Painkillers being used by junkies

June 30, 2009: Junkies are using pain killers as their new drug of choice, and they are getting them from within the hospital system. more…

Bushfire hotline ‘a comedy of errors’

A VITAL Victorian bushfire information service became entangled in a “comedy of errors” when it was needed most on the day of Australia’s worst natural disaster. more…

Plane with 153 crashes off Comoros, child rescued (AP)

People gather at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Tuesday June 30, 2009, to hear information about passengers aboard a jet from Yemen which crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros.  The majority of the passengers were from the Comoros islands, returning home from Paris or Marseille, with some French nationals aboard. A Comoros police official says a child has been rescued alive from the sea, but the search and rescue operation continues.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP – Reports that a 5-year-old boy survived a jetliner crash in the Indian Ocean are now in question.


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Ex-officer claims police cover-up

A former royal protection officer accused of a £3m betting and property fraud says police covered up evidence showing he was not a criminal. more…

Painkillers being used by junkies

June 30, 2009: Junkies are using pain killers as their new drug of choice, and they are getting them from within the hospital system. more…

Painkillers being used by junkies

June 30, 2009: Junkies are using pain killers as their new drug of choice, and they are getting them from within the hospital system. more…

Man had boss killed to save job – Spanish police (Reuters)

Reuters – Spanish police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday. more…

Centrelink staff ‘unhelpful, judgmental’

A Federal Government consultation of young homeless and disadvantaged people has been told there are major problems with the services at Centrelink. more…

WWII medals stolen from veteran’s home

POLICE are investigating the theft of six World War II medals stolen from the home of an 89-year-old veteran in southeast Melbourne. more…

BMI to honor Kristofferson as a music icon (AP)

AP – Kris Kristofferson will be honored by BMI as a music icon during the music licensing organization’s country awards in November. more…