An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress she said had almost $1 million inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of garbage at a number of landfill sites on Wednesday. The woman told The Associated Press that she bought her elderly mother

A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials says. The black Labrador helped enforcement officials who carried out raids last week

At 12:50 a.m. PDT, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a presidential candidate, is shot three times in a hail of gunfire in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Five others were wounded. The senator had just completed a speech celebrating his victory in the Calif

Renowned cancer specialist Professor Chris O'Brien has died of a brain tumour in Sydney, just days before he was due to be made an officer in the Order of Australia in next Monday's Queen's Birthday honours list. Professor O'Brien was diagnosed with a

Despite being plentiful in number, Australia's two largest populations of koalas are so heavily inbred, they risk instant extinction, say researchers. A recent study of koala populations on Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia, and French Is

An Australian researcher says a drug used to treat schizophrenia could help treat cancer. Sarah Ongeley from the University of New South Wales made the claims, based on preliminary research on an anti-psychotic drug, at this week's Australian Society for

Health Minister Nicola Roxon has confirmed there are now 878 confirmed cases of swine flu in Australia, as Singapore advises its residents not to travel to the worst-hit state, Victoria. Victoria has the most confirmed cases at 752. New South Wales is

The number of swine flu cases in Australia has risen to 44, with eight more Victorians confirmed as having the virus and Queensland recording a further five positives. The latest confirmed cases are a 32-year-old man and seven children aged between six

It is with a great sense of excitement that I am able to tell you that the New Sydney Cancer Centre was officially launched in April 2009. Lifehouse at RPA is the vision of Professor Chris O'Brien who launched the project in 2006, shortly before he was

A Minnesota judge issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for the mother of Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy who is refusing treatment for his cancer, after neither she nor the boy showed up for a court appearance. "It is imperative that Daniel receive the