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Finding America's Past In Australia's Present

James Moore | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Australia, Outback, Sydney, Motorcycles, America, Perth, Kimberley, International Destinations, Australia Travel, Travel Blogs@noad_mid_article, Travel News

Australia presents itself to outsiders like a gigantic national park with gleaming cities along its perimeter.

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PHOTOS: Man Wears Storm Trooper Outfit, Walks 3,000 Miles Across Australia For Charity!

Posted 04.12.2012

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"Walk a long way you did." This was the hand-painted banner greeting Jacob French at Sydney Children's Hospital Wednesday when he finished his walk...

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The Best In UK And Australian Photography Come Together

Posted 03.10.2012

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Though they may be worlds apart in terms of geography, the UK and Australia share a perspective that is closer than one might think. The two locale...

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Qantas Pays Millions To Passengers On Nightmare Flight

Posted 12.29.2011

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Qantas is paying the price for the technological malfunction that took passengers on a Perth-bound plane from Singapore on a nightmare ride. The Austr...

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Traveling The Outback With Santa And An Australian Idol

Shannon Melnyk | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Rail Travel, Idol, Sydney, Australia, Jessica Mauboy, Australia Travel, Outback, Perth, Travel Blogs, Railroad, Slidepollajax, Travel News

The songstress joined Kris Kringle in boarding the train from New South Wales into the Outback to perform free concerts in rarely visited communities.

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Last World War I Combat Veteran Passes Away

AP | By KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 07.04.2011

SYDNEY -- Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, died Thursday at a nursing home in the Western Australia city of Perth...

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Dom Mariani: Garage Rock's Wizard of Oz

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darryl Mather, Lime Spiders, Rock Club, One Time Two Times Three Red Light, Richard Lane, Maxwells, Australian Garage Rock, Joe Strummer, Rock and Roll Show, Marz Frisina, Dom Mariani, Rob Younger, Nick Shepherd, The Stems, Radio Birdman, Mitch Easter, Howard Shawcross, The Clash, Garage Rock, Austin, Majestic Kelp, Sxsw, Garage Punk, Perth, Power Pop, Spain, Cortinas, Someloves, Goldmine, Insomniacs, Chevelles, dm3, South by Southwest, Entertainment News

In 1983, Dom Mariani and Richard Lane formed the Stems, one of the most tuneful and tasty garage rock bands of the era. Avid fans of pop, R&B, and 60'...

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The World's Most Liveable Cities

Posted 05.25.2011

Based on a combination of environment, health care, culture and infrastructure, Vancouver topped the list of the world's most liveable cities for the ...

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Australia Summer Marked By Snow, Heavy Flooding (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

It may be summertime "down under," but instead of sunshine and warm breezes, Australia has been hit with severe weather conditions, including unseason...

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Closing arguments in trial of ex-Perth Amboy mayor Joseph Vas to start

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerFormer Perth Amboy mayor Joseph Vas, left, leaves the Federal Courthouse in Newark in this 2009 photo. Closing arg...

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Man GRABS Shark Tail, Ends Attack

Posted 05.25.2011

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An anonymous swimmer has been branded a hero after saving a teenage girl from the jaws of a 12-foot-long shark off the coast of western Australia by g...

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Australia Mining Pit, Visible From Space, Threatens To Swallow Town

GlobalPost | Kathy Marks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barrick Gold, Boom Town, Kalgoorie, Western Australia, Australian Desert, Golden Mile, Australia, Gold Mining, Gold Rush, Mining, Perth, Super Pit, World News

More than a century on, the "Golden Mile" is still yielding riches, mainly from the so-called Super Pit, an enormous open-cut mine created from scores...

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Red Bull Air Race Crash (VIDEO): Brazilian Pilot Adilson Kindlemann SURVIVES Plane Crashing Into River

Posted 05.25.2011

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Adilson Kindlemann, a Brazilian pilot participating in the Red Bull air race series in Perth, Australia, miraculously walked away with only minor inju...

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Perth, Australia, Suffers Freak Storm

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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A severe storm in the western Australian city of Perth has left tens of thousands of homes without power. ...

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Australian Man Catches Fire After Being Tasered By Police

Posted 05.25.2011

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A man in Perth, Australia who had doused a house in petrol and was threatening to set it alight was himself set on fire when police shot him with a ta...

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Perth Amboy man accused of killing woman, dumping body in Virginia

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERTH AMBOY -- A Perth Amboy man was arrested today on charges he killed a city woman and dumped her body in a trash can in the parking lot of a s...

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Perth Amboy health center sending medical team to Haiti

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERTH AMBOY -- A 15-member medical team from the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center, a non-profit community health center in Perth Amboy, will go t...

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Perth Amboy health center sends medical team to Haiti

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERTH AMBOY -- A 15-member medical team from the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center, a non-profit community health center in Perth Amboy, will go t...

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South Amboy man charged with vehicular homicide after fatally striking pedestrian on Rt. 35

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERTH AMBOY -- A South Amboy man was charged with vehicular homicide after striking a pedestrian this morning on Routed 35 in Perth Amboy. Jonatha...

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Wildfires Destroy Homes In Australia's West, Around Perth

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERTH, Australia — Wildfires possibly sparked by fallen power lines roared across a swath of western Australia on Wednesday, razing almost 40 ho...

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Man killed in Manville house fire identified as retired Perth Amboy school teacher

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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For those who knew Paul Lebedz, nothing drove home his untimely death more than the empty booth early this morning in the back of the Manville Din...

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Pedestrian dies in accident on Route 35 in Perth Amboy

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERTH AMBOY -- A pedestrian was killed early today in a motor vehicle accident on Route 35 in the city. Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Nich...

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Perth Amboy man is convicted of killing former roommate

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERTH AMBOY -- A jury in New Brunswick today convicted a Perth Amboy man in the murder of his former roommate, rejecting the defendant's claim tha...

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Drunken driver who killed Perth Amboy police officer gets 8 years in prison

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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WOODBRIDGE -- The Woodbridge man convicted of drunken driving in a crash that killed a Perth Amboy police officer as he was transporting a pris...

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Perth Amboy man makes court appearance in Woodbridge fatal shooting

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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WOODBRIDGE -- A Perth Amboy man charged with murder and aggravated assault in a Woodbridge shooting that left one man dead and his sister wound...

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