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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Thu 11 Oct, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Soldier injured in truck rollover dies Tributes flow for Sapper Jordan Penpraze, who died in hospital this morning after being injured in a truck crash at Sydney's Holsworthy Army base earlier this week. More » Bali Remembered Swan, Gillard condemn 'offensive' Abbott joke BBC presenter Savile 'abused girls in hospitals' Victor Chang's killer could be deported Unemployment jumps on rising participation Once-in-century October snow across SA Man to stand trial for nursing home deaths Hunt for accused Canadian paedophile in Sydney Catholic Church denies sex abuse cover-up More Analysis » In cyberspace or Canberra: trolls one and all It's a familiar enough meme: the press gallery is utterly unaware of how we 'ordinary' folk think, so the bloggers step in to set things right. But such a view ignores the fact that the press gallery spends a lot of time talking to people who are aware of what people think. Many bloggers talk only amongst themselves. So the question stands: is it the press gallery, or the bloggers and Twittersphere that are truly the blinkered fools? More » Perrett's saucy stories makes for a novel politician Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea Online lynch mobs: disturbing support for state execution Status quo is no longer an option for the media Has Australia already passed its labour force peak? Being depressed is so, well, depressing Gone is the turned cheek: Gillard as we've rarely seen her A different fire: Vatican II and 'new evangelisation' Dramas of misogyny and slippery political principles Just In More Just In » BBC presenter Savile 'abused girls in hospitals' By Europe correspondent Mary Gearin Flamboyant British entertainer Sir Jimmy Savile abused girls as young as 13 in hospitals, care homes and on BBC premises, according to fresh allegations. More » Soldier injured in truck rollover dies Victor Chang's killer could be deported Swan, Gillard condemn 'offensive' Abbott joke Barnett says Federal Parliament embarrassing Asylum seeker boat stopped off Cocos Islands Woman issued quadrillion-dollar phone bill Officer describes struggle with tasered student Duntroon cadet to stand trial on rape charges Slipper votes with Labor to ditch carbon floor price World More World » Pussy Riot member freed, two head to prison camp By Moscow correspondent Norman Hermant, wires A Russian appeals court frees one member of the punk band Pussy Riot, but upholds two-year prison camp sentences for the other two. More » Spy pleads guilty to espionage charges Security 'weak' ahead of US ambassador's killing Reward out for Taliban gunman who shot schoolgirl Turkey grounds Syrian plane over suspicious cargo Is Boris Johnson seriously aiming to be PM? Business More Business » Unemployment jumps on rising participation By online business reporter Michael Janda The unemployment rate jumped to a two-and-a-half-year high in September, but the news on jobs was not all bad. More » Seven's pay TV bid blocked, News in box seat Post offices to host lockers for online shoppers Toyota recalls 7 million cars over fire risk Potential buyers for Gunns assets Burke defends $6.9b coal terminal expansion Politics More Politics » Victor Chang's killer could be deported By court reporter Jamelle Wells The killer of heart surgeon Victor Chang could be deported to Malaysia after the failure of an appeal by the NSW Government to stop his parole. More » Swan, Gillard condemn 'offensive' Abbott joke Slipper votes with Labor to ditch carbon floor price Pussy Riot member freed, two head to prison camp Anger grows at delay in Defence abuse response Sport More Sport » USADA report says Armstrong cheated By North America correspondent Jane Cowan, wires Lance Armstrong was at the heart of the biggest doping conspiracy in sports history, a US Anti-Doping Agency report says. More » Ponting perfectly placed for Proteas Crows rule out re-drafting Tippett Sharpe puts retirement on hold again World Cup planning starts now, says Slater Socceroos focussed on tough Iraq clash Science and Technology More Science and Technology » French, US scientists win Nobel Physics Prize Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for work in quantum physics that could one day open the way to supercomputers. More » Private rocket blasts off for space station Outback observatory open for business Racing star could prove Einstein's theory Remains of Mayan queen found in Guatemala Environment More Environment » Flow modelling released for Murray plan The Federal Government has released the latest round of modelling on the effects of releasing more water down the Murray. More » Stress tests reveal defects at Europe nuke reactors Irrigators under pressure over Murray legal action Murray showing signs of recovery Burke pledges to do more for dying reef 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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