George Harrison's guitar brings $657K

GEORGE Harrison's 1962 Rickenbacker guitar has sold for $US657,000 ($A710,850) at auction. Harrison purchased the guitar in 1963 at Fenton's Music store in Mount Vernon, Illinois, while visiting his sister. The Julien's Auctions sale of rock...

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Colombia arrests bus driver after crash

!--Colombia arrests bus driver after crash | Herald Sun -->!-- Last Updated: May 20, 2014 COLOMBIAN authorities have arrested the driver of a bus that crashed and killed 31 children. Rock royalty...

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Guard distressed after shooting bandit

A SECURITY guard who shot dead an armed bandit outside a Gold Coast tavern appears to have acted instinctively, police say. Police have interviewed the 47-year-old guard but haven't laid charges against him after the fatal incident on Monday...

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One dead, two injured in Vic car crash

A PASSENGER was killed and another man is in a life-threatening condition after a speeding car crashed into a Victorian residential garage. Three men were out getting food when the driver lost control and hit a pole before smashing into the...

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Tributes for father of 3 killed in Fiji

THE driver of a fishing boat that crashed into another vessel, killing an Australian father of three on holiday with his family in Fiji, has been refused bail by a Suva court. Mark Hardaker, 40, from Toongabbie in Sydney's west, was killed last...

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Insulation scheme a 'recipe for disaster'

THE Rudd government's decision to include foil products in its home insulation program was "a recipe for disaster" that could have easily been avoided, an inquiry has heard. Master Electricians chief executive Malcolm Richards says the product...

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UK child abuse probe goes to Australia

THE UK's largest ever public inquiry into institutional child abuse is to travel to Australia to interview alleged victims transferred from Northern Ireland. More than 100 children were removed from church-run residential homes in Northern Ireland,...

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