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Plastic on stove starts apartment fire

2:39 PM | A residential apartment building in the city had to be evacuated after a small kitchen fire broke out on the sixth floor, sparked by plastic on a hot stove top.

News - General

Guard stabbed by booze thieves

2:19 PM | A security guard was stabbed in the shoulder after he approached two men who were allegedly trying to steal alcohol from a supermarket on Sunday night.

News - General

Embassy attack 'not local'

1:47 PM | Charge d'affaires Jawdat Ali said he believed the men that trashed the Syrian embassy at the weekend were probably "extremists" from Sydney.

News - General

Teachers crying as much as parents on day one?

10:13 AM | Tears are a guaranteed starter for any child's first day at ''big school''. But what happens when you arrive to find just as many teachers crying as parents?

News - General

Man, 92, robbed in his home

8:59 AM | Police are requesting public assistance after a 92-year-old man was wrestled to the ground and burgled at knifepoint in his Turner home on Sunday morning.

News - Crime and Law

Somebody's daughter

4:00 AM | Baffled NSW police have turned to an expert in facial technology to identify remains found in Belanglo in 2010.

News - General

Armstrong investigation will be kept alive

4:00 AM | Cycling will today start the new week as the last one ended - with a doping controversy involving a Tour de France winner making the headlines.

Sport - Cycling

Probe into 14 job agencies over suspected false claims

4:00 AM | The federal government has launched an investigation into 14 employment agencies suspected of rorting its multi-billion-dollar job assistance scheme, as evidence mounts.

News - General

Police examine footage of embassy attack

4:00 AM | Police have made no arrests in relation to Saturday's attack on the Syrian embassy in O'Malley.

News - General

Three out of three not bad for series leaders

4:00 AM | Tim Brosnan and Tracey Hannah continued their clean sweeps of the national Gravity Cup downhill series at Stromlo Forest Park yesterday. | GALLERY: Bikers get airborne

Sport - BMX

Bowling blitz fires Queanbeyan into Konica Cup decider

4:00 AM | Blake Dean paid credit to the performance of his bowlers after his quick-fire innings helped Queanbeyan to an easy Konica Cup semi-final win over Weston Creek yesterday.

Sport - Cricket

Darwin heat has Brumbies pack at a loss

4:00 AM | ACT Brumbies hooker Anthony Hegarty wants to prove he can be a physical force when the Super Rugby season begins on February24.

Sport - Rugby Union

Courage under fire delivers Elmir emotional title belt

4:00 AM | The scorecard won't reflect it, but Bianca Elmir summoned up courage beyond her wildest imagination to take another step towards her Olympic dream.

Sport - Boxing

Giant Manning one tough cookie

4:00 AM | When Eli Manning was about three years old, he tumbled down the stairs of the Manning family house.

Sport - General

Third-party deals key to raiders keeping Dugan

4:00 AM | Canberra boss Don Furner remains confident of securing third party sponsors willing to help the Raiders retain star fullback Josh Dugan.

Sport - Rugby League

Subs plan may pay penalty of new ruck rule

4:00 AM | The number of interchange may have to be maintained or increased if the NRL scraps penalties for ruck infringements and referees instead re-start the tackle count for the attacking team.

Sport - Rugby League

Breakthrough win sees Boeljon join idols

4:00 AM | Dutchwoman Christel Boeljon hadn't made the cut in three previous attempts but she held her nerve at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast yesterday.

Sport - Golf

India's joy short-lived as Aussies bounce back to best

4:00 AM | If Australia was stung by being outfielded by India on Friday its decisive 65-run win last night was the perfect riposte.

Sport - Cricket

Channel Nine throws weight behind T20s

4:00 AM | Channel Nine has added its influential voice to the push for more Twenty20 internationals as part of a new-look Australian summer.

Sport - Cricket

Learoyd-Lahrs deserves another crack at Origin, says Daley

4:00 AM | Indigenous All Stars coach Laurie Daley believes Canberra prop Tom Learoyd-Lahrs should be ''one of the first front-rowers picked'' for NSW after his dominant performance on Saturday night.

Sport - Rugby League