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Airlines PNG has grounded its fleet of 12 Dash 8 aircraft after a Dash 8 crashed near the mouth of the Gogol River in Papua New Guinea Thursday night.

A yet-to-be-identified person died after a tree fell on their car around 3:00pm at Hillcrest, south of Brisbane. Meanwhile, in Toowoomba, four cars were washed away by flash flooding on the Darling Downs. It is believed the drivers managed to escape before the cars were carried away by the waters. Weather forecaster David Grant says southeast Queensland residents can expect further wild weather in the coming days.

Costamare, the Greek shipping company that owns the MV Rena, has apologized through its managing director to the people of New Zealand, particularly the locals of Tauranga, over the devastating effects of its vessel's crash on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga.

A good night's sleep is essential for many reasons, including a healthy sex life, a study said.

A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing some damages, though no tsunami alerts were raised. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 was centered 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Bali, striking 36 miles beneath the ocean floor.

A toddler's arm was ripped off by a spinning washing machine when he opened it during its spin cycle. Lewis Lightfoot, 3, was rushed to the hospital by his mother, Rachel Roberts. But doctors were unable to save his arm due to severe damages caused by the accident.

On the heels of news that Google+ traffic has been consistently dropping, a Google engineer has inadvertently published a 5,000-word rant on his frustrations at work for all his +/- 2,000 followers to see. He said the post was supposed to be for internal discussion among his colleagues. In his latest Google+ post, Engineer Steve Yegge explained how his "long opinionated" rant on how Google could be doing a "much better job" on Google+ for better public access.

The number of containers which have now fallen off MV Rena into the waters has gone up from an estimate of 70 on Wednesday night, Maritime NZ officials said this morning. Meanwhile, a Kiwi who has recently moved to Brisbane is in extreme distress as everything he owns is aboard the stricken ship.

A 2.4-ton German satellite is expected to make its way back to Earth this month, with current forecasts set on Oct. 22 or 23. Scientists say the odds of someone getting hit by the satellite is at 1-in-2000.

Over a thousand hectares of banana plantations in the Philippines have been infected by a disease that has destroyed banana plantations in other Southeast Asian nations, and farm owners on Monday warned agriculture officials that it could wipe out the Philippine banana industry in three years unless it is managed now.

Philippine Embassy officials are expected Thursday to talk to the captain and crew of MV Rena, the stricken cargo ship that is now massively spewing oil in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. MV Rena's captain, Filipino Mauro Balomanga, who was reportedly celebrating his 44th birthday at the time of the crash, has appeared in Tauranga District Court, and is now facing a charge under Section 65 of the Maritime Transport Act of operating a vessel, causing unnecessary danger or risk to a person or p...

A huge crack has appeared on the side of the stricken cargo vessel Rena and is now in danger of sinking and endangering the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga in New Zealand' Bay of Plenty.

Astronomers have discovered over two dozen previously unknown failed stars, otherwise known as brown dwarfs, including "one of the puniest free-floating objects known."

New Zealand salvage manager Bruce Anderson told the Herald Wednesday morning the hull of the Rena had started to bend amid rough seas and high winds. Metal plating on Rena has begun deforming, as the vessel is now listing at 18-19 degrees with its bow firmly wedged in on the Astrolabe Reef.

YouTube, in cooperation with computer maker Lenovo, Google, NASA and ESA, has launched Space Lab, a global competition for students around the world who will work on a science experiment design with the International Space Station in mind.

An Australian nurse nearly died after drinking a cocktail laced with methanol while vacationing in Indonesia.

On Tuesday night, at 10:06 p.m. EDT (0206 GMT), the part of the world where the moon is visible could see the astronomical opposite of a supermoon, the smallest full moon of 2011.

Selfish and aggressive behaviors draw important leadership roles to a person, while generosity and kindness are seen as signs of weakness, a new study has found. The study, from the Kellogg School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, explored the personality types usually associated with leadership.

Producers of Game of Thrones, the epic swords-and-dragons TV series, have picked Rose Leslie as a major addition to the cast for its second season, EW.com reports.

New Zealand locals are working together to clean up along the coast in Mt Maunganui after the oil spill from MV Rena has become massive, increasing "several times over" on Monday afternoon. Maritime New Zealand said between 130 and 350 tonnes of oil has leaked out of the Rena by Tuesday morning.

Authorities at Monday's train accident in Melbourne said the young fatality may have been listening to music with her earphones at the time of the accident. Cairnlea's Theresa Ho, 15, is the most recent fatality in a train accident in Australia.

Popular media duo Hamish Blake and Andy Lee are reportedly set to run the Big Brother house next year as part of their career move to go for an expanded television entertainment.

Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been sentenced to spend a year in jail and receive 90 lashes for her leading role in Australian film "My Tehran for Sale," which is about western influence in the Islamic republic.

Perth Police suspects a shark may have taken Bryn Martin, 64, at Cottesloe Beach in Perth. Martin was out for his daily swim with a companion Monday morning, but he went hundreds of metres from shore, away from his friend, who got alarmed when he did not surface again.

Stunning Aussie model and Victoria's Secret angel Miranda Kerr is proud of husband Orlando Bloom, who is apparently a very supportive and helpful, especially when it comes to diaper-changing tasks.

A study published in Nature Neuroscience concludes that "seeing the light at the end of the tunnel" all the time could result in failure to see an incoming train.

Harry Moseley, 11, Britain's "Kindest Kid" in 2009, has succumbed to cancer. He helped Cancer Research UK raise hundreds of thousands of pounds in his short life.

SkyNews reported half a dozen man-eating bull-sharks are thriving and breeding in the lake in the centre of Brisbane's Carbrook Golf Club. A river broke its banks during a big flood some years ago, causing the sharks to get stranded in the lake.

The society is ripe for gay marriage, says South Australia's outgoing premier, Mike Rann. The issue on gay marriage will be debated at Labor's national conference in December.