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I was scared, murder accused tells jury
24 May 12 | CHAD SHEDDEN told a Supreme Court jury this afternoon that he shot Joshua Maynard in a Raymond Terrace street because he was scared.
Police investigating fatal accident on Central Coast
24 May 12 | Brisbane Water police are investigating a fatal accident at Kulnura on the Central Coast this morning.
Police investigating armed robbery at Shortland Grocers
24 May 12 | Police are investigating the armed robbery of the Shortland Grocers store this afternoon.
Car rego stickers scrapped
24 May 12 | Car registration stickers will not be necessary in NSW from January 1, 2013.  | CommentsComments (29)
Man killed crossing Muswellbrook road
24 May 12 | A man killed after being struck by a car at Muswellbrook last night has been identified as a Korean national.
Jets Youth and A-League assistant coach resigns
24 May 12 | The personnel turnover at the Newcastle Jets continues after Youth Team coach Arthur Papas resigned today, effective immediately, to accept the position as coach of the Indian under-22 team.
Corrective service officer's career on 'knife edge'
24 May 12 | The career of a corrective services officer charged with assaulting a prisoner in the Newcastle Courthouse cells is "hanging by a knife edge" a court heard this morning.
Brisk, wet weather on its way
24 May 12 | If you've glanced outside the window today you may have guessed that the Hunter's sunny, autumn weather is coming to an end.   | CommentsComments (1)
Low prices, strong dollar to blame says Hydro
24 May 12 | Norwegian company Norsk Hydro is blaming low aluminium prices and the strong Australian dollar for a decision to shut its 43-year-old Kurri Kurri smelter.  | CommentsComments (57) | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 1 | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2 | GALLERY: Hundreds of jobs to go as Kurri ...
Man locks keys in boot and cops drink driving charge
24 May 12 | A man has been charged with drink driving after police stopped to help him on a lonely rural road when he accidently locked his keys in the boot of his car.
No sex, just wrestling, says priest
24 May 12 | A Catholic priest has denied being sexually aroused by wrestling bouts with young boys, telling a court any contact between his face and a boy's testicles was unintended.
Mothers' plea to find missing teens
24 May 12 | Two distraught mothers have made an emotional public appeal to find their missing children, 13-year-old Kaylah Robinson and her boyfriend, Jake Mackenzie, 15.  | CommentsComments (4)
Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 1
24 May 12 | New dad Brad Knight faces his second redundancy in five years, after being told that Norsk Hydro would close its aluminium smelter at Kurri Kurri.   | Kurri Kurri traders face ... | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2
Kurri Kurri traders face uncertainty
24 May 12 | Business owners in the blue-collar town of Kurri Kurri face an uncertain future after the area's biggest employer, the Hydro aluminium smelter, announced it would close.  | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 1 | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2
Drunk cop shows badge, punches bouncer
24 May 12 | A drunken police officer who showed his badge to bouncers at a Merewether pub before throwing a punch at one of them could face the sack.
Union warns of aluminium industry crisis
24 May 12 | The Australian Workers Union has called for governments to take "urgent action" to address a "worsening crisis" for the country's aluminium industry.  | CommentsComments (3) | Kurri Kurri traders face ... | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 1
Thieves steal cancer research funds
24 May 12 | Heartless thieves have stolen money raised by a Rutherford business for the Cancer Council as part of Australia's Biggest Morning Tea.  | CommentsComments (9)
Roller girls caught on film
24 May 12 | Newcastle's top roller derby athletes have been put in the frame as part of a photography exhibition that has opened in the CBD.
Escaped boa constrictor on the move
24 May 12 | The boa constrictor on the loose in suburban Newcastle for the past fortnight has been spotted several times by residents some kilometres apart.  | CommentsComments (25)
Swansea vulnerable to tsunamis
24 May 12 | Swansea has been named as one of the five locations in NSW most vulnerable to a tsunami.  | CommentsComments (26)
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