Sport
I'm ready to lead Blues - Hindy
![Nathan Hindmarsh](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/03/23/1225844/492639-nathan-hindmarsh.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE: NATHAN Hindmarsh has declared he is ready to captain the Blues in this year's State of Origin as doubts surface about incumbent skipper Kurt Gidley.
NRL
Parker out for up to six weeks
![Corey Parker, Broncos, NRL](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/03/24/1225844/761498-dtstory-corey-parker.jpg)
INJURED Bronco Corey Parker says he has no regrets about his ill-fated decision to play against Canberra despite the impending birth of his first child.
Entertainment
It's true Kardashian dumped
![Kim Kardashian splits with Reggie Bush](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2009/07/28/1225755/680302-kim-kardashian-splits-with-reggie-bush.jpg)
KIM Kardashian and her American Football star lover, Reggie Bush, have split for the second time and reports say this time it's for good with him dumping her.
Jake gets in bar fight defending Heath
![Heath and Jake](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/03/23/1225844/481391-heath-and-jake.jpg)
JAKE Gyllenhaal got into a bar bust-up with a celebrity blogger and had to be separated, over a comment the man made about his close friend Heath Ledger.
Snapshot
Music
Phil Spector bashed in jail, loses tooth
![Phil Spector](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/03/23/1225844/426968-phil-spector.jpg)
JAILED music producer Phil Spector had several teeth knocked out in a vicious prison yard brawl by a fellow inmate who took offence to a quip he made.
Movies
Keira's out and Penelope's in new Pirates
![Penelope Cruz](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/03/23/1225844/456416-penelope-cruz.jpg)
AS PENELOPE Cruz is confirmed as the female lead in the next Pirates of the Caribbean flick, Keira Knightley has revealed why she refused to return.
Television
Ian Roberts takes on Ch 9 over gay slur
![Ian Robert](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/02/03/1225826/323264-ian-robert.jpg)
RUGBY league great Ian Roberts will give evidence against Channel 9 over a controversial skit lampooning a gay character on The Footy Show. Watch it here.
NSW/ACT
Condom DNA catches accused
![Rachael Campbell](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/03/24/1225844/790310-rachael-campbell.jpg)
2:52PM DNA from two used condoms near the body of a Sydney prostitute matched the profile of a man arrested for murder more than a decade later, a court told.
Service to honour young ironman
![Saxon Bird](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/03/21/1225843/469031-saxon-bird.jpg)
FAMILY and friends of teenage ironman Saxon Bird, who died in the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships, will hold a service to honour his life on Friday.
National
Minchin quits to reassess his life
![Nick Minchin](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/03/24/1225844/781823-nick-minchin.jpg)
RETIRING Liberal senator Nick Minchin says a near-death experience involving his son prompted him to reassess his life and announce he will quit politics.
World
Erupting volcanoes ushered in dinosaurs - study
DINOSAURS first came to be 200 million years ago after volcanic eruptions killed off their rivals, paleontologists have found.
Blogs
Opinion
I blame the feral driver Justin
![Andrew Bolt](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/03/02/1225836/262818-andrew-bolt.jpg)
By Andrew Bolt BLAME Justin Williams first, along with the exhausted institutions that helped to produce a toxic culture in which such a feral could thrive.
Business
Stern Hu trial ends, no verdict
![Stern Hu](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/03/22/1225843/965519-stern-hu.jpg)
THE trial of Rio Tinto employee Stern Hu has ended, but it's not known when the court will announce a verdict.
Money
We're being mugged by banks
![Credit card](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2009/10/30/1225792/932141-credit-card.jpg)
AUSTRALIA, you are being ripped off. These are the findings of new research into how our credit cards would stack up against new rules in Britain.
Lifestyle
Japanese oasis in the heart of Newtown
![Iiza](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/03/24/1225844/692781-iiza.jpg)
WITH Sydney slowly getting its small-bar act together, izakaya is a perfect fit. Unfortunately, the Japanese idyll on King St is a little lost in translation.
Travel
Gardens' bats eviction cruel claim
![Flying fox](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2009/11/13/1225797/196088-flying-fox.jpg)
ANIMAL welfare groups have attacked the planned use of industrial noise to evict bats from one of Australia's top tourist spots, Sydney's Botanic Gardens.
Wacky World
Maths recluse turns down $1m prize
![Grigori Perelman](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20100322163935im_/http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/03/23/1225844/223904-grigori-perelman.jpg)
A MATHS genius says he does not want $1million for solving one of the world's hardest problems, preferring to live in a cockroach-infested flat in Russia.
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