Melbourne, Mar 12 : Athletes buying pricey sneakers might just be wasting their money, for researchers have found no scientific evidence supporting the safety of these running shoes.

Scientists at the University of Newcastle revealed that they didn't find any evidence supporting claims that sophisticated cushioning or heel supports prevent injury.

Melbourne, Mar 12: An American woman landed herself in hospital with unimaginable injuries after a sexual experimentation with her partner went awry.

According to NBCWashington. com, the Maryland woman injured in the incident involving a sex toy attached to a sabre saw blade.

The St Mary''s County Sheriff''s Office said that the man who called 911 about the incident admitted to attaching the sex toy to the saw and using the high-powered, homemade device on his partner.

Apparently, the saw cut through the plastic toy and wounded the woman and left her with injuries, so severe, that she had to be rushed to hospital

Melbourne, Mar 11 : A 20-year-old Brisbane student will visit as many countries as she can in next twelve days, in a stunt she hopes will win her the best job in the world.

Hailey Turner, the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) business student, made a short-list of 50 people out of 34,684 applications worldwide for the dream job.

Turner will go to as places as she can to boost her application for a six-month job on the Great Barrier Reef''s Hamilton Island.

Melbourne, Mar. 11 : Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds has shred his dreadlocks to raise 10,000 dollars for the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.

The Courier Mail quoted his agent, Matt Fearon, as saying that the Queensland all rounder, who hadn''t "seen his own head for about five years", had gone in with "the normal nerves about a new look".

"He''s looking fresh; I think he looks more responsible. Certainly, he''s more streamlined," Fearon added.

Melbourne, Mar. 11 : An Indian woman, who was killed in an alleged hit-run accident last night, had just applied for permanent residency in Australia, the Herald Sun reports.

Thirty-three-year-old Aman Preet Sanhotra died when a B-double truck hit her at the corner of Melbourne's Broadhurst Avenue and High St, Reservoir, about 10.40 p. m.

The woman''s cousin, Gagandeeb Singh, said she was just five minutes from home when the accident happened.