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Ellen wins top humour award

Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will receive the annual Mark Twain prize for American humour, following in the footsteps of previous female winners Whoopi Goldberg and Tina Fey.
ABC - May 16, 8:53 am
Gallagher marks a year at the top

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher says she has not achieved all the things that she had hoped to in her first year in the top job, but she has made progress on most them.
ABC - May 16, 8:50 am
93yo axeman gives retirement the chop

Legendary axeman Vic Summers has again shelved retirement plans and will compete at this week's Gympie Show in south-east Queensland, at the age of 93.
ABC - May 16, 7:58 am
Third trap set for Mary River croc

It is hoped a third trap will prove too much for an elusive crocodile lurking in the Mary River near Maryborough in southern Queensland.
ABC - May 16, 5:20 am
Henry flags Australia as financial 'safe haven'

Former Treasury boss Ken Henry has defended key advice he provided to the former Rudd government, including sweeping cash stimulus payments to households as the global financial crisis brewed.
ABC - May 15, 8:10 pm
Thousands apply for garage business giveaway

A struggling panel-beater from south-west Victoria has given away his business after fielding about 3,000 applicants.
ABC - May 15, 3:07 pm
Rangers shoot rogue crocodile of odd tastes

Rangers at Elcho Island off the Arnhem Land coast of the Northern Territory have shot a rogue saltwater crocodile that was killing dogs in the area.
ABC - May 15, 2:25 pm
RSPCA wins right to dispose of cats

The RSPCA has won the right to dispose of 11 cats seized from an Adelaide breeder.
ABC - May 15, 1:31 pm
Monks busted playing high-stakes poker, smoking

The leaders of South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed them playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking.
ABC - May 12, 12:22 pm
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Massive shark circles boat (video)

A fisherman has told of his close encounter with the ocean's most dangerous predator.
As you're about to see in our exclusive pictures, a five-metre great white shark circled his boat off the coast of Albany.
May 11, 8:00 pm
North Korea reportedly executing cannibals

A new report quoting eyewitnesses in North Korea says officials have publicly executed several people for cannibalism in recent years.
ABC - May 11, 5:33 pm
Hoffman is Aussie jogger's heart attack hero

An Australian lawyer who suffered a heart attack while jogging in London's Hyde Park says he regained consciousness to learn Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman helped save his life.
ABC - May 10, 9:16 am
House falls from truck, pins teenager

A 19-year old man has suffered injuries after being pinned under a weatherboard house which fell off a truck in Victoria.
ABC - May 9, 3:53 pm
Patches O'Hoolihan crowned goat race champion

Records have tumbled at Australia's richest goat race meeting in western Queensland.
ABC - May 8, 7:35 am
Outback racing harnesses goat power

Goats will race in central western Queensland today at a meeting dubbed the richest goat race in Australia.
ABC - May 7, 11:36 am