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NewsMail Morning Edition Fri 18 May, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Stoner announces shock decision to quit World motorcycling champion Casey Stoner has stunned the sport by announcing he will quit at the end of the season for "family reasons". More » Disco queen Donna Summer dies No regrets over Slipper staffer comments: Carr Mladic war crimes trial suspended indefinitely NSW teachers to go on strike Retirements leave plenty of Wiggle room Leaked audit casts shadow over Royal Life Saving Victorian house searched in girls-in-hiding case Cameron hands eurozone tough ultimatum Suicide gunmen storm Afghan compound, kill seven More Analysis » Gay marriage is a distraction: remember Manning Same-sex marriage is a distraction. What matters to those who aspire to control our lives is not skin pigment or gender or sexuality, but the class we serve. The goals are to ensure that we look inward on ourselves, not outward to others, and that we never comprehend the sheer scale of undemocratic power. The courage of disobedience is a weapon. Remember Bradley Manning. More » Investing in our youngest Australians There's no such thing as a good grades guarantee Darwin's modest discovery of evolution There's no other word for it: Thomson is embattled Labor losing votes left, right and centre Egyptian cinema: the people's voice under threat Deadly consequences of taking train drivers' sleep Click: looking beyond the incessant news prattle The future of America is obese Just In More Just In » Family threatened in armed home invasion A family has been threatened with machetes, hammers and iron bars in a home invasion in Sydney's west, in what police believe may have been a case of mistaken identity. More » Facebook shares priced at $38 AFP seize drugs imported by post NSW teachers to go on strike Disco queen Donna Summer dies Stoner announces shock decision to quit Cameron hands eurozone tough ultimatum Suicide gunmen storm Afghan compound, kill seven Mladic war crimes trial suspended indefinitely World's oldest junk returns to Taiwan World More World » Cameron hands eurozone tough ultimatum British PM David Cameron says eurozone leaders need to back the group's weaker economies or kick them out altogether. More » Mladic war crimes trial suspended indefinitely Suicide gunmen storm Afghan compound, kill seven Norway massacre survivor 'hid under bodies' Woman uses thoughts to move robotic arm Business More Business » Facebook shares priced at $38 Finance reporter Alicia Barry, wires Facebook has announced a price of $US38 per share for its record-setting initial public offering, giving the leading social network a market value of $104 billion. More » BHP Billiton chief sparks workplace row CBA on track for another record profit Markets freeze, gold dives as Greek exit looms Shares in holding pattern amid Greek turmoil Miner faces sacred site desecration charges Call for urgent probe into Trio super collapse E Timor unveils disputed gas field pipeline Politics More Politics » Industrial court to hear HSU administration case The New South Wales Industrial Court has agreed to hear an application for the Health Services Union East branch to go into administration. More » No regrets over Slipper staffer comments: Carr Forced adoptions apology from SA Premier Shorten warns Labor of 'gathering storm' Greens call for Parliament anti-corruption body Sport More Sport » Stoner announces shock decision to quit World motorcycling champion Casey Stoner has stunned the sport by announcing he will quit at the end of the season for "family reasons". More » Premiership stars return for Pies-Cats re-match Petero not taking Origin for granted Chanderpaul resists Broad's six appeal Bak breaks away for maiden Giro win Mundine to take on Bronco Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Last 50 years were Australia's hottest: study By Matthew Carney For the first time scientists have provided the most complete climate record of the last millennium and they found that the last 50 years in Australia have been the warmest. More » Woman uses thoughts to move robotic arm Poison trials raise hopes in feral pests fight No hint of world's end in oldest Mayan calendar Ceratosaur find sheds light on prehistoric period Environment More Environment » Last 50 years were Australia's hottest: study By Matthew Carney For the first time scientists have provided the most complete climate record of the last millennium and they found that the last 50 years in Australia have been the warmest. More » Poison trials raise hopes in feral pests fight Australia seventh-worst polluter on Earth: report Australian to embark on tsunami debris mission Paul Watson: the man behind Sea Shepherd 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. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2011 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC Email newsletters