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ACT appoints top cop

4:17 PM AEDT | BREAKING NEWS: The ACT has a new chief police officer. Assistant Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg will lead Canberra’s 800-strong police force, succeeding Michael Phelan who left the post in early January.

Rudd's $632m medico-training plan

1:45 PM AEDT | ELECTION WATCH: The Rudd Government will invest $632 million to train a "record number'' of doctors as part of its plan to reform the health and hospital system.

Plumbers hunt for $200k ring at Pup's

12:23 PM AEDT | BINGLE BUNGLE: Plumbers turned up twice this morning to the Bondi home of Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke in an apparent bid to find the missing $200,000 engagement ring of former fiancee Lara Bingle.

Diver forced to leave dying mate

Deadly blow puts footy on hold

Agencies unite on climate change

Board blunder costs ACT taxpayers

Million-dollar neighbourhoods

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MULTIMEDIA

GALLERY: Canberra Capitals' WNBL grand final victory

Photographer Andrew Sheargold captures the Caps' win over the Boomers.

GALLERY: Brumbies v Lions

GALLERY: Canberra Show 2010

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SPORT

Kookaburras bust World Cup hoodoo

8:19 AM AEDT | A crucial penalty corner save from Canberra goalkeeper Nathan Burgers helped secured Australia its first hockey World Cup in 24 years.

Hux deluxe back in action

8:18 AM AEDT | Julian Huxley says he's ready to end a two-year exile from Super14 rugby as early as Friday, when the Brumbies head across the Tasman to face the Auckland Blues.

Julian hoping to inspire little battlers

Disjointed start has Miller in disbelief

All to be revealed at swim titles

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Waiting for day he can breathe easy

Four-year-old Lachlan stops breathing more than 60 times every night. The Harrison boy has ...

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Diver forced to leave dying mate to drown in cave

11:27 AM AEDT | A VICTORIAN man was forced to leave his trapped diving partner to drown in a sinkhole while scuba diving in a South Australian cave.

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4:00 AM AEDT | HADRIAN'S WALL, NORTHUMBERLAND: When the first pinpoint of light shimmered red on the peak of a faraway cliff, it elicited a primal, appreciative roar from the crowds in fields below.

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