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Black holeday: look out, we’re all going to die. Maybe.

The world might be about to end, all in the name of science, writes Ben Sandlilands.

Fat Tony finally becomes The Man Who Wasn’t There

If the past is another country then someone should tell Fat Tony Mokbel that the charges he was accused of today in the Melbourne Magistrates Court didn’t happen to someone else last Tuesday when he was still living in Greece, writes the Kooka Brothers.

eBay faces wrath, ACCC investigation over PayPal move

eBay Australia isn’t making friends by requiring its sellers to use eBay-owned PayPal to receive their money, writes Stilgherrian

“Smurf” Gobbo’s BMW blows up underworld cash mystery

Why would anyone in the underworld want to firebomb Nicola “Smurf” Gobbo’s BMW soft top in South Melbourne last night? And what was with teh cash found at the scene? asks the .

eBay to customers: we’ll handle your money, it’s for your “protection”

As eBay sticks its hand in the pockets of sellers, questions need to be asked about how to regulate the global online auction giant, writes Stilgherrian.