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Road toll up after fatal Cardup crash
Major Crash officers are investigating the fatal crash, where the man’s Holden Commodore struck a tree on Soldiers Road near Siding Road.The crash happened about 1am and the man was the only person in the vehicle.Anyone who can provide further information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Missing man ...
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Federal switch on youth health cash
WA's volatile relationship with Canberra has hit a new low after the Federal Government pulled out of a deal for two youth mental health facilities and gave the money to a not-for-profit group.A furious Mental Health Minister Helen Morton yesterday blasted the decision, which came after two years of work under a State-Federal agreement for two early psychosis youth centres north and south ...
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Biker airlifted to hospital after crash
Update, 2.10pm: A man was airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital after a trail bike crash at a property in Mogumber.The crash happened on Mogumber Road, about 130km north-east of Perth.The man arrived at the hospital at about 1.25pm and is in a serious condition.Further details of the crash are not yet ...
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Man dies after his vehicle crashes into a tree
WA A man has died after a crash in Perth's southern suburbs overnight.Police say two men were travelling on Soldiers Road in Cardup when their car left the road hit a tree in the early hours of this morning.One man is being treated in hospital for his injuries.It is the second serious crash in three days.A man and a woman are in a serious but stable condition in Royal Perth Hospital after ...
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Man missing from Derby aged care home
Police are concerned about a 68-year-old Derby man, Charles Maurice Murphy, who has been missing since last night.Mr Murphy was last seen at the Numbala Nunga Residential Aged Care facility on Sutherland Street in Derby about 9.20pm last night.He requires medication and there are concerns for his welfare.Mr Murphy is described as of Aboriginal descent, approximately 180cm tall and of slim build. ...
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Devil
No doubt Devil will receive more than its share of bad press and reviews for one of two reasons (or, more likely, both). First, it was co-produced and developed from a story by M. Night Shyamalan, the first in an apparent series known as The Night Chronicles, which is more than enough ... ...
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Minister pans Barnett over disabled scare tactic
The number of disabled West Australians qualifying for support services would almost double under Julia Gillard's national disability insurance scheme, the Federal Government claims.Federal Disability Reform Minister Jenny Macklin has released new figures to _The Weekend West _to hit back at Colin Barnett's suggestion this week some people would be worse off if WA signed up to the ...
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Nic Nats net worth is soaring
Before Nic Naitanui even played his first game this season supplies of West Coast Eagles merchandise dedicated to the star were running out.Such is ...
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WA book wins gong
WA author M. L. Stedman has taken out the Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards for her novel The Light Between Oceans.Stedman's debut novel was also awarded Literary Fiction Book of the Year and Newcomer of the Year at the awards, held in Sydney last night.The book's film rights were recently snapped up by Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios.Brisbane-based ...
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New baby hope for couples
For three years, Perth couple Kellee and Craig Butterworth faced the monthly rollercoaster of getting their hopes up that their latest IVF attempt would "take", only to be disappointed.But a single attempt to conceive a baby using revolutionary time-lapse imaging to find the healthiest embryo has finally delivered the words they wanted to hear -"you're pregnant".Mrs ...
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WA Nationals announce new candidate for OConnor
Perth 6000 The National Party's new candidate for the federal seat of O'Connor says he is thrilled to have been selected. It was announced yesterday that William Witham, who is a mining geologist, will contest the seat for the Nationals in the September election.The current member Tony Crook resigned last month.Mr Witham says he is ready for the prospect of being a politician. ...
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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
Hotel Review
New York Marriott Financial Center Hotel
I arrived by taxi to the hotel which is just a block from the former World Trade Center site. The ...
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