Jennifer Hawkins’ shirt is wishful thinking
News.com.au - Usually seen wearing Australia’s top fashion labels, now the Myer babe has taken up the designing gig herself, reports 6. Man, 60, decapitated in motorcycle accident 7. Army called in as fires head for LA 8. Copperfield’s show cancelled 9. Jacko’s

Ford identifies fatal accident victim as maintenance supervisor at
Detroit News - A worker was accidentally killed this morning on the final assembly line at Ford Motor Co.’s Wayne Stamping and Assembly Plant. The victim was Robert Conley, a 48-year-old maintenance supervisor. The Manchester, Mich. man had worked for Ford for 17

British tourists drown trying to rescue children
Guardian Unlimited - Three Britons and one German drowned in an accident in the Algarve in Portugal yesterday, trying to save the lives of three children who had been swept out to sea. Three other Britons are in hospital. The chief of the Portuguese maritime police, Reis

Wings promote Grigorenko despite unimpressive play
Detroit News - Igor Grigorenko will be with the Red Wings at practice Tuesday morning. But hold the applause, and you’re excused if the level of anticipation isn’t very high. Once a highly-touted prospect, Grigorenko, 24, was in a serious car accident in the spring

Air traffic controller retirements surge
USA Today - Brown denied the workforce transformation compromised safety and noted that fatal accident rates in both commercial and private aviation are at record lows. She said staffing needed to be revised to reflect airline bankruptcies, mergers and flight

Driver, passengers injured when trams collide
News.com.au - A TRAM driver and five passengers have been injured after a nose-to-tail collision between two trams in Melbourne. Victoria Police said the accident happened near the intersection of Flemington and Racecourse roads at Flemington, in Melbourne’s inner

Mum collapses, smothering baby
News.com.au - A NEW Zealand mother collapsed and died of a blood clot while feeding her young son - and smothered the child. Police say the death yesterday of Irene Skurr, 36, and her 10-month-old son Cameron McDrury was a “tragic and freak accident”. Sergeant

Forbes.com: Super athletes aren’t that far-fetched
MSNBC - Hugh Herr lost both his legs in a rock-climbing accident when he was 17. Now he plans to someday run faster than anyone ever has: on a pair of robotic legs. Don’t bet against him. Six months after losing his legs, Herr was rock-climbing almost as

Man dies after Time Team accident
BBC News - “The professional company of historical enactors has an excellent safety record and took all the appropriate and necessary precautions and it does sadly appear this was a tragic freak accident.” The popular history series follows archaeological digs

Tasmanian nurses closing beds
News.com.au - Initially about 200 nurses have agreed to take action on Friday at Launceston General Hospital (LGH), in the state’s 6. Man, 60, decapitated in motorcycle accident 7. Copperfield’s show cancelled 8. Dam dad ‘ is innocent like Lindy’ 9. Jacko’s