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Car fire teen jailed but may soon be free

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A TEENAGE boy has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for setting fire to a car, which killed his friend trapped inside, but could be released by the end of this month.

Magpies-Eagles clash set for Saturday

West Coast Eagles v Gold Coast Suns

WEST Coast will play Collingwood on Saturday afternoon in the first week of the finals after the release of the AFL's finals schedule.

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Security for Spratt after alleged attack

Kevin Spratt

KEVIN Spratt has been transferred from his prison cell to hospital wearing a face mask following allegations he tried to bite prison guards.

Crown wants Russell O'Callaghan jailed

Russell O'Callaghan

A CROWN prosecutor has called for Karl O’Callaghan’s son to be jailed for his role in manufacturing drugs in a home laboratory.

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Mel B to spice up Perth Fashion Festival

Mel B

AS Mel B enters a Los Angeles hospital to give birth, it has been confirmed the star will be sitting in the front row at Perth Fashion Festival later this month.

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Rebecca Judd races onto Spring catwalk

Rebecca Judd

MODEL mum Rebecca Judd made her catwalk return today just six weeks after giving birth to her son, Oscar.

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X Factor's 'Introvert Extrovert' goes viral

Luke O'Dell

PERTH's Luke O'Dell was never going to let talent stand in the way of his singing career on last night's The X Factor.

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Business

WikiLeaks: Telstra fights "hard and dirty"

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A BIG US anti-piracy company was too scared to take on Telstra over copyright breaches so it pursued the smaller iiNet, according to leaked documents.

WikiLeaks: Companies 'bullied' on gas deal

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LEAKED Wikileaks cable reveals energy giants believed they were forced to accept the massive LNG plant at James Price Point in the Kimberley.

Oswals lose appeal to delay $110m lawsuit

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PANKAJ and Radhika Oswal have lost their fight to put a stay on a $110 million lawsuit which alleges they misappropriated money from one of their former companies.

Booze puts the fizz back in WA retail

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ALL is not bleak for WA retailers with turnover jumping by 0.7 per cent in July this year as shoppers stocked up on alcohol.

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Manufacturer CSR to lay off 110 workers

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UPDATE: BUILDING products maker CSR has become the latest manufacturer to cut jobs, saying the high Aussie dollar and weak housing market forced its hand.

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Sport

Beale crowned top Wallaby

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AUSSIES bounced out at US Open, a Sea Eagle's lucky break and overnight athletics action. VIDEO: Four-wheel tricks

Magpies-Eagles clash set for Saturday

West Coast Eagles v Gold Coast Suns

WEST Coast will play Collingwood on Saturday afternoon in the first week of the finals after the release of the AFL's finals schedule.

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Palmer joins Dockers casualty list

Rhys Palmer

RHYS Palmer has possibly played his last game for the Dockers after being left out of Fremantle’s team to play the Western Bulldogs on Saturday.

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Lyon all class in five-wicket haul

Nathan Lyon

NATHAN Lyon says he will hold his Test debut close to his heart following a remarkable day as Australia suffocated Sri Lanka.

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Beale wins John Eales Medal

Kurtley Beale

KURTLEY Beale's growing importance to the Wallabies was emphasised when the mercurial fullback was awarded the John Eales Medal.

Entertainment

Peter Andre takes on Swayze in 'Ghost'

Ghost

PETER Andre will take on the role played by Patrick Swayze in a musical version of the Hollywood hit film Ghost.

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Aussie stuntman sues over Hangover crash

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AN AUSTRALIAN stuntman is suing Warner Brothers after he was left brain damaged when a high-speed car chase went wrong on the set of The Hangover: Part II.

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 Technology

Apple loses another new iPhone at a bar

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FOR the second time in 18 months, an Apple employee has lost an advanced and unreleased iPhone, this time in a tequila bar.

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Thomson makes it to very small screen

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MP embroiled in scandal has earned the attention of Taiwanese news animators, becoming an online viral sensation. 

Cyborg's story is a real eye opener

Eyeborg

By Michelle Loh WORLD'S most famous eyeborg reveals the secrets of his Terminator-style bionic eye.

National

Teen footballer's mum tells of heartbreak

Nathan Prince

THE grieving mother of a teenage footballer who died after a post-game cardiac arrest has described how he was her world.

'Local fanatics are plotting terror strikes'

9/11 attacks

HOME-grown extremists are actively considering launching terrorist attacks in Australia, the latest intelligence reports suggest.

World

Man arrested for trying to shoot 'UFOs'

A SWEDISH man has been charged with firing gunshots into the night sky in what he told police was an attempt to thwart an alien invasion.

Greek police find stolen Rubens painting

GREEK police have recovered a 17th century painting by Flemish master Pieter Paul Rubens stolen from a museum in Belgium a decade ago.

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