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Krakouer takes four weeks off

5:36 PM | Collingwood's Andrew Krakouer has been granted a four-week leave of absence, to allow him to deal with "some personal issues".

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Lin family house for sale

3:55 PM | The North Epping home where five members of the Lin family were killed is on the market.

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A swim in the bay this weekend? Forget it

3:55 PM | Melburnians have been warned not to swim at any of Melbourne's three dozen monitored beaches tomorrow because of pollution expected to run into the bay following heavy rain tonight.

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Bad medicine: Fairfax online poll becomes alternative health battleground

3:35 PM | The manipulation of an smh.com.au poll has once again thrown the spotlight on the fragility of online voting, writes Asher Moses.

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Activists to steam on in marathon whaling pursuit

3:18 PM | The Antarctic whaling pursuit is set to run into next month, with Sea Shepherd activists replenishing fuel to keep up their chase of the Japanese factory ship Nisshin Maru.

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A content Therese Rein happy in her job - just like Kevin

3:08 PM | Therese Rein is happy doing what she's doing — just like her husband Kevin Rudd.

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NAB customers locked out by glitches

2:49 PM | National Australia Bank customers were today hit by a series of problems while trying to access their accounts this afternoon.

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2:42 PM | Imagine eating your younger, slightly shorter and skinnier cousin. Stay with me. Now imagine you are not allowed to cook him or chop him up with a knife. Instead you hide for weeks in a dark corner of the house, and when he's least expecting it you leap out from behind the curtains and swallow him whole.

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ANZ raises interest rates

2:40 PM | ANZ Bank has lifted its mortgage rate independently of the Reserve Bank today, raising its standard variable rate by 6 basis points.

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Bellevue Hill stabbing: suspect flies into arms of police

1:31 PM | A man stepped off an international flight this morning straight into the arms of police, who arrested him over the violent stabbing of bikie associate Mark Judge.

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Tomic and Hewitt take Australia to 2-0 Davis Cup lead

1:23 PM | Australia needs just one point from the final three matches of its Davis Cup zone group tie to advance past China to a second round appointment with either Korea or Taiwan in April, after Bernard Tomic built on the lead established by Lleyton Hewitt to confirm a 2-0 lead.

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