac" ... Mac was responding to my column on why Casey Anthony does not qualify for the death penalty. I hate to spoil the celebration of Mac and others like him, but Casey will never feel that final vein prick. If she ever does make it to death row and gets in line behind the 399 ...
  • Volunteer boat hits whale off Stradbroke Island Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 4:09AMVolunteer Marine Rescue boat collided with a whale off Stradbroke Island last night.
  • Playing Devil's Advocate: Defending Duke Nukem Forever. Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 11:08PMAfter fifteen* long, long, looonng  years, Duke Nukem Forever finally launched to dreadful and mediocre reviews.  Suddenly, a game that no reasonable person would expect to be truly great is getting trashed as if it let everybody down, and aged in reverse.   Before you jump to any conclusions, I'll fill you in on some facts so that we can avoid too many asinine assumptions about me for defending ...
  • Jessica Marais: how to survive in TV Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 8:37PMWhether you're facing a specific challenge, going through a transition or just starting out in your career, there is something very alluring about the idea of having a mentor.
  • George Heymont: Gay Fathers, Gay Sons Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 5:20AMAs we celebrate Father's Day, it's interesting to compare three new films in which the father-son relationship is challenged by the revelation that either the...
  • Books: Steven Pressfield's "Profession" tells of futuristic war Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 4:43AMA military-political thriller by the author of "The Legend of Bagger Vance," "Killing Rommel" and nine other books looks into the future of what warfare will be like in 2032.
  • Asians bear brunt of fishing deaths in Australia Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 12:12AMSYDNEY, June 19, 2011 (AFP) - - Rock fishing is one of the most dangerous recreational sports in Australia, and it is mostly Asians who are dying.
  • Dad's still got it Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 11:22PMiVillage wants us to remember the hot guy we met way back when, the one we danced with and took long walks with on the beach. Before he became the guy with spit-up on his shoulder and bags under his eyes. The website's "Hottest Dad in America" contest was a beauty contest out to prove that, yes, Dad is still hot -- despite that spit-up. "Absolutely," said Liz Zack, editorial director for ...
  • Ellie Goulding displays painful-looking sunburn in Miami after her Segway tumble Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 3:33PMThe 24-year-old singer appeared to have been basking in the sunshine a bit too much and sported lines on her upper thighs where her shorts had been.
  • Bold, bellicose and bruising, Rex Mossop was the Moose who made an art of forward progress Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 9:31AMRespected journalist, author and league historian Ian Heads remembers the life of a Manly legend.
  • RENEE MOILANEN: This 'man's man' turned her ideas of masculinity upside down Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 6:55PMAt first, I didn't know what to make of my husband's nice-guy ways. I was in college when we met, going to fraternity parties and football games, smitten by bad boys at the local bars, and here he was, a smart, soft-spoken guy who wooed me with calculus problems on our first Valentine's Day