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Experts: Station's royal hoax call may be illegal
The Australian radio station behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated could face ...
Anger at Australian radio station over royal hoax
It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. The sudden death of a nurse who unwittingly accepted a prank call to a London hospital about Prince ...
UK hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
The news that Prince William and the former Kate Middleton were expecting their first child — joyous news for a couple looking forward to starting a ...
IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Athens Olympics
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
Athletes lose medals; Armstrong decision pending
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
IOC ready to take away Armstrong's Olympic bronze
His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling's record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports hardware — an Olympic ...
NJ spruce lights up as Rockefeller Center tree
An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy was transformed into a beacon of shimmering glory Wednesday when New York City Mayor ...
Australians find drugs worth $246M in steamroller
Australian police seized 237 million Australian dollars ($246 million) worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found inside a steamroller shipped from ...
Aussie fake-bomb plotter sentenced to 13½ years
An Australian investment banker who admitted chaining a fake bomb to a Sydney teenager as part of a bizarre extortion plot was sentenced to 13 years ...
Australia gives $104 million to fighting malaria
Australia will spend more than 100 million Australian dollars ($104 million) over the next four years to help reduce deaths from malaria in the ...
Ex-wife: Aussie fake-bomb plotter had mental woes
An Australian investment banker who admitted chaining a fake bomb to a teenager was reeling from the breakdown of his marriage, drinking heavily and ...
IOC to wait for UCI before acting on Armstrong
The IOC will wait for cycling's governing body to act on Lance Armstrong's doping case before it considers taking away his Olympic bronze medal from ...
George Michael says he's seeking help for anxiety
George Michael is canceling Australian shows so he can get treatment for major anxiety he's suffered since a serious health scare last year.
Shark expert Ron Taylor dies; helped make 'Jaws'
Ron Taylor, a beloved Australian marine conservationist who helped film some of the terrifying underwater footage used in the classic shark thriller ...
Onya, mates: Aussies golden on the Olympic waves
"God Save the Queen" wasn't as big a hit down by the seashore as a lot of people thought it would be. Chants of "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, oi, oi!" ...
For London, what will Olympic legacy be?
London 2102. It was only a typo, stenciled on an Olympics tennis umpire's chair, but it raised an interesting question. What will be the legacy of ...
It's No. 19 and counting for Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps has always said he wanted to do something that no one has ever done before. He's all by himself now, and ready to go for more.
From Sydney to London: How online Olympics evolved
At the turn of the millennium, online video at NBCOlympics.com meant still images taken from NBC's television feeds. Fast forward a dozen years, and ...
World's royal families descend on London Olympics
You don't need a title to come to the London Olympics, but lots of people are bringing one anyway. In addition to Britain's extensive royal family, ...
EYES ON LONDON: British gymnasts feel expectations
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ KEEP ...
Fairfax Media to shed 1,900 jobs over 3 years
Australian publisher Fairfax Media Ltd. said Monday it will shed 1,900 jobs over three years and erect pay walls for two flagship newspapers as ...