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NewsMail Morning Edition Sat 04 Aug, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » London Live: Day Seven Follow Grandstand's live coverage of Day Seven of the London Olympics, where we see the first track and field action at the Olympic Park. More » Booth sent home over drunken rampage Meares blown away in keirin final Piggery footage reveals horrendous cruelty Teen charged over brutal park bashing Australia leading global charge on mining returns UN Assembly slams Security Council's Syria failure UK parents jailed for daughter's 'honour killing' Crowds shun Italian beaches amid strike Kiwi medal surge leaves Australia languishing More Analysis » Labor are finally playing it like they mean it Wayne Swan's Springsteen speech confirmed the Government has now officially entered its "Govern Like Nobody Is Watching" phase. Gone is the buttoned-down caution of earlier years; the constant internal freak-outs about being seen as profligate, or anti-business, or gooily left-wing. They're finally playing it like they mean it, without the awkward self-reversing tendencies past recorded in carbon pricing, the mining tax, refugee policy and poker machines. More » Flying the flag for social justice at the Olympics Overcoming the state spin machine We've tackled tobacco - why not unhealthy food? Independence: that's a genuine entitlement Taint of failure too readily attached to our Olympians The naked truth? Media and politics in the digital age The Correctionist: remembering Gore Vidal Victory declared for the climate denialists The political correctness of the radical Right Just In More Just In » Australia leading global charge on mining returns By Stan Correy for Background Briefing Mineral-rich nations are demanding more from mining companies digging up their resource - and Australia is at the forefront of this trend. More » Crowds shun Italian beaches amid strike UK parents jailed for daughter's 'honour killing' Teen charged over brutal park bashing Meares blown away in keirin final Federer prevails in marathon semi-final Saudi judoka loses but still comes first UN Assembly slams Security Council's Syria failure Kiwi medal surge leaves Australia languishing Solid job figures expected to boost Obama World More World » UN Assembly slams Security Council's Syria failure The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passes a resolution criticising the Security Council's failure to act on the Syrian conflict. More » O'Neill sworn in as PNG prime minister UK parents jailed for daughter's 'honour killing' Military rulers suppressing opposition in Fiji: lawyer Crowds shun Italian beaches amid strike Business More Business » Australia leading global charge on mining returns By Stan Correy for Background Briefing Mineral-rich nations are demanding more from mining companies digging up their resource - and Australia is at the forefront of this trend. More » Solid job figures expected to boost Obama BHP boss gives up bonus after $3b write-down Business criticises fair work review Coalition wants tougher foreign investment rules Politics More Politics » Australia leading global charge on mining returns By Stan Correy for Background Briefing Mineral-rich nations are demanding more from mining companies digging up their resource - and Australia is at the forefront of this trend. More » Newman berates bureaucrats for budget cut leaks Former Fijian PM jailed for corruption Police investigate rumours council offices bugged Coalition wants tougher foreign investment rules Sport More Sport » Cats stun Hawks to win after the siren Geelong has recorded one of the most remarkable wins of the season with a two-point victory over Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday night. More » Dragons' finals hopes dented by defeat to Roosters Australian rowers in the medals PB puts Cole in 400m hurdles semis Michalak ready to end on a high Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Astronomers detect cries of a dying star By Stuart Gary for Science Online For the first time astronomers have detected the last gasps of a star being torn apart by a previously dormant giant black hole. More » 'Electronic nose' sniffs out mesothelioma Giant fossil claw may be from ancient reptile NASA rehearses for '7 minutes of terror' First chief scientist Ralph Slatyer dies Environment More Environment » Founders cut ties with 'lost' Planet Ark By Adam Harvey The founders of environment group Planet Ark, including tennis great Pat Cash, are speaking out about the charity they say has lost its way. More » Ocean power could supply entire cities India bans tourists from tiger reserves Firing at seals urged to protect penguins Pro-logging protester joins tree-sit activist 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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