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3 hrs ago | SPACE.com

Star Mystery Solved: Stellar Twins Closer to Earth Than Thought

Artist's conception of SS Cygni double-star system, which includes a red-dwarf star and a compact white-dwarf star, right.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, Australia, World News,

3 hrs ago | Newswise

Accurate Distance Measurement Resolves Major Astronomical Mystery

Sometimes astronomy is like real estate -- what's important is location, location, and location.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, Australia,

7 hrs ago | The Age

Jetta growing into his part as role model for indigenous youth

Lewis Jetta still misses his family in Western Australia but with a second baby on the way he says the days where he could afford to be homesick are long gone.

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8 hrs ago | ABC News

Hazel Hawke, the ex-wife of former PM Bob, dies after dementia complications

Hazel Hawke, the ex-wife of former prime minister Bob Hawke, died today after complications of dementia at the age of 83.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Australia, Oceania, World News,

13 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au

Road Watch: All fine on Adelaide streets

Nick Green from the Australian Traffic Network said many roads, including the South Eastern Freeway and the Northern Expressway, were still slippery and reminded motorists to drive to the conditions.

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Related Topix: Port Wakefield, AK, Australia, World News

Wed May 22, 2013

The Pordland Mercury

Portland Mercury

LONERISM turned out to be a fitting title for Tame Impala's second record. Kevin Parker - the space cadet running the good ship Impala - recorded the entire album himself at his home studio in Perth, Australia, left to his own devices.

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Related Topix: Tame Impala, Australia, World News, Dungen

NEWS.com.au

14 suffer caustic burns at chicken store

Picture: Twitter, Peter Kapsanis, Channel 9 Eleven people treated for caustic soda burns after a worker mistook the cleaning agent for salt in a Bunbury Chicken Treat store.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Oceania,

ABC News

McKenna denies molesting female boarders

A former supervisor at a country hostel in Western Australia has denied that he sexually molested two female boarders more than 30 years ago.

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Sunday Times

Waste-to-energy plant gets green light

HOUSEHOLD rubbish will be converted into electricity after the final environmental approvals were made for the State's first large scale waste-to-energy plant.

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NEWS.com.au

Palmer's win in royalties battle

The state's wealthiest individual, Mineralogy chairman Clive Palmer, has secured a major Supreme Court victory in his battle with the Chinese company CITIC Pacific, the managers of his WA iron ore mine.

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New York Daily News

Demi's new beau has a PEARL in his family jewels

Demi Moore 's latest yoga-teaching boy toy shockingly had a pearl inserted into his man parts as a teenager as part of a family tradition, Confidenti@l can exclusively reveal.

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Related Topix: G.I. Jane, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Demi Moore, Yoga, Fitness, Kundalini Yoga, Health Club, Australia, Entertainment

ABC News

Chamber airs hopes for port plan opportunities

Karratha's Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hoping a proposed port, south-west of Karratha, will generate more opportunities for smaller mining companies.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News,

ABC News

People love the Leschenault Estuary

A study into how much people value the Leschenault Estuary and inlet shows that everyone living near it values its natural beauty.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Tue May 21, 2013

ABC News

Goldfields and Esperance, Mid West and Wheatbelt WA: Wednesday May 22, 2013

The Department of Water has prosecuted a Gnangara vegetable grower for using more than double the amount of water he was allocated.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Oceania

PR-inside.com

Nimrodel Resources Limited (NMR) - Metals and Mining - Deals and...

The company acquires, explores and develops mineral resources and energy assets in Africa and Australia.

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Related Topix: World News, Botswana, Africa, Australia,

ABC News

Man charged after 'incredibly reckless' driving

Police say they were chasing a stolen vehicle in Norseman yesterday but had to abort the pursuit because the man was driving 'incredibly recklessly'. The vehicle was later spotted in Kambalda, Coolgardie, Southern Cross and Kalgoorlie-Boulder, allegedly reaching speeds of up to 180 kilometres an hour.

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Reuters

UPDATE 2-Gloom hits services firms as Australia's mining boom peaks

A spate of profit warnings from Australian mining services firms suggests the country's "once-in-a-century" resources spending boom may have peaked sooner than companies, economists and policymakers had expected.

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Sunday Times

Police seek man over Narrogin death

Police believe Kevin James Corbett is in Perth and may be able to assist in the investigation into the death of a woman in Narrogin on May 18.

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Sunday Times

WA crisis meeting on Aboriginal suicide

Robert Eggington is among indigenous leaders to meet with WA bureaucrats over rising suicide levels among the Noongah community.Picture: Richard Polden INDIGENOUS leaders in Western Australia are holding a crisis meeting with senior bureaucrats to discuss high suicide rates among the Nyoongah community.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Suicide, Prison, Wedding

Sunday Times

WA teen exercise rates drop: academic

EXERCISE rates among high school children in Western Australia are declining to alarming levels, fuelling health concerns, an academic says.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Family, Teenagers, Wedding