The Ole Ticker

A few days ago, I saw what was by far the strangest "up to the minute" news item scrolling across the ticker at the bottom of the screen during CNN. I thought that it must have been a mistake or some kind of joke. It said something like (imagine the scrolling):

Australian boy has both hands and one foot reattached after they were severed in a freak basketball accident.

I couldn't believe it.... They play basketball in Australia?