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NewsMail Morning Edition Fri 05 Aug, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Stocks plunge on recession fears US stocks plunged more than 4 per cent this morning and every key index in Europe shed more than 3 per cent as fears of a fresh global economic downturn stalked trading floors on both sides of the Atlantic.More » Hero cop lauded after Mosman bomb scare Minchin savages Turnbull in open letter Obama turns 50 amid political turmoil Retailers to blame for falling sales: Shorten Tourist figures fall off a cliff Nursing home resident left in clinic carpark Scepticism as Assad allows opposition parties New IMF head embroiled in payout investigation Man builds nuke reactor in kitchen More Analysis » Put down your gun: the tyranny of professional 'consensus' I belong to one of those professions for which there is supposedly a 'consensus' - on using a carbon dioxide tax or an ETS as the most efficient means of reducing the growth of emissions. The clear message is that if you are not part of the 'consensus', you are an idiot and no-one should listen to anything you say.  Well, count me out of the 'consensus', because bald statements about complicated policy issues should never generate only binary possibilities - agree or disagree.More » No end to hacking's house of horrors The Arab Spring Myer, Myer on the wall, who's got the worst service of all? In Mosman, one ordeal gives way to another Well done pageant-haters Tanner's sideshow might be a little over the top Confidently going where no confidence has gone before Time to up the ante on Syria's deadly despot The problem with LulzSec and other 'hackers' Just In More Just In » EU head urges rethink of rescue plans Brooke Bowman and Rachael Brown The European Commission president has warned the debt crisis is now striking at the heart of the eurozone, urging all EU leaders to urgently revisit their rescue funds.More » US miner pushes ahead with Macarthur takeover bid Senate inquiry accused of snubbing Qld cattle producers Tourist figures fall off a cliff Two winning tickets give gambler $2.5m Minchin savages Turnbull in open letter Nursing home resident left in clinic carpark Piers Morgan facing questions over hacking claims Polish military heads roll after crash review Man builds nuke reactor in kitchen World More World » Stocks plunge on recession fears US stocks plunged more than 4 per cent this morning and every key index in Europe shed more than 3 per cent as fears of a fresh global economic downturn stalked trading floors on both sides of the Atlantic.More » Scepticism as Assad allows opposition parties Obama turns 50 amid political turmoil New IMF head embroiled in payout investigation Polish military heads roll after crash review Piers Morgan facing questions over hacking claims Kiev's 'vanishing mayor' resurfaces in Israel Man builds nuke reactor in kitchen Business More Business » Stocks plunge on recession fears US stocks plunged more than 4 per cent this morning and every key index in Europe shed more than 3 per cent as fears of a fresh global economic downturn stalked trading floors on both sides of the Atlantic.More » Rio Tinto posts $7.1b half-year profit Banks lead share slide Aussie dollar falls on Japan intervention Review backs GST for online goods Brown Sugar falls victim to torrid retail market Toll road firm Transurban almost doubles profit Leighton forecasts smaller loss Toll CFO Kruger elevated to managing director ERA scraps ore leaching plan at uranium mine Politics More Politics » Prime Minister's department gets new secretary Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Terry Moran, plans to retire.More » Officials deny collusion in Moti deportation Japan to sack top nuclear energy officials MP keen to push Rann out sooner Study fast tracks high-speed rail link Sport More Sport » All Blacks to test Digby's defence The Wallabies have no fear strike weapon Digby Ioane will be exposed or his X-factor diminished by standing in as Quade Cooper's defensive stuntman. More » Viney shakes Demons up Day sets early pace at Firestone AFL to look at mid-season trades Kewell's Victory saga drags on Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Telescope detects oxygen in space The European Space Agency's Herschel telescope has found the first confirmed evidence of oxygen molecules in space, according to a report published this week in the Astrophysical Journal.More » NBN heading for six new towns NASA gets close look at asteroid Vesta Half of European men 'share King Tut's DNA' Alleged LulzSec spokesman charged in UK Environment More Environment » Turnbull decries war on climate science Jeremy Thompson Opposition frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has hit out against climate change sceptics on his side of politics, saying there has been a "war on science" that contradicts common sense. He also warned the Liberal Party against veering too much to the right, using his popularity as a moderate in the New South Wales seat of Wentworth as an example of wresting votes from Labor.More » Murray water reform delay under fire Greens demand action on Sumatra logging claims Carbon tax protesters march in Sydney British PM praises Gillard's carbon tax About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us   This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. 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