A 13-month-old Perth baby sustained major burns when she was put in a clothes dryer, police said.
The baby was left with her mother's boyfriend at a home in suburban Warwick while the woman went to a gym for about an hour on Thursday.

Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier poison ivy.

At the weekend he again put his foot in it, saying he would do "as little as possible" at the London Olympics in 2012. "Opening and closing ceremonies ought to be banned," he said. "Absolute bloody nuisances."
He scornfully recalled the 1972 Munich Olympics, where the main arena could not be used for showjumping because it had to be prepared for the closing ceremony.

Castro healthy enough to live till 140 years old: doctor

Jacques Villeneuve has launched a tirade at Michael Schumacher after the controversial end to qualifying in Monaco

"This is embarrassing. Embarrassing for a world champion. It would even be embarrassing for Ide."

The violence and abuse has been going on for at least three decades and the shiploads of money — but mind you, little condemnation from Labor governments — did nothing to stop its expansion.
And of course, Bracks being an ex-teacher is so much in the thrall of political correctness he can’t understand that well-meaning responsible individuals were reluctant in the past to comment on the scandalous situation for fear of being branded ‘’racist” by the likes of ATSIC and its supporters.
Bracks himself in the past would not have referred to such matters, because to do so would be, to use his favourite chicken-shit word, “inappropriate'’.

We of course sympathize with the broader point King and Colon are making. But it's important to be careful with numbers. Without meaning to, they have painted a misleadingly Pollyannaish picture of Iraq, and that's the wrong way to counter the liberal media's misleadingly Cassandrian one.

I happened to catch Rep. Steve King, a Republican of Iowa, on C-span last week and he rattled off some startling figures that demonstrate how off-base journalists are when it comes to reporting on the war in Iraq. According to Mr. King, the violent death rate in Iraq is 25.71 per 100,000. That may sound high, but not when you compare it to places like Colombia (61.7), South Africa (49.6), Jamaica (32.4), and Venezuela (31.6). How about the violent death rates in American cities? New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina was 53.1. FBI statistics for 2004-05 have Washington at 45.9, Baltimore at 37.7, and Atlanta at 34.9.

The mega-star musician, 63, and former model Mills, 38, said in a statement that they had found it tough to keep their marriage going amid "constant intrusion" into their private lives.
The couple, who married in June 2002, said in a statement that it was an amicable split but that having a baby daughter made the break-up very stressful.
"Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways," the couple said.
"Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much but have found it increasingly difficult to maintain a normal relationship with constant intrusion into our private lives, and we have actively tried to protect the privacy of our child.

"Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways," the couple said.
"Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much but have found it increasingly difficult to maintain a normal relationship with constant intrusion into our private lives, and we have actively tried to protect the privacy of our child.
"Separation for any couple is difficult enough, but to have to go through this so publicly, especially with a small daughter, is immensely stressful.
"We hope, for the sake of our baby daughter, that we will be given some space and time to get through this difficult period."

"We're very disappointed at the standard of umpiring," Mr Perkins said.
"I saw a decision I've never seen before. The umpire paid a 50m penalty against us because one of our supporters, who was well behind the fence, called him a cabbage.

The new leader is Ted Baillieu, who looks like a Frankensteinian monster that Michael Kroger has cobbled together in his basement laboratory, using the body parts of dead Toorak bunyip aristocrats

• Winter - the dark clouds in the background had just dumped a whole mess of rain on us
• Summer - sunshine
• Autumn - some of the trees in the background are deciduous
• Spring - new life: Coburg have won three in a row!

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• Grilled Ox Tongue & Lentils
• Deep Fried Tripe & Tartare Sauce

A GRANDMOTHER spent a night in a police cell after a scuffle with a group of children in which she was threatened with a piece of wood.

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