Top stories Adele Horin | IT WAS the summer of 1976 when Helen Cummings found the courage to leave her violent husband, take the children, pack the car and head for a new life. | Asher Moses 9:34am | The personal details of thousands of Dell Australia customers have fallen into the wrong hands and security professionals warn that many more Australians could unknowingly be affected following a major security breach at a global email service provider. | Georgina Robinson 10:13am | A man was reportedly shot in the back of the head and found dead on the front lawn of a house in a quiet neighbourhood in Campbelltown, in Sydney's south west, last night. | | 9:51am | A female Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) cadet has been fined and confined to base, in a manner which creates the impression she's being punished for speaking out about sexual abuse, Defence Minister Stephen Smith says. | Kelsey Munro | THEY have been successfully used in London, Amsterdam, and Canada and now temporary open-air urinals are coming to Sydney to stop liquored-up late night revellers relieving themselves in public. | 7:02am | Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to halt what the Libyan leader called "an unjust war" and wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year. | 7:06am | The Australian dollar resumed its record run overnight, reaching a peak of more than 104.5 US cents in the early hours of this morning. | | Stephanie Gardiner 8:51am | Four young children have been spotted bunnyhopping in a stolen car in Sydney's inner west, police say. | 9:04am | Georgian police arrested a 75-year-old woman who single-handedly cut off internet connections in Georgia and neighbouring Armenia, the interior ministry in Tbilisi said. | 9:51am | A boat carrying as many as 300 terrified migrants from Libya capsized in rough seas off the Italian coast early on Wednesday, as rescuers, hampered by strong winds, struggled to get to them. | David Michael 9:33am | Keira Knightley is publicity shy with luvvy pretensions and a potty mouth - so why is she such a big star? | Georgina Robinson 10:08am | An American high school student killed herself in a school toilet after telling her friends she wanted to end her life. | | Deborah Smith SCIENCE EDITOR 7:04am | THE prospect of growing an eye in a laboratory looks more possible after an experiment in which stem cells spontaneously organised themselves into eye-like structures. | Caroline Gammell, London | Those who enjoy power dressing - or wearing clothes of any kind, for that matter - need not apply. A software company boss has placed an advertisement for female office staff to work in the nude. | Chris Barrett | HOURS after being told he was on the brink of a jail term Todd Carney last night had his driver's licence reinstated after a magistrate admitted she could not impose a custodial sentence for a low-range drink driving offence. | 8:36am | Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara have pulled back from a final assault on strongman Laurent Gbagbo's bunker after meeting fierce resistance from his army. | | 7:19am | The spectator who was on the receiving end of Eric Cantona's kung fu-style assault in 1995 has gone on trial accused of brawling at a youth football match, media reports said on Wednesday. | 7:35am | Coca-Cola has permanently ended its relationship with Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, who was initially dropped from the soft drink company's ad campaigns following allegations over his private life. | Glenda Kwek 9:17am | Former Manchester United star Roy Keane could be Melbourne Victory's next coach, media reports say. | | | Advertisement  In Pictures Advertisement  Multimedia How people die, and whether we are doing the right thing by them. |
