A MAN found electrocuted at a power substation in Melbourne's west may have broken in to the building.

POLICE have seized more than $1 million in cannabis and assets - including an allegedly stolen pig - during raids south of Melbourne today.

A SERIES of shooting attacks that has left livestock dead has farmers in Victoria's far west worried.

THREE young men involved in a car smash in Victoria that left one of them dead may have been drag racing.

FIVE people including two children have escaped a burning Melbourne home after a suspected arson attack.

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fall down a stairwell at the MCG which has left a man fighting for his life with with suspected head injuries.

BLOOD cancer patients could soon take a daily pill to treat the condition which has traditionally given sufferers a survival time of just a few years.

Bloemfontein, July 24 NZPA - Teams for the Tri-Nations rugby test between the All Blacks and Springboks at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein on Sunday morning (NZT):South Africa:

24 July 2009 - New Zealand Cricket has confirmed that all 20 players offered International Playing Agreements have signed their contracts. NZC Chief Executive Justin Vaughan said that six players had been granted an extension to confirm their contracts, and

The 'Back to Black' singer - who was accused of punching Sherene, 30, "forcefully" in the eye at a charity ball, in London, last September -blew kisses at fans and photographers as she left the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court

Wellington, July 24 NZPA - A potential rift caused by a scheduling conflict for next year's Australian tour and the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) has been avoided with all 20 players offered New Zealand Cricket (NZC) contracts having signed

The 'Alfie' actor lashed out at snapper Harsha Gopal as she tried to take his picture as he left London restaurant Automat in the early hours of yesterday morning (23.07.09).

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Wellington, July 24 NZPA - Peter Fulton struck a ton but it was not enought to prevent India scoring a comfortable seven-wicket win in an Emerging Players 50-over game in Brisbane today.Batting first, the New Zealand EP posted a respectable

By Daniel Gilhooly of NZPABloemfontein, July 24 NZPA - Springboks captain John Smit gets reaquainted with All Blacks hard man Brad Thorn here tomorrow morning (NZ time), the man who treated him "like a tent peg" in their last test

By Daniel Gilhooly of NZPABloemfontein, July 24 NZPA - Coach Graham Henry confessed his All Blacks team are still not physically ready to face South Africa, 24 hours out from a Tri-Nations rugby test in which they have been written

Auckland, July 25 NZPA - Daniel Carter passed his first significant test when the All Black first five-eight successfully completed a club game in Christchurch today.

Bloemfontein, July 25 NZPA - Result of the Tri-Nations rugby test at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein today:

By Daniel Gilhooly of NZPABloemfontein, July 25 NZPA - A trademark second-half surge wasn't enough as the All Blacks went down 28-19 to South Africa in a bruising Tri-Nations rugby test here today.

FIVE Aboriginal kids have hit YouTube and paid tribute to Michael Jackson with a dance routine to wow the King of Pop himself.