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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Fri 19 Aug, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Investigators head to ABC chopper crash site Police say it could be days before they can formally identify the victims of a chopper crash which is believed to have claimed the lives of three of the ABC's most respected newsmen. Journalist Paul Lockyer, pilot Gary Ticehurst, and cameraman John Bean are feared dead after their chopper apparently crashed near Lake Eyre yesterday evening. This lunchtime South Australia Police said burned wreckage was spread over a wide area at the remote crash site 140 kilometres north of Marree. They said three people had been on board the chopper at the time of the crash and said they did not expect to find any survivors.More » Tributes for three of the ABC's finest Paul Lockyer: one of the best John Bean: the man behind the lens Gary Ticehurst: high flier's long legacy Flood town mourns 'true, fine' ABC friends Abbott ramps up attack on Thomson LNP candidate expelled over JFK email Scott to direct Blade Runner follow-up Hilditch to quit selection panel More Analysis » The modern budget's billions are holier than thou The budgetary black hole. Once upon a time it was a rare phrase, but these days it's always with us, a feature of the permanent campaign. And for that reason, black holes seem neither so black, nor so holey, as they used to do. Perhaps it's all these extra zeroes romping round the place post-GFC that makes us so blasé. Think about it.More » The best of the best: their legacy will live on Convoys aim to truck off Government Sodom and Australia A day in their shoes highlights need for NDIS OECD concerns on education revolution Ownership and exclusion: a lesson from the UK riots Let heroes be heroes Tributes flow for ABC newsmen See you Thomson, raise you Wilkie Just In More Just In » Abbott ramps up attack on Thomson Jeremy Thompson Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has ramped up the Coalition's attack on Labor backbencher Craig Thomson, who is accused of misusing a union credit card on escort agencies.More » LNP candidate expelled over JFK email Boomer-ring: returned after 13 years A journo's journo and a cool pilot Hilditch to quit selection panel Suicide blasts target British Council in Kabul Ivory Coast's Gbagbo charged Scott to direct Blade Runner follow-up Manus Island has detention centre wishlist Mining town remembers 'gentleman' journalist World More World » Israel hits back after desert attacks kill 7 Militants ambush cars and buses outside the Israeli city of Eilat, sparking air strikes and running gun battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants fleeing into the Sinai desert.More » Suicide blasts target British Council in Kabul Stocks sink as fear sweeps world markets Ivory Coast's Gbagbo charged Gaddafi calls for ceasefire as rebels close in Obama joins calls for Assad to go Thousands gather for Birmingham riot funerals Hollywood reporter arrested over hacking scandal Storm kills 5 at music festival Cook island in shock after first bank robbery Business More Business » Australian market slides on overseas dive Online business reporter Michael Janda After a brief respite, investors have been greeted with further steep falls on the Australian share market following overseas slides last night.More » ANZ 'confident' sitting on Asia's doorstep Fortescue profit surges, shares slip Economy 'grinding to a halt' on slow sales Billabong dumped by wave of consumer caution QBE shares fall on profit margin warning Santos profit surges, laments 'misinformation' in CSG debate Qantas engineers launch 4-month campaign Stocks sink as fear sweeps world markets Politics More Politics » Abbott ramps up attack on Thomson Jeremy Thompson Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has ramped up the Coalition's attack on Labor backbencher Craig Thomson, who is accused of misusing a union credit card on escort agencies.More » LNP candidate expelled over JFK email Manus Island has detention centre wishlist Brothel call claims heap pressure on Labor MP Obama joins calls for Assad to go Sport More Sport » Hilditch to quit selection panel Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch has lost his job as part of a wide-ranging review into Australian cricket. More » NRL Preview: Round 24 Elsom linked to Tahs under Foley Walshy and Wills: Round 22 Bombers lose Hurley and Pears Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Most Australians duped by science fiction Darren Osborne for Science Online More than three-quarters of Australians believe microscopic life has been found on other planets and almost half believe humans can be frozen and thawed back to life, despite neither being true.More » Bird bones could be one million years old US loses prototype hypersonic bomber Pre-historic eagle and wallaby discovered NSW opens way for R18+ games Environment More Environment » Government pushes ahead with power station cuts The Federal Government hopes to have contracts locked in by the end of June next year to cut 2,000 megawatts of power from the dirtiest generators.More » Spring heralds return of mouse plague Australia urged to stake claim in Antarctica Japan considers canning whaling program Japan PM vows nuclear-free future About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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