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Whitney Houston has died at 48

3:46 PM | Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

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Whitney Houston dead

12:23 PM | Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48.

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Cheers for the cream of the feast

4:00 AM | IT TOOK almost 4 1/2 hours for four strangers to select Festivale's best stall awards. But yesterday's final selections were what they said were the most visually attractive and tasty foods at the event. | Get fabulous at Festivale and win | Restaurant vows to dish it up ... | GALLERY: Festivale

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Aid for Fossey mine unlikely

4:00 AM | A RESCUE package for the North-West's Fossey underground mine and Hellyer processing facility seems unlikely, with the state government saying that the best it can do to help redundant workers and those facing losing their jobs is ``continue diversifying the local economy to include a wide range of industries''. |

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Air safety concerns close rifle ranges

4:00 AM | FIVE Northern Tasmanian rifle ranges were forced to close last week following air safety concerns from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

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House swap is opening doors

4:00 AM | HOW comfortable would you be letting strangers live in your home without you there? Scores of Tasmanians are doing just that by registering with numerous home-swapping companies.

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Smith in full bloom after two awards

4:00 AM | ST HELENS dahlia breeder Charlie Smith has done it again. A little more than a week after claiming top bloom award at the Launceston Horticultural Society show, Mr Smith took out top honours at Westbury.

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Chefs hunt for fresh produce at Harvest

4:00 AM | THREE trips back to the farm, 350 kilograms of freshly picked strawberries and six-foot stacks of empty cardboard boxes, and the Meander Valley Dairy Farm could safely call Harvest Launceston a success. |

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Fossey mine aid unlikely

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Young people tell inspirational stories

4:00 AM | DEVONPORT'S Rachel Reilly visited Parliament House in Canberra last week after winning a spot in this year's Heywire Regional Youth Summit.

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Injured Scot is hooked

4:00 AM | IT IS not uncommon for a cricket scoreboard to read ``batsman retired, hurt'' and while that is a much less-likely scenario in the world of fly-fishing, it happened to Scottish women's fly-fishing team member Jill Forsyth, when she suffered a broken hip.

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Seniors embrace Lego challenge

4:00 AM | ANYONE might look at a room of senior residents playing with Lego and think they had gone a little mad.

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Festival celebrates the sound of country

4:00 AM | THERE'S something special about country music with Tasmania's rural North-West as a backdrop.

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Don't let forestry die: industry

4:00 AM | FEAR and regret were the main reactions from forestry heavyweights to Friday's Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement funding announcement which saw $9.65 million go to agriculture and aquaculture. |

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Tassie skateboarders make impact at titles

4:00 AM | TASSIE skateboarders made an impression at Skateboarding Australia's amateur series, which was held in Devonport yesterday.

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Motor show gets bigger and shinier

4:00 AM | FROM vintage cars to muscle cars and everything in between, yesterday's Motor Millions car and bike show was bigger and shinier than ever.

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Egyptians rally against military rulers

4:00 AM | Thousands of people rallied outside Egypt's defence ministry calling for the military ruler's expulsion, a day before a civil disobedience campaign marking Hosni Mubarak's overthrow a year ago.

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Concerns raised over school size

4:00 AM | A MORIARTY Primary School parent is worried about a lack of choices for Tasmanian children and parents if schools all become a similar size.

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Tensions rise over Greek debt deal

4:00 AM | ATHENS - Greece's cabinet approved a new austerity agreement yesterday, facing down massive angry public protests and ignoring the resistance by a handful of cabinet members who resigned over deeper spending cuts demanded by European leaders.

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Suicide bombers kill 28, injure 235

4:00 AM | Two suicide car bombers struck security compounds in Aleppo yesterday killing 28 people, Syrian officials said, bringing significant violence for the first time to an industrial centre that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad during the 11-month uprising against his rule.

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