The Weekend Post

2/4/2012: Front Page: JUST TRY TO SHIFT ME NOW

(image) A ROPE secures a 2m-high anchor to the Tully Heads home of Christine Jenkins – a symbol of her determination to stay on in the community, despite cyclone Yasi’s devastation a year ago. “It is a bit of a statement … to say I am anchored here to stay,...

2/4/2012: Front Page: KIDS’ HEALTH ALERT
FAMILIES have been warned to take extra vigilance with hygiene and watch for signs of illness after the outbreak of a serious and highly contagious children’s stomach infection. Queensland Health said the number of cases of the cryptosporidiosis...

2/4/2012: Front Page: TASTE OF CHINA

(image) ASIAN cooking is in the spotlight for this weekend’s Chinese New Year festivities.

2/4/2012: Front Page: WILD STORM LASHES THE GULF
RESIDENTS in a Gulf community were cleaning up after a “mini-cyclone” tore through the region early yesterday bringing strong wind and heavy rain.

2/4/2012: Front Page: ELECTION MOOD
THE official state election campaign won’t start until February 19, but bidding for votes is already in full flight.

2/4/2012: News: Engineers ‘colluded’ over dam mistakes

(image) QUEENSLAND’S floods inquiry has heard claims that Wivenhoe dam engineers colluded to cover up the mistakes they made before Brisbane and Ipswich flooded. The inquiry reopened hearings to investigate claims dam engineers failed to release water at the...

2/4/2012: News: Chance to grill candidates
VOTERS will have a chance to grill state election candidates on the issues that matter most to their electorates when a forum is held at City Place in the Cairns CBD tomorrow. Candidates will each be given five minutes to present their case, before...

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2/4/2012: News: LOTTO
Powerball Number 820 Thursday, 02-02-12 9, 13, 29, 37, 42. Powerball: 29. Division 1: $31,128,415.15. Division 2: $83,758.95. Division 3: $6819.30. Division 4: $136.40. Division 5: $70.65. Division 6: $26.30. Division 7: $15.10.

2/4/2012: News: Cooktown a northern adventure for 10,000 visitors

(image) CAIRNS tour company Adventure North has celebrated taking its 10,000th passenger to Cooktown since the company started in 2005. Adventure North operates a loop journey up the coast, via Bloomfield to Cooktown, returning via an inland route which forms...

2/4/2012: News: Precinct cash locked in

(image) THE last remaining cash commitment to the Cairns Entertainment has been secured from the Federal Government, meaning all $154.6 million pledged to the project is now locked in. The Commonwealth was holding out for the council and State Government...

2/4/2012: News: Boost in fight on dengue

(image) NEW trials to test a scientific breakthrough that could spell the end for dengue fever have produced more impressive early results than last year’s. About 75 per cent of mosquitoes collected at Babinda in January were infected with wolbachia – a...

2/4/2012: News: Trauma lingers after the cyclone

(image) PARENTS find their children huddled under beds during storms, relationships are breaking down and hundreds on the Cassowary Coast are getting by with the help of antidepressants. A year after cyclone Yasi the “she’ll be right” facade is...

2/4/2012: News: Online relief payments improved
VICTIMS of natural disaster will soon be able to access relief payments quicker and more efficiently, after the Federal Department of Human Services carried out a major upgrade to its Point of Presence IT system. Now able to tap in to any 3G or...

2/4/2012: News: All on board to learn the ropes

(image) A CAREER working on exclusive luxury boats could be one step closer for three marine apprentices, after each received a highly prized scholarship. Great Barrier Reef International Marine College year 12 students Brody Lamport, Mitchell Paterson and...

2/4/2012: News: Appeal for tree plaque rejected

(image) CAIRNS Mayor Val Schier admits the removal of memorial plaques and trees on the Esplanade was handled insensitively, but the council will not be changing its position on replacements. The decision means Cairns grandmother Eugenie Navarre is not...

2/4/2012: News: Woman to claim self-defence in stabbing trial

(image) A KURANDA woman who allegedly stabbed her ex-partner during a lengthy battle over the custody of their child will contest an attempted murder charge on grounds of self-defence, a court has heard. At a committal hearing in Cairns Magistrates’ Court...

2/4/2012: News: Cruelty case adjourned
POLICE are waiting on more medical evidence before a child cruelty charge against the stepfather of eight-year-old Faith Leaso can proceed in court. Matthew James Webb, 22, did not appear in Cairns Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where his case was...

2/4/2012: News: Mini-cyclone damage for Kowanyama residents
KOWANYAMA residents were cleaning up yesterday after a “minicyclone” tore through the tiny indigenous community in the early hours of the morning. As a tropical low crossed the coast, Kowanyama felt its effects with 246mm of rain falling within 24...

2/4/2012: News: Tourism levy plan returns
A TOURISM or economic development levy will go back on the Cairns Regional Council’s agenda after the economy improves. That’s the promise from Mayor Val Schier who said ratepayers would not accept a levy at “the moment”. “There’s no appetite for it...

2/4/2012: News: Airport gears up to lure more business

(image) THE management team at Cairns Airport is ready to take off again in 2012, adding more flights to bring tens of thousands of extra travellers to the Far North. Buoyed by an increase in passenger numbers last year to a record 3.85 million despite a...

2/4/2012: News: Visitors arrive in record numbers
MORE Victorian, Japanese, Chinese and New Zealand holidaymakers have been credited with a record number of passengers through Cairns airport last year, rising to a 3.85 million. But experts said that, while there were an extra 100,000 travellers...

2/4/2012: News: College celebrates
REDLYNCH State College celebrated the opening of five new and refurbished buildings yesterday, as part of the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution scheme. Member for Barron River Steve Wettenhall and Federal Minister Assisting for...

2/4/2012: News: OK to fish for lobster
FISHERS can again start catching their feed of tropical rock lobsters, with the seasonal closure now lifted. The closed season applies from October 1-January 31 each year. Fisheries Queensland recreational fishing manager Tony Ham said closures were...

2/4/2012: News: Still hope for hockey
CAIRNS’ status as the host city for an international hockey series between the Australian and New Zealand men’s team is still to be confirmed, but a final decision is expected over the weekend. Cairns was initially awarded the rights on Thursday but...

2/4/2012: News: NQ Games sponsor
THE North Queensland Games are expected to return bigger and better this year, with a naming rights sponsor announced yesterday. The biennial Games were last held in Cairns in 2010 with more than 4000 competitors from North Queensland and around the...

2/4/2012: News: Day of tragedy lives on

(image) FEBRUARY 4, 1987. It is a date forever associated with tragedy and heartbreak for many Cairns residents. Today marks 25 years since the tragic Cairns State High School bus crash which claimed the lives of eight students and affected the lives of so...

2/4/2012: News: In memory

(image) students the film on Thursday morning. “It’s part of the history of Cairns High and we, from time to time, get visits from families,” Ms Toppin said. “The memorial is an area for the year 12 students and that’s where they go during their breaks. “We...

2/4/2012: News: Get set to break Zumba record

(image) CAIRNS, it’s time to shake and shimmy your way into the record books. On February 21, there is an open invitation for people to Zumba there way to Fogarty Park as organisers try to set a world record for Zumba participation. The latin dance-based...

2/4/2012: News: Mayor digs in over funds

(image) THE State and Federal governments must “stop passing the buck” over who is responsible for fixing decrepit sea walls, says the mayor of the Torres Strait Island Regional Council. Cr Fred Gela yesterday moved to reassure his constituents and their...

2/4/2012: News: From Cairns to Playboy Mansion
PRETTY girls, celebrity parties and racy photo shots – Cairns beauty Tina Steel (pictured) has waited a “lifetime” to unpack her bags at the Playboy Mansion. It’s a long way from the baby beauty pageants and the beaches of Cairns to Playboy Mansion in...

2/4/2012: News: Play safe at beaches
BEACHES from Port Douglas to Kurrimine Beach will likely remain open today, after no reported catches of jellyfish yesterday. However, Mission Beach and South Mission Beach will remain closed until further notice. North Queensland Surf Lifesaving...

2/4/2012: News: Price it right … it will sell REIQ chief says heed the message

(image) THE Far North is faring better than many places in terms of the time it takes to sell a property, a nationwide report has revealed. As the housing market has transitioned out of a growth cycle and hit rock bottom in many regions, vendors have found it...

2/4/2012: News: ... here are four views on the debate
River declarations. It is disturbing that ministerial assurances of TO “consent” have not yet been reflected in government processes. Government officers spruik tthe virtues of World Heritage, but TOS must be told all the ffacts – good, bad and ugly....

2/4/2012: News: Aged care centre still on radar of Salvos
THE Salvation Army will continue to fight for an aged care facility at Mossman and has urged local proponents to stay positive despite the recent setbacks. Mossman District Nursing Home Inc was told at Christmas it had not been awarded a capital grant...

2/4/2012: News: Up-to-date travel info a mouse click away
TRAVELLERS to Cape York over the rainy season have no excuse for not knowing the road conditions with two new information sources available online. Cooktown Visitor Information Centre has joined the Facebook revolution with a page dedicated to...

2/4/2012: News: TV shows showcase region Northern exposure

(image) THE hit debut of a gritty ABC crime drama The Straits has put the Far North back in the spotlight, and our star turn on the small screen is only going to get brighter in the coming weeks. Port Douglas will play backdrop to episodes of Neighbours set...

2/4/2012: News: Giants of the forest exposed

(image) Michelle Eugster Reynard Aybar Anthony Ring Aaron Fa’aoso THE world’s largest trees – including the giants on the Atherton Tableland – are facing a bleak future because of habitat fragmentation and climate change, a Cairns scientist says. James...

2/4/2012: Queensland Decides 2012: Dame set to form PNG Opposition

(image) DAME Carol Kidu had never voted in an election until she voted herself into Papua New Guinea’s Parliament almost 15 years ago. Now, aged 63, and just four months out from retirement, she stands on the brink of making political history in her adopted...

2/4/2012: Queensland Decides 2012: Poll is a ‘referendum’ on future of the Reef: WWF

(image) THE State election must be a referendum on the future of the Great Barrier Reef, the conservation group WWF says. The group wrote to Premier Anna Bligh and LNP leader Campbell Newman demanding tougher policies on pollution and damaging fishing...

2/4/2012: News: Aussies urged to take break
AUSSIES who have stockpiled 129 million days of annual leave are being encouraged to wash their cares away in Queensland. Jetstar and Tourism Queensland have launched a $500,000 campaign to entice more people to take a break in the Sunshine...

2/4/2012: News: Cooktown mobile art show
LOCALS will have the chance to experience the creativity of the Cook Shire first hand when a group of Cooktown artists bring a selection of previously unseen works to Cairns later this month. This is the first time that the Cooktown School of Art...

2/4/2012: News: Bag It screening helps save ocean
TANGAROA Blue Ocean Care Society will host a screening of the new, award-winning environmental documentary Bag It at The Wildlife Habitat at Port Douglas this month. Bag It follows “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he tries to make sense of people’s...

2/4/2012: News: Triple the limit

(image) A MISSION Beach man will appear in court after police allege he was drink-driving at more than three times the legal blood alcohol limit. The 41-year-old was stopped along Casuarina Cres about 11pm on Thursday after police observed him driving in a...

2/4/2012: News: Port pushed as top destination
PORT Douglas as a meetings and incentives destination will receive a boost when Port Douglas Incentives attends a Asia-pacific trade show this month. Port Douglas Incentives is a self-funded advisory group of business, tourism and events...

2/4/2012: News: Tribute to Cook

(image) LIEUTENANT James Cook may well have fancied a drop when he finally made land in 1770 after foundering on the Great Barrier Reef near Cooktown. Almost 250 years on, Cook’s Endeavour Wine has been launched by the Cooktown Re-enactment Association this...

2/4/2012: News: Revved up to help out

(image) TREVOR “Prong” Trimble is a leather-clad, grease-stained, Harley-riding hard man – or so you would think. Looks can be deceiving and Prong, the owner of Cairns Performance Motorcycles, admits he was almost brought to tears by some of the stories of...

2/4/2012: News: Dam in council control
TABLELAND Regional Council has agreed to take over the Ibis Dam, securing non-drinking water for about 120 people at Irvinebank. Councillors meeting at Malanda this week agreed to accept a takeit-or-leave-it ultimatum from the State Government to pass...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Time to get on with the show

(image) THE money is locked in and the Cairns Entertainment Precinct can now get under way. With the Federal Government signing off on the remaining $40 million, the community now has $154.6 million pledged to a project that will forever change the city of...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: No common sense in King criticism
HOW sad that in the world of Mike Bailey (1-2-12), being honest is regarded as an exercise in futility. Of course, had Gavin King actually made the comment ascribed to him I would accept that King, in 2008, would have been foolhardy indeed, especially...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Units pose no more risk than houses

(image) SUNCORP CEO Mark Milliner says councils are to blame for development in high-risk areas (1-2-12). The only reason that strata title properties are being targeted is that we are sitting ducks. Legislation states strata title properties must be...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Magic moment with memories of Lord’s
THIS time last year we in Far North Queensland were all having concerns about cyclone Yasi. But this week, for many of us, it was all about Australia versus India in the T20 cricket, with both events increasing our heart rates. What a difference a...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Laborites not adept at doing the sums
J. L. NIXON (2-2-12) bemoans the fact that he never passed an English exam in his time at school. I’d hazard a guess he never passed a maths exam as well, otherwise he’d never be a Labor supporter. The ALP and their groupies don’t know how to count;...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Christians should vote for pro-life
IN speaking to the American bishops on January 19, Pope Benedict warned that radical secularism was threatening the core values of American culture and called on the church to give public moral witness on crucial social issues. He said whether they...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Cape’s listing will promote growth
I SUPPORT the Wilderness Society calls for emergency National Heritage listing for Cape York: it must be undertaken to gain full understanding of which areas are to be protected. With proper, factual information we can make informed choices about...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Blaming women is unacceptable
COL Keily (1-2-12) defends Gavin King and he claims what King said about women being partly to blame for being raped was only “politically incorrect” and he should be able to “tell it how it is”. They miss the point. If a young woman has too much to...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Check smokers
TODAY (1-2-12) I drove past a worker smoking a cigarette about 5m from a truck occupied by fellow workers. I understand a union member’s right to an occasional “drag” but surely not to the detriment of his mates’ health. Queensland Health and Safety...

2/4/2012: Digitally Enhanced: MUSTVISIT

(image) We love infographics here at The Cairns Post, and will happily spend hours studying charts at sites such as So imagine our excitement the first time we discovered this snappily titled Tumblr blog, which takes one simple starting point, Apple’s market...

2/4/2012: Digitally Enhanced: MUSTCLICK

(image) Warning! Take care before you click the link above. Last week midmarket British tabloid the Daily Mail (think Herald Sun rather than UK The Sun) became the biggest newspaper on the world wide web, ramping up more unique monthly visitors than anyone,...

2/4/2012: Digitally Enhanced: THIS GOT YOU PUFFING!

(image) Joggers and walkers might no longer need to fight for space on the Red Arrow, with plans afoot to move joggers to a new track on the opposite side of the hill. Are you a Red Arrow fan? Should joggers be banned?

2/4/2012: News National: Prisoner on the run, steals car
A PRISON inmate is believed to have used a screwdriver to carjack a Mazda 3 from an elderly couple after he escaped from jail yesterday. Convicted armed robber Mark Maukau, 23, escaped from a minimum security area of Goulburn Correctional Centre...

2/4/2012: News National: Towns hold bushfires memorials
ONCE a week, the people of Strathewen, in the hills north of Melbourne, get together for a meal. In the coming week, their regular gathering will be more special as they commemorate the day three years ago their town was devastated and so many of...

2/4/2012: News National: Forced landing

(image) A QANTAS plane made an emergency landing in Canberra after having engine problems shortly after take-off. A Qantas spokesman said the plane was climbing at 2438m on its trip from Canberra to Sydney yesterday when it experienced the trouble. “The...

2/4/2012: News National: Golinski on mend

(image) CELEBRITY chef Matt Golinski (pictured) has started making small improvements with his health and has been experiencing brief periods of semi-consciousness. He is still in a critical but stable condition, but his family said the Sunshine Coast chef ’s...

2/4/2012: News National: Govt spruiks its Murray plans
RURAL communities in Queensland and northwestern Victoria will be given the chance soon to tell the Murray-darling Basin Authority what they think of its controversial draft management plan for the region. The authority is resuming its round of public...

2/4/2012: News National: Mum guilty of murdering son
A 23-YEAR-OLD mother has pleaded guilty to murdering her toddler, who was found floating in a harbour in Perth’s northern suburbs. Sobbing quietly and dressed all in black, Gemma Gaye Killeen softly replied “guilty” when asked to plea by Western...

2/4/2012: News National: Stick with PM, Oakeshott says

(image) FEDERAL independent MPS are poised to pull the rug from under the Labor Government if its leadership changes. Julia Gillard continued to dodge leadership speculation yesterday as she joked with the Prime Minister’s XI and Sri Lankan cricket teams and...

2/4/2012: News National: Teen ‘threw rocks’ at ambulance
A TEENAGE boy has been accused of throwing rocks at pedestrians and an ambulance on its way to an emergency in Melbourne. Police said the boy was allegedly seen throwing rocks from a multistorey residential building in Nicholson St, Carlton, about...

2/4/2012: News National: Blasts, denials, leaks and backfires

(image) NEARLY every bombshell Labor dropped in Queensland this week backfired. Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser leaked to the media a confidential letter from the Liberal National Party’s biggest financial backer. Mr Fraser said the letter relating to the...

2/4/2012: News National: Bail bid by bikie leader
WOUNDED bikie gang boss Vincenzo Focarelli’s lawyer says police fears for his safety are no reason to refuse him bail. Detectives arrested the 37-year-old for bail breaches, while he was in Royal Adelaide Hospital on Thursday after being shot in an...

2/4/2012: News National: Tougher stance on quarantine
NEW roles, functions and powers will be given to people charged with protecting the biosecurity of Australia under proposed legislation to be considered by Federal Parliament during the next few weeks. Under the Biosecurity Bill, the century-old...

2/4/2012: News National: Hoddle St killer stays in prison
FRUSTRATED mass murderer Julian Knight sees himself in 10 years’ time still behind bars, rather than a free man, after an attempt to kickstart his parole process failed. Knight, who killed seven people and wounded 19 in the 1987 shooting spree in...

2/4/2012: News National: People smuggler gets jail
AN Indonesian man who tried to smuggle 41 Afghan nationals into Australia so he could earn enough money to support his family has been sentenced to five years in jail. But Judge Terry Martin, who sentenced 28-year-old Rudy Mulyono in Brisbane District...

2/4/2012: News International: Assange extradition decision to take weeks

(image) SEVEN British Supreme Court judges will spend weeks considering the extradition of Julian Assange after hearing that a decision in favour of the Wikileaks founder will contradict legal precedents both in the UK and wider Europe. Two days of hearings...

2/4/2012: News International: Kiwis find supergiant crustacean

(image) IT may be just 28cm long, but a crustacean found deep in the Kermadec Trench north of New Zealand is a “supergiant”. An expedition by scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research found the...

2/4/2012: News International: Shipwreck now treasure trove
IN the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board. These included jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th century Bohemian crystal glassware, thousands of art objects including 300-yearold...

2/4/2012: News International: Trump surprise call for Romney
DONALD Trump has stolen the spotlight from Republican candidates vying to challenge President Barack Obama, creating a circus-like atmosphere to announce his support for Mitt Romney. The endorsement is unlikely to have much of an impact, but that...

2/4/2012: News International: Survivors reveal trauma

(image) SURVIVORS of the MV Rabaul sinking off the east coast of Papua New Guinea say they battled to stay alive after the ferry overturned in rough seas. As many as 100 people remain unaccounted for after the 22-year-old Japanese-built ferry sank near the...

2/4/2012: News International: European cold snap claims 164 lives
EUROPE’S cold snap has claimed 164 lives, as countries from Ukraine to Italy struggle with temperatures that have plunged to record lows in some places and with more cold weather forecast. Entire villages were cut off in parts of eastern Europe...

2/4/2012: News International: Egyptian cops kill two in clashes
EGYPTIAN police have shot and killed two protesters in Suez, a health official says, the first to die in clashes that erupted across the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74. Protesters blame police for failing to control the riot after...

2/4/2012: News International: Israel ‘ready to strike at Iran’
ISRAEL could attack Iran this spring in a bid to stop Tehran from producing a nuclear weapon, an unnamed defence official has told CNN. The source was familiar with an assessment by US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta that Israel could act this northern...

2/4/2012: News International: Hama protests

(image) SYRIAN security forces fanned out in Hama as protesters (pictured) splashed red paint symbolising blood in the streets to mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre carried out by President Bashar al-assad’s father and predecessor. The Hama massacre of...

2/4/2012: News International: Famine ends but crisis remains
THE United Nations says conditions in Somalia have improved enough to declare the famine over, but says the country is still in a crisis. The UN announced yesterday that Somalia’s famine zones have been downgraded to humanitarian emergency...

2/4/2012: News International: No Dotcom bail

(image) KIM Dotcom (pictured) has been denied bail after appearing in the High Court at Auckland yesterday. The 38-year-old Megaupload founder sought to overturn a decision in the District Court last week to deny him bail. His appeal was dismissed yesterday....

2/4/2012: News International: 23-hour internet game kills man
A TAIWAN man has died after playing a computer game at an internet cafe for 23 hours. Police found the body of 23-year-old Chen Rong-yu slumped in a chair at the cafe in the Taipei area with his hands stretched out towards the keyboard and mouse,...

2/4/2012: Opinion Weekend: Weathering the weather

(image) MIND if I have a whinge about the weather? After all, that’s why weather was invented. Everyone needs an ice-breaker when in the company of strangers at bus stops or in lifts. Americans might talk about the ball game, Italians might bring up food (not...

2/4/2012: Business: Don’t bank on rate cut

(image) WESTPAC boss Gail Kelly became the latest bank executive to try to soften up the public to the prospect of banks not passing on the Reserve Bank’s expected interest rate cuts next week. Speaking a day after Westpac showed 400 employees the door, Mrs...

2/4/2012: Business: Shares fall ahead of US jobs data
AUSTRALIAN shares edged lower to a weaker finish as investors remained cautious ahead of the release of key US employment data. Yesterday, the benchmark S&P/ ASX200 index was down 16.6 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 4251.2, while the broader All...

2/4/2012: Business: Labour surplus
SKILLED labour remains in moderate oversupply in the building industry, the Housing Industry Association has found. HIA chief economist Harley Dale said the surplus trend was not unexpected, given the lack of demand in a weakened housing market.

2/4/2012: Business: Mines closed
WHITEHAVEN Coal has closed four mines in NSW as a result of heavy rainfall and says it has lost about a week’s worth of production. “No equipment has been damaged and mining will recommence at each of the mines as soon as weather conditions allow,”...

2/4/2012: Sport Racing: Bigger prize lures Sugera
THE lure of bigger prizemoney prompted trainer Luke Griffith to chose a wet Warwick Farm over Canterbury for in-form country mare Sugera this weekend. The winner of her past three starts, Sugera was entered for a $27,000 race at Canterbury last night...

2/4/2012: Sport: Jimando ready for Blue Diamond: Mcevoy

(image) BLUE Diamond favourite Jimando can tighten his grip on the $1 million race with a strong performance in today’s Emirates Airlines Stakes at Caulfield. Trainer Tony Mcevoy revealed he had given a lot of thought to running the Commands colt first up in...

2/4/2012: Sport: Mackay filly south bound
PROMISING Mackay filly Doubtfilly could ensure a return to Brisbane for the winter carnival, if successful again at Doomben today. Trainer Stu Kendrick has pencilled in the Group Two Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm in June for the daughter...

2/4/2012: Sport: Injuries blamed for bad sprints
TRAINER Barry Baldwin admits Havatryst faces a big task from his outside draw at Doomben today. The four-year-old, who drew barrier 17 in the 1200m Woolworths Handicap, won his first two starts this campaign in restricted class, before failing in the...

2/4/2012: Sport: Stosur hopes Fed Cup can reignite campaign

(image) A REFRESHED Samantha Stosur aims to spark her faltering 2012 season into life in Australia’s Fed Cup tie against Switzerland in a frigid Fribourg this weekend. The US Open champion had an unplanned break after her disappointing home summer – just one...

2/4/2012: Sport: No practice, no problem, says hurt Roddick

(image) ANDY Roddick remains on track to return to the ATP circuit in San Jose in two weeks, even though he has not hit a tennis ball since hurting his right hamstring in the second round of the Australian Open. Roddick said yesterday that an examination...

2/4/2012: Sport: Classic tipped for NFL big day
IN their four previous trips to the Super Bowl with Bill Belichick as coach and Tom Brady at quarterback, the New England Patriots threatened to go into overtime. They eked out wins in 2002, 2004 and 2005 and lost by three points to the New York...

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