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Its like a war zone
''They are still in the process of picking through the rubble to try to find survivors,'' Jerry Lojka, a spokesman for Oklahoma Emergency Management, said in an interview. ''We know it was on the ground for 40 minutes. It travelled across the entire city of Moore.'' ''It's like a war zone down there,'' said Moore resident Melissa ...
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Australia name womens Ashes squad
Australia have named a 15-player squad for the women's Ashes tour of England, including all 14 players contracted for the 2013-14 season as well as the batsman Sarah Elliott as a Test specialist. Elliott will fly home after the one-off Test and is the only player from outside the contract list to be part of the official touring party, although the 17-year-old Jemma Barsby will join the ...
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White rhino born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Dubbo 2830 A New South Wales zoo is celebrating the birth of a white rhino calf.The still unnamed male was born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo in the early hours of last Tuesday.The white rhinos have been closely watched by keepers at the zoo after a mystery illness killed four of the animals last year.One of the female rhinos that survived the illness, Mopani, has given birth to the ...
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Horse owners at state parliament in fight over inner Sydney paddocks
Concord 2137 The New South Wales Opposition has brought ponies to parliament house in a bid to highlight the plight of horse owners who it says are being pushed off land in Sydney's inner west by the Government.The horses are kept at the historic Yaralla public estate in Concord, which holds some of the last paddocks close to the city.The site is owned by the Sydney Local Health District ...
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Mike Carlton lashes Australian Story
, claiming his comments were "selectively edited" by the show's producers to give a glowing account of his former radio nemesis Ray Hadley. Carlton launched his tirade via his Twitter account, describing the program, which aired on Monday night, as a "travesty", "disgrace" and "garbage". On Tuesday, Carlton tweeted: "Bizarre that last ...
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Its like a war zone down there
''They are still in the process of picking through the rubble to try to find survivors,'' Jerry Lojka, a spokesman for Oklahoma Emergency Management, said in an interview. ''We know it was on the ground for 40 minutes. It travelled across the entire city of Moore.'' ''It's like a war zone down there,'' said Moore resident Melissa ...
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Tinkler mansion put up for sale
Embattled coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler has put his $5.2 million Queensland mansion up for sale. The seven-bedroom, five-bathroom country estate, on four hectares on Brisbane's outskirts, features a home cinema, a gym, a climate-controlled wine cellar that can house 3500 bottles and a nine-car garage. The property, in Pullenvale, west of Brisbane, is listed online as being for sale for ...
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Teen driver killed dodging kangaroo
The car accident that killed a 19-year-old woman from Kirrawee on Monday night was witnessed by her friend, who was driving the car travelling behind her on Guyra Road at Guyra in the state's north. Police say the woman who died had been negotiating a bend in the road when she swerved to avoid a dead kangaroo in the middle of her lane about 7.20pm. She lost control of the car and veered ...
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Australia womens cricketers get major pay boost
Members of the Australia women's cricket team will be among the country's highest-paid female athletes as part of a restructure of the Cricket Australia contract system. The leading players could earn up to $80,000 over the next year as part of the new payment programme, with the top player retainer having increased from $15,000 to $52,000 and the minimum retainer having been boosted ...
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NSW paramedics allowed to form their own union
NSW The NSW Industrial Relations Commission has granted paramedics permission to register their own union.Last year, state parliament passed laws allowing paramedics and junior doctors to choose their own unions, paving the way for them to break away from the Health Services Union.The Emergency Medical Services Protection Association already has several hundred members and had applied to the ...
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Search expanded for Canadian man missing in Snowy Mountains
Jindabyne 2627 Police in the Snowy Mountains say they are expanding their search for a Canadian man who has been missing for over a week.The 25-year-old set off to bushwalk alone to the peak of Mount Kosciuszko from Charlotte Pass Village over a week ago and has not been heard from since. Police say they are concerned for his safety with overnight temperatures in the mountains dropping to as ...
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The secret life of a sociopath like me
If my life were a television show it would start like this: It's a pleasantly warm summer day in a beautiful southern clime. Sunlight glints off ripples in the pool. The sliding door opens with a gentle rumble. A young woman steps out in her flip-flops and a black Speedo swimming suit. Her skin is darkly tan from lifeguarding at the local municipal pool. Today she is giving a private ...
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Now for the $US190m house
A Sydney waterfront property recently sold for $50 million, but in the United States, a house has hit the market with an asking price of $US190 million. Copper Beech Farm in Connecticut is regarded as the last great estate in Greenwich, and comes with an asking price 30 per cent more expensive than its nearest market competitor, Crespi Hicks Estate in Dallas. Set on 17 hectares, the farm is ...
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1.6km-wide monster tornado dead hit
Oklahoma tornado caught on camera RAW VIDEO: The day after tornadoes killed two people in Oklahoma US, a new tornado was spotted on the ground in Newcastle. NO ...
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Paramedics break away from HSU
PARAMEDICS will be able to break away from the scandal-plagued Health Services Union (HSU) after a court ruled they could register their own ...
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Sydney home invader ties up woman 84
Police say the elderly woman was alone in her Eastlakes unit on Monday when she answered a knock at the door.She was confronted by an unknown woman who threatened her, tied her up and covered her mouth.The intruder, who was about 40 and wearing a baseball cap and reading glasses, searched the home and demanded money but fled empty-handed.After untying herself, the woman went to a ...
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Australia launches new April 2025 Treasury bond
SYDNEY | Tue May 21, 2013 12:38am EDT SYDNEY May 21 (Reuters) - Australia is to issue a new Treasury bond due April 21, 2025, the country's debt management office said on Tuesday, and expects the issue to be of benchmark size - typically at least A$1 billion. Initial price guidance for the issue is a spread of 18-20 basis points to the implied yield for the primary 10-year Treasury ...
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Adelaide set for a drenching as rain pours on regional South Australia
THE heavens have finally opened across regional parts of the state and metropolitan Adelaide is set for a good drenching this evening. In the past 24 hours, the state's far North recorded almost 50mm of rain up to 9am this morning. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Paul Bierman said Ernabella recorded 47mm of rain and Mintabie, 45mm. "It's quite a lotover 40mm is 24 hours is ...
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My house is on top of me terror in rubble
Moore, population 55,000, was worst hit. The tornado arrived in the afternoon as children were preparing to leave school. As night descended, rescue workers used floodlights to search for children at the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, where seven children reportedly drowned, while others were pulled alive from the rubble and passed hand-to-hand by a human chain of ...
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Tax Office puts e-tax on Apple Macs
Now the Tax Office says it will finally provide functionality for Mac users from July. "We are working to deliver a version of e-tax for Mac users for this tax time, which is currently undergoing development and testing by the [Australian Taxation Office]," a spokeswoman told Fairfax Media, after tech ...
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2Day FM back on top in ratings
2Day FM celebrate their return to the top. 2Day FM have reclaimed their title as the number one FM station in Sydney after only one survey, as usurpers WSFM suffered a hugely disappointing ratings result. In the latest survey, which covers the period from February 24 to May ...
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Hairdressers sex assault claim
Another woman has come forward to report an alleged indecent assault at the hands of a Merrylands hairdresser. The 21-year-old came forward following the arrest of the 31-year-old man last week, when he was charged with indecently and sexually assaulting four female clients. Those women, aged between 29 and 41, allege they were assaulted between February and May this year. Detectives from ...
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Replay Melbourne Storm Manly Sea Eagles draw
After 90 minutes the Storm and Sea Eagles can't be split, and they're forced to share the spoils following a 10-all draw at AAMI Park.The two sides traded field goals in golden point extra-time but no one could split the goal posts and they leave with a point ...
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Stranger offers boys lollies puppy
The friends, both aged 11, were riding their bikes to school along Wollombi Rd, Millfield in the Hunter Valley, when they were approached by the man.The incident occured on Monday 8.30am, but police only released details this morning.Police said the man asked the boys if they wanted a lift to school before offering them lollies and the puppy.They declined and rode off before telling their ...
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Australias trading partner looking better
The outlook for Australia's major trading partners is good, with economic growth for most expected to pick up in 2014, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.The minutes of the RBA's May board meeting gave a positive assessment of the economic outlooks for China, Japan and the US.While growth in China is not expected to return to its stellar levels of recent years, the RBA board said the ...
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Sydney's scandalous toxic waste plan by government
A controversial waste relocation project in Sydney has created anger in a community with a lower income than the Sydney suburb from which the waste is being removed, with many suggesting a class-bias in the city government.
Hunter’s Hill is a predominantly wealthy suburb of Sydney with average house prices of around AUD $1.3 million and a harbour-side community made up predominantly of professionals, managers and other traditionally middle to high-income workers. Penrith, on the other hand, located just over 50 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD, is not as affluent, with average property values of around AUD $280,000. Read more
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