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NewsMail Morning Edition Wed 07 Mar, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Romney seeks knockout as Super Tuesday dawns By Jill Colgan, wires Mitt Romney is the man to watch as US voters go to the polls in 10 states in the single biggest day of the campaign to choose the Republican Party's White House candidate. More » Floodwaters peak below levee in Wagga Syrian forces bomb key refugee bridge: NGO Sri Lanka levels finals series Victorian town braces for flood peak Man jailed over fatal drive through floodwaters Not just child's play at Aus Toy Fair Dozens killed as avalanche buries Afghan village Allen Stanford guilty of massive Ponzi scheme Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious composer dies More Analysis » Regulating from a distance: Finkelstein, politics, power The structure of the News Media Council proposed by Ray Finkelstein is complicated. It's elaborate composition is supposed to demonstrate maximum impartiality and objectivity. Do not imagine that Finkelstein's proposals are just industry self-regulation with a little bite. An independent regulatory agency is the government. More » A feminist libertarian dilemma We've 'lost the plot' when paying respect Payback. I criticised The Australian. Now I must pay Palestine matters, not Gillard-Rudd soapies India must be a priority in renewed foreign focus What the Dickens? A Gaga Great Expectations Mining tax bungle: the blame game over poor policy Gay marriage good for family and economy Sausages and statesmanship: transparency at a cost Just In More Just In » Man jailed over fatal drive through floodwaters By Chrissy Arthur A 21-year-old man has been jailed after his action of driving through floodwaters resulted in the death of a man in central-west Queensland. More » Allen Stanford guilty of massive Ponzi scheme Gympie residents relieved as town spared major flooding Man kills wife with homemade cannon Olympic athletes warned against hand-shaking Death toll from Yemen army attack hits 185 Victorian town braces for flood peak Dozens killed as avalanche buries Afghan village Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious composer dies Netanyahu ramps up rhetoric against Iran World More World » Romney seeks knockout as Super Tuesday dawns By Jill Colgan, wires Mitt Romney is the man to watch as US voters go to the polls in 10 states in the single biggest day of the campaign to choose the Republican Party's White House candidate. More » Syrian forces bomb key refugee bridge: NGO Netanyahu ramps up rhetoric against Iran Allen Stanford guilty of massive Ponzi scheme Russia arrests protesters after Putin triumph Business More Business » Reserve Bank leaves rates unchanged The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate unchanged at 4.25 per cent, where it has been since December, as widely expected. More » Greenpeace defends leaked anti-coal campaign PM creates forum to cut business red tape Farmers set to reap bumper profits Executives bogged down by wireless devices Shares extend losses after rates decision Current account blows out as export prices dip Westpac to axe 126 more jobs: union Ex-Iceland PM on trial for role in banking crisis Politics More Politics » Questions raised over Wild Rivers report delay By Brigid Andersen Queensland's LNP has accused Labor of trying to hide something by delaying the release of a report into the Wild Rivers legislation. More » Multicultural ministry at risk of being 'token gesture' New ministers sworn in by G-G Morricone and V8s an embarrassing mix New federal ministry set to be sworn in Sport More Sport » Injured Clarke's Windies tour doubt Captain Michael Clarke's tour of the West Indies is in jeopardy because of another hamstring injury, picked up in Australia's one-day defeat to Sri Lanka in Adelaide. More » Adelaide make winning start in ACL Sri Lanka levels finals series Roar silenced on Asian debut Sea Eagles lose Matai to injury Pritchard to front NRL judiciary Science and Technology More Science and Technology » 'Cheetah' robot sets new speed record A four-legged robot known as the Cheetah has lived up to its name, setting a new land speed record for legged robots by running at 29kph on a treadmill. More » Executives bogged down by wireless devices Oxygen found around Saturn moon Giant green Antarctic algae visible from space Earth lights the way in search for life Environment More Environment » Alien invasion a threat to Antarctic ecosystem Scientists in Antarctica fear an alien invasion - not from outer space, but carried in people's pockets and bags. More » Iran to allow inspection of suspected nuclear site Questions raised over Wild Rivers report delay Giant green Antarctic algae visible from space BP reaches settlement over Gulf of Mexico spill 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. 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