Australia takes 5-0 clean sweep over China

2:19 PM | Australia has completed a 5-0 Davis Cup sweep of its Asia/Oceania group one tie against China, with debutant Matt Ebden and the recycled Chris Guccione today claiming the reverse singles rubbers in straight sets at the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club.

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Qantas superjumbo aborts take-off over steering fault

12:46 PM | A Qantas superjumbo A380 with 435 passengers on board veered off track along the runway at London's Heathrow airport after a steering fault emerged during two aborted take-off attempts.

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Teen keeps cool head in bid for Open win

12:33 PM | American Jessica Korda is making a good fist of her attempt to win the Women's Australian Open at just 18 years old.

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Kylie Minogue to star at Mardi Gras

7:50 AM | Kylie Minogue will perform not just one song as expected at the Mardi Gras party, but a medley of hits from her 25 years of recording in a 20-minute audio-visual spectacular, The Sun-Herald can reveal.

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Busted: the politics of cleavage and a glance

7:43 AM | Increasingly, women feel they are entitled to dress however they like but take offence when the 'wrong' man has a look, writes Bettina Arndt.

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Afghan child deaths report kept under wraps

7:04 AM | Defence Minister suppresses damning report into disastrous raid that killed five Afghan children.

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Fame: the school for stars faces unwelcome limelight

2:00 AM | It is a college for Sydney's future performing artists. But a property deal involving its founding family has led to a boardroom row, writes Linton Besser.

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For long haul: in Kearney the Eels trust

2:00 AM | PARRAMATTA officials are so confident in coach Steve Kearney's ability to return the club to the glory days that they are already in talks to extend his contract, possibly until the end of 2016.

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Spare a thought for poor jack mackerel

2:00 AM | The marine food chain goes something like this: sun, phytoplankton, zooplankton, shrimps, sprats, forage and demersal fish, pelagics and apex predators. Remove any one link and the whole web collapses.

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Breast implant crisis puts watchdog in spotlight

2:00 AM | The regulator's passive response to concerns over leaking implants has spurred calls for change, writes Cosima Marriner.

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Family rescued as hail hits home

2:00 AM | A STRING of thunderstorms that swept across Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the central coast and the Hunter Valley yesterday caused flash flooding and hail the size of golf balls.

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The cloak and dagger operation to expose cruelty

2:00 AM | The abattoir workers were nervous. They were in a hotel room with a member of Animal Liberation NSW, the organisation they had phoned anonymously with stories of cruelty from inside the Hawkesbury Valley Meat Processors.

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Rail customer service: if you're Jewish catch a taxi

2:00 AM | CHERYL BOGAN couldn't believe her ears. It wasn't until the CityRail employee repeated himself in a louder voice that she and her husband, Jeffrey, were sure they were under racist attack by a public servant. The customer service manager at Central Station, no less.

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Fugitive who comes in from the cold

2:00 AM | The state's most wanted man keeps haunting bush homes, writes Heath Aston.

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Hidden road signs a danger at schools

2:00 AM | IT WOULD take a very observant driver to spot the school zone sign for Bexley Public School. It's almost obscured by a young tree with lush foliage.

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Sink a few to keep the floats afloat

2:00 AM | THE hangovers from this year's Mardi Gras could be even worse than usual. The organisers of Sydney's gay and lesbian festival are counting on increased revenue from the sale of alcohol to turn a profit after recording financial losses in the past two years.

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