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Swimming career over for D'Arcy:

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Controversial swimmer Nick D'Arcy has had his swimming dreams shattered after being thrown off the Australian Olympic team.

Cops slap D'Arcy with assault charges

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=449025

(Bad as Barry Hall)
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Trip wire to stop bike hoons condemned

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Trip wire to stop bike hoons condemned
Saturday Apr 19 08:44 AEST
Trip wire strung at head height in an Adelaide Park to deter hoons on motorised minibikes could have hurt children and other park users, a local official said

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=450018
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Re: Trip wire to stop bike hoons condemned

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jasonjag wrote:Trip wire to stop bike hoons condemned
Saturday Apr 19 08:44 AEST
Trip wire strung at head height in an Adelaide Park to deter hoons on motorised minibikes could have hurt children and other park users, a local official said
Jeez. Use jack spikes or whatever they're called. (kidding!)
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Followup

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 77,00.html

Police charge man accused of sparking chaos at the Perth stock exchange building and threatening Federal Court judge
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Gyrocopter crash landing

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A powered Gyrocopter crash landed on a Qld beach, little damage and no injuries. 10 news
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Stabbing

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A man was stabbed and died later from the injury, 2 people argued at a quiet 21st BD party in the early moning, a person has been charged over the attack. 9 news.
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 77,00.html

Off duty cop dead, another cop seriously injured, others injured after head-on near Sydney. On-duty colleague was first on scene
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 02,00.html

More about the same. The officer was a mother of kids who survived
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 02,00.html

Melburnians will be able to see how long it takes ambulances to respond to incidents via a new website launched today
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Engaged

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robbage wrote:http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 77,00.html

Off duty cop dead, another cop seriously injured, others injured after head-on near Sydney. On-duty colleague was first on scene
Couple engaged day before fatal crash
Monday Apr 21, 2008
It has been revealed an off-duty NSW police woman who was killed in a head-on crash yesterday had become engaged to her fellow officer fiance the day before the accident.
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Car Crushed

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A studend did not break the law, but his nice red car got crushed anyway, by a rotten old huge tree, that fell right on it, ch 9 news
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do u need to quote the news every time its getting a bit silly
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 77,00.html

WA Police taser man in cavity. They must have new attachments that I've never seen :-)
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