Headlines Friday 3rd October

Elderly war vet bashed for 50c
A COUPLE is accused of bashing an 82-year-old disabled World War II vet for just 50c then telling his wife to back off as she tried to help.
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Google could apply search formula to people
GOOGLE could measure how popular you are on social networks in order to put ads on your profile.
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Henson defends naked photos
PHOTOGRAPHER Bill Henson has broken his silence to defend controversial photos decried as verging on child pornography.
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Debate will make or break Palin
TODAY'S head-to-head between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden is expected to be the most watched vice presidential debate in history. - Obama lost his clash, so the press won't want to giv the title just yet. - ed.
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Rudd accused of wasting money on ‘pet projects’
Fixing the nation's infrastructure woes has been fast-tracked after yesterday's COAG, but the Government has been accused of wasting the budget surplus.
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Majority of paedophiles 'escape conviction'
A damning report has found children are more at risk of being abused by paedophiles, with 95 per cent of child sex offenders escaping conviction.
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Australia is addicted to welfare
Australians are finally waking up to "handout culture" crisis and it's not before time, according to Alan Jones.
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Dumped - deservedly
Bernard Slattery
The most vile utterance of the US presidential campaign has been belatedly admonished.
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HOMER VOTES
Tim Blair
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BELIEVE
Tim Blair
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WATCHER CONFUSED
Tim Blair
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LEGEND EVOLVES
Tim Blair
The LA Times quotes Barack Obama’s third grade teacher
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THE DECLINE OF MISS M
Tim Blair
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YUSTUFFED
Tim Blair
Another apology from wayward smear machine Irfan Yusuf
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TRAFALGAR TRIBUTE
Tim Blair
Daniel Mandel celebrates Horatio Nelson’s 250th birthday.
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HE LIKES TO THINK
Tim Blair
“Yes I like to think I have some experience in this issue,” claims best-selling author Antony Loewenstein, who likes to think a lot of things.