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GUILTY PLEA Fatal driver over the limit

3/12/2008 | A RAILTON man recorded a blood alcohol reading of more than three times the legal limit after a crash that left a 15-year-old boy dead, a court heard yesterday. Liam Hibble was killed instantly when...

Plenty of winners from cut

3/12/2008 | THE Reserve Bank shot a flare into the economic gloom yesterday, saving home owners big dollars with a whopping 1% cut to the cash rate. If banks pass on the cut in full, it would save someone with ...

Expensive taste

3/12/2008 | COASTAL families looking forward to a Christmas serve of crayfish can expect to pay up to $75 a kilo or even more for the delicacy this festive season. A combination of factors, including lower-than...

Tassie may soon crack 500,000 milestone

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SLIDESHOW: Zombies

4/11/2008 | Wynyard High School's production of Zombies opens Wednesday night. Photographer Grant Wells slipped into a rehearsal to grab these images.

SLIDESHOW: Lunchtime Legend

SLIDESHOW: Halloween Skvaril style

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Judo's loss is Robins' gain

3/12/2008 | ub TWO OF John Deacon's sporting passions for decades have been judo and Australian Rules Football. As a teenager growing up at Ulverstone, he was actively involved with both the Ulverstone Fo...

Fryters saves Thunder from extinction

3/12/2008 | THE North-West Thunder women's basketball program is officially saved. The club yesterday announced Emily Fryters as playing coach, with Wynyard women's NWBU coach David Russell as her ben...

No peace at Christmas carnivals for stable rivals

Triathletes to stretch their legs in first event

Zac's dream comes true

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New year, new album

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Free buses get green light

Parents can't buy selective school

Emission cuts plea to Rudd

States forced to rely on RuddBank

Fixed-rate trap snares 43,000 home ...

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Gillard tells Senate to stop stalling

1:00 AM AEDT | THE Education Minister, Julia Gillard, warned yesterday that non-government schools may have to lay off teachers and turn students away at the start of next year if the Senate continued to block Federal Government school funding legislation.

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