Australia beat England by four wickets in the third one-day international in Sydney to take a 3-0 lead in the series.

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Pictures as England win the series in Sydney

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Fifth Ashes Test in photos

Pictures as England win the series in Sydney

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I mentioned earlier how hard it is for some news organizations to say, “2+ 2 = 4,” as opposed to “experts say 2+….”  A few reader updates. 1) Truthiness in Dallas . A reader sends a picture of a plaque at the site of the Texas School Book Depository Building:   The reader — a visitor to Dallas rather than a local — adds, “I was just stunned by ‘allegedly’ and the inscribed underlining and circling in the bronze plaque, which I hope comes thru in the shot.” 2) Truthiness at CNN . Competent medical authorities have established beyond reasonable doubt that a seminal British study “showing” that childhood vaccinations caused autism was a fraud. Not just wrong in its conclusions but deliberately faked. But this (non-bylined) report from CNN presented the latest debunking with “critics say, the author disagrees, who can tell?” truthy “balance.” Interestingly, as Jay Rosen pointed out in a note, CNN’s Anderson Cooper did a much more straightforward “this is a fake” report on his show. More background here . 3) Truthiness in Tunnels . A reader in Sydney quotes ( and dissects ) a study in which “experts claim” that digging a tunnel for an underground road is more expensive than building on the surface. Jarrett Walker, a transportation planner in Sydney, asks: > > Why did we need “state planners say” in this sentence? State rail planners say it would be several hundred million dollars cheaper to build aboveground tracks … All other things being equal, underground construction is more expensive than surface.  This is an easily verified fact about the universe, readily found in any transport engineering textbook, so it’s misleading to describe it as though it’s an allegation.

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England win the final Ashes Test in Sydney by an innings and 83 runs to wrap up the series 3-1 for their first win down under in 24 years.

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England end day four in Sydney on the verge of a third innings win over Australia and a crushing 3-1 Ashes series victory – their first down under for 24 years.

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England close on Ashes series win

England end day four in Sydney on the verge of a third innings win over Australia and a crushing 3-1 Ashes series victory – their first down under for 24 years.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting is ruled out of the last Ashes Test in Sydney with a finger injury and is replaced by Michael Clarke.

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Ponting ruled out of Sydney Test

An Australian court finds three men guilty of plotting a suicide attack on a Sydney army base, with two co-defendants acquitted.

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Trio guilty of Sydney attack plot

A Qantas A380 superjumbo leaves Sydney for Singapore in the first flight since one of the planes suffered an engine explosion earlier this month.

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Qantas’ superjumbo flying again

A Qantas Airways flight carrying 199 passengers was forced to turn back to Sydney on Monday because of a technical problem, the airline said.

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Qantas flight makes emergency landing

Qantas, the Australian airline company, has grounded its fleet of Airbus 380 airliners, following the emergency landing of one such superjumbo in Singapore. The plane was bound for Sydney when one of the engines “exploded with a loud bang,” causing the…

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Get the lowdown Down Under with a city guide app from Aussie indie publishers A handy guide to Australia’s major metropolises for visitors and residents alike, The Thousands’ new iPhone App covers each location’s most enticing shops, restaurants, exhibitions, gigs and more. Created by Melbourne-based Right Angle Studio —who are also behind the arts-and-culture sites The Thousands , named for Australia’s state postcodes—the City Guides app keeps your finger on the pulse of cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. Browsing is easy—simply choose your city, select what you’d like to do and scroll through a daily-updated and quality-controlled list of the best places to see and be in each locale. The app also features a “Near Me” GPS-enabled function to show you what’s going on close by, as well as a “Must See” function for tourists with limited time or residents who like to keep in the know. Download it now for free from iTunes .

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