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How many times was this woman’s cleavage checked out? Find out below. Source: Supplied
GOOD morning, and welcome to our morning news coverage. We will be bringing you the best of what’s happening this morning, so you can get across the news quickly.
TODAY:
• Cleavage cam reveals we can’t stop staring at breasts
• Woman arrested after burning Aussie flag at war memorial
• 15-year-old mutilated for being too “pretty”
• UPDATE: Gunman surrenders following a ten-hour standoff
• Melbourne teens bashed, robbed, tied by eight masked men
• Video: police viciously pepper spray elderly Hong Kong protestor
• Giant bee appears on ‘tower cam’, weathergirl freaks out
• Australian aircraft complete first mission in Iraq
• Irish lads attempt to storm pub using rugby scrum, fail. Twice.
• Gunman’s standoff with police continues in Mackay
10:00am
That’s it for our live #RUSHHOUR news blog. You can get across the stories you need to know today below or go to news.com.au for the latest headlines.
9:25am
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9:20am
A woman has been arrested after the burning of an Australian flag at the Anzac War Memorial in Sydney’s Hyde Park.
Emergency services were called to the park on Wednesday afternoon after a flag was allegedly removed from the memorial and burned in its flame of remembrance.
RELATED: WOMAN BURNS AUSSIE FLAG AT WAR MEMORIAL
Police and security stand outside the Cenotaph War Memorial in Hyde Park. Picture: Chris McKeen Source: News Corp Australia This woman has been arersted by police. Source: Supplied
A member of the public contacted police after CCTV footage was released, and officers arrested a 36-year-old woman at Central Railway Station in the early hours of this morning.
She was being questioned at Sydney City Police Station.
Minister for Veterans Affairs Victor Dominello and RSL NSW President Don Rowe on Wednesday condemned the incident.
“Not only is this criminal behaviour, its deeply disrespectful of the memorial and all it represents,” Mr Dominello said in a statement.
“It is deeply concerning that any person would seek to desecrate the Australian flag.
“Doing so on this sacred site makes it all the more reprehensible.” Mr Rowe urged members of the public to come forward with information.
“Veterans and their families will be outraged by this attack on a sacred monument dedicated to thousands of Australians who have fought and died for their country,” he said.”

In case you missed it: the person who lit Aussie flag in Sydney’s War Memorial is described as “a caucasian woman” pic.twitter.com/6pcsyNMkh5
— Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) October 1, 2014

8:50am
“Everyone says you are pretty. You won’t look pretty when we have finished with you. People will call you Chucky.”
A teenage girl has been left disfigured and mutilated after a pair of jealous girls slashed her repeatedly with knives for being “too pretty”.
RELATED: TEENAGE GIRL MUTILATED BY JEALOUS RIVALS

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15-year-old Julia Alvarez was walking home in Juan Domingo Peron, in the northern Argentinian province of Formosa, when the girls, who are sisters, began to kick and punch Ms Alvarez to the ground.
They then repeatedly stabbed her face and body, leaving her with multiple injuries. One slash on her back requierd 20 stitches alone.
The attackers have been identified only as Flor, 18, and Maira, 16.

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Remarkably, police initially refused to get involved, and it wasn’t until Ms Alvarez’s sister, Yeni, posted the horrific images on Facebook, that they took notice.
“They were jealous of my sister for a long time and always abusing her and insulting her, but we never expected them to go this far,” she said.
“I can only assume they were drinking or taking drugs as usual.
“I have tried to stay strong for my beautiful sister but every time I see her I want to burst into tears.
“They have ruined her life. She says she wants to kill herself because when she looks in the mirror she is so ugly now. It has ruined our family.”
Police confirmed the suspects have been interviewed. 16-year-old Maira has been released from custody, but 18-year-old Flor remains with police.
“Chucky” is a well-known, scarred doll which invokes the spirit of serial killer Charles Lee Ray in the horror movie series, Child’s Play.
Chucky the killer doll from 'Child's Play' circa 1993. Source: News Corp Australia
8:20am UPDATE
Police have taken a 49-year-old gun-weilding man into custody following an eleven-hour standoff in Mackay, Queensland.
Officers were called by a person concerned about the man’s welfare about 8.45pm (AEST) last night.
Police were later told he was alone and armed with a gun and declared a public safety preservation order act at 10.45pm (AEST).
Officers told AAP they were still negotiating with the man at 6.15am on Thursday. The man surrendered to police without incident at about 7.20am.
The emergent situation declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act in response to the incident was revoked at 7.33am.

Police have taken a 49-year-old man into custody following an incident in Burston Street, Mackay. http://t.co/rm2MKMIBV9
— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) October 1, 2014

8:05am
Two teenage boys have allegedly been bashed, robbed and tied up by a group of masked offenders wielding knuckle dusters and knives in Melbourne’s north.

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The teens, aged 15 and 16, were walking along Spring Street in Thomastown at 1am on Thursday when two cars pulled up next to them, police say.
A group of around eight masked assailants got out of the cars and demanded the teens’ money and phones.
The masked group allegedly pulled out flick knives and knuckle dusters and assaulted the boys, who then gave up their phones. The boys were found tied up inside a parked car on a nearby bridge after an anonymous emergency call drew police to the scene. The teens were taken to hospital, with the 16-year-old being treated for head injuries.
Police are appealing for more information from any witnesses, particularly the person who made the emergency call.

7:50am
It’s the incident that has brought Hong Kong’s week of mass protests into sharp focus.
Shocking video has emerged of police tapping an elderly protestor on the shoulder and turning him around, before aiming a can of pepper spray right in his face, writes news.com.au’s Victoria Craw.
RELATED: WHAT WILL CHINA DO ABOUT HONG KONG PROTESTS?

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The footage was posted online by Hong Kong radio station MM, which has been covering the mass protests that have paralysed the city for the last week.
The video shows police pushing back crowds in a violent clash, before the lone protestor emerges in what seems like an effort to calm people down, while wiping his eyes.
However once he gets close enough, a member of police taps him on the shoulder. When he turns around to look he is hit with a spray right in the eye.
7:35am
“I’m gonna end up on some blooper reel!”
Oh yes, yes you are Jennifer Ketchmark.
The weather presenter for WXIN-Fox 59 in Indianapolis was caught off guard when a bee flew in front of the TV channel’s ‘tower cam’, giving it the illusion it was a gargantuan, man-eating, flying mega-bug.
“I’m going to regret that for a long time!” she can be hard saying.
Thanks for the laughs, Jennifer.

I did not like this bug surprising me during live weather. @FanchonStinger and @DanSpehler had me laughing so hard! pic.twitter.com/6W0iEDpK41
— Jennifer Ketchmark (@JKetchmarkFox59) September 29, 2014

It's going to be another "bee"-utiful evening in central Indiana. Partly cloudy and mild. @fox59 #INwx pic.twitter.com/inIEz4BQ41
— Jennifer Ketchmark (@JKetchmarkFox59) October 1, 2014

Sorry, America. Giant seagulls are still WAY scarier than giant bees. @MattYoung http://t.co/mfqdJ8jRUQ pic.twitter.com/BvPvLEnpcp
— Daniel Sankey (@Daniel_Sankey) October 1, 2014

7:20am
Australian aircraft have completed their first mission over Iraq, returning safely to their base in the United Arab Emirates.
The government deployed Super Hornets, a Wedgetail early warning and control aircraft, a refueller aircraft and special forces members to support missions flown by US and other coalition forces against the Islamic State.
An Australian F/A-18 Super Hornet in the air. Picture: Claudia Baxter Source: News Corp Australia A RAAF pilot disembarks an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft after arriving in the Middle East. Source: Supplied
But the Iraqi government is yet to make a specific request for Australia to take part in a specific combat operation.
This comes as Iraqi military pilots mistakenly dropped aid packages to ISIS militants, instead of their own soldiers, according to security and military officials.
The supplies of food, water and ammunition were intended to assist besieged Iraqi army personnel, who had been fighting Islamist extremists for a week in Saglawyah and the village of Al-Sijar in the country’s western province of Anbar, NBC reports.
7:10am
Looks like us Aussies aren’t the only ones with footy fever.
Footage shows a group of “lads” attempt to storm a pub by using methods straight from the football field.

The Irish Mirror reports one of the men in the group was refused entry for being a little worse for wear. Cue cavemen behaviour.
Gathering all their mates, the boys form a scrum and fail to raid the pub’s security, not once, but twice.
Next time boys, use your brains, not your bodies
6:45am
A man with a gun has been holed up inside a north Queensland home for more than nine hours.
Police have closed streets, diverting traffic and urging residents to stay inside, around the home on Burston St, Mackay. People are being advised to avoid the area.

An emergent situation remains in place this morning in Mackay. http://t.co/uHxNxvikoN
— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) October 1, 2014

North Mackay has been cordoned off as police negotiate with a gunman holed up in a house on Burston St. Neighbours are being told to stay...
— Owen Jacques APN (@Owenjay) October 1, 2014

Officers were called about by a person concerned about the man’s welfare about 8.45pm (AEST) on Wednesday.
Police were later told he was alone and armed with a gun and declared a public safety preservation order act at 10.45pm (AEST). Officers told AAP they were still negotiating with the man at 6.15am on Thursday.
6:30am
A clever breast cancer campaign has set out to discover just how many times a woman’s breasts are stared at each day — and the results are quite remarkable.
Shocked face. Source: Supplied “Drool” Source: Supplied A hidden camera was placed in this woman’s eye-catching bra. Source: Supplied It’s not just men who stare. Source: YouTube Coffee shop guy claims first dibs. Source: YouTube
Turns out men, women, babies and even the odd pooch like the look of cleavage a lot more than you may think.
Nestle Fitness attached a hidden camera to a volunteer’s eye-catching bra, and its not long before eyes start to wander.
In one round of filming, 37 people are caught having a sneaky glance.
The Nestle Fitness campaign is a part of the #CheckYourSelfie experiment, designed to encourage women to check their breasts for lumps and bumps.
“The new video was launched as part of the company’s annual Pink Ribbon commitment to build awareness about breast cancer and to raise funds in partnership with local charities in more than 20 communities where Nestlé Fitness operates,” said Nicolas Guillon, Nestle’s global marketing manager for fitness.
So, when was the last time you checked yours?

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