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Shoba RaoHead of Digital

Shoba Rao is Head of Digital at News Corp’s National News Network. With more than 20 years experience, she leads a team to help produce national and world stories across all metro and regional titles.

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Entertainment

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez, right, reacts as the announcer incorrectly names her the new Miss Universe next to Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, left, at the Miss Universe pageant on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Las Vegas. Wurtzbach was later given the crown after an announcing error. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Miss Universe epic finale fail

IN a shocking end to the Miss Universe final, Miss Colombia was crowned the winner. But the host got it wrong in an on-air gaffe.

Music

Soundwave Festival cancelled

THE Soundwave Festival has officially been cancelled for 2016, just days after its promoter confirmed next year’s event would be the last.

Music Festivals

Soundwave 2016 will be the last

AUSTRALIA’S popular Soundwave music festival will not be going ahead in 2017, after its boss broke the news on social media.

Pets

‘We never want to see this again’

AN anonymous phone tip-off led Aussie inspectors to the rescue of this neglected dog, that is now in need of a forever home. WARNING: Graphic content

Space

Best close-up views of Pluto yet

NASA has unveiled the best close-up views of Pluto’s surface, featuring its mountainous and icy terrain that humans may see for years to come.

Space

Best close-up views of Pluto yet

NASA has unveiled the best close-up views of Pluto’s surface, featuring its mountainous and icy terrain that humans may see for years to come.

Retail

A shopper leaves a Target store in Sydney on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Wesfarmers total sales for the quarter were up 11.6 per cent to $2.5 billion compared to the same period last year. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING

Target’s undergoing a radical makeover

THIS is Target’s big attempt to win shoppers back. The retail giant is opening new stores, and they include some surprising features.

Companies

Cedar Anderson watches honey flow from his revolutionary new bee hive called Flow Hive on his property at Broken Head near Byron Bay. Pic Nathan Edwards

Aussie invention worth millions

A HUMBLE Australian beekeeper, who used crowd-funding to revolutionise the way the world extracts honey from bee hives, made a cool $16m.

World

CORRECTS THE SPELLING OF REEVA This is an undated portfolio photo supplied by Ice Model Management in Johannesburg of Reeva Steenkamp, during a photo shoot. Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the home, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said. (AP Photo/Ice Model Management) EDITORIAL PURPOSE ONLY

Reeva’s mum doesn’t want ‘revenge’

THE mother of Oscar Pistorius’s slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has given a speech her daughter would have given on the day she was killed.

Movies

Star Wars fans teased again

BEFORE Star Wars fans get their hands on tickets to The Force Awakens, they’ve been shown glimpses of new footage before a bigger trailer drops.

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