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1. Teen was posing as a young woman on online dating sites.

UPDATE:

New South Wales police report Tara Hipwell has been found.

She was located at Wallsend this afternoon and is safe and well.

Mamamia previously reported…

Police are appealing for assistance to locate a missing girl from Mayfield, NSW.

Tara Hipwell, 14, was last seen leaving San Clemente High School at 3.20pm, last Thursday, and did not return home from school.

Fairfax Media reports Hipwell was registered on a number of online dating sites, listing her age as 19. She claimed to be seeking men between the ages of 18 and 25.

“I love the colour purple. I don’t drive or work,” Fairfax Media reports was written on one dating profile.

“My favorite [sic] books are crime and romance books. I am really good at talking and laughing.”

Newcastle Inspector, Michael Gorman, said police are investigating her online presence.

“We are certainly looking at the social media aspect of it,” Inspector Gorman said.

“While Tara is only 14 years of age, she does look older than that, as some teenage girls do, and part of our concern is that she has been in contact with people who are quite a deal older than her.”

Police have grave concerns for her welfare due to her age and the length of time she has been missing

Tara is described as being 178cm tall, medium build, light brown hair, blue eyes and has braces.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Waratah Police Station (02 4926 6599) or Newcastle Police Station (02 4929 0999), or Crime Stoppers via www.nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.

2. Google knows where you are… sometimes.

Some savvy internet users have found an alarming new feature on Google Maps.

People are finding if they type their names into the map search, it often shows where they are or have recently been.

Now, the trend is taking off on Twitter.

The feature was discovered by Alex Hern from The Guardian, during what he called a “vanity search”.

“If you type my name, Alex Hern, into Google, it brings you, not to the Guardian, where I work (and which would make sense), but to the pub in London Bridge where I play the card game Netrunner most weeks. To the best of my knowledge, I’ve been linked online to that pub once, ever,” he wrote.

3. Prime Minister rules out helping displaced Rohingya people.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ruled out offering Australia as a new home to the Rohingya migrants.

Yesterday, Malaysia and Indonesia bowed to international pressure and said they would no longer turn away migrant boats. However, they offered to take in the asylum seekers provided they could be resettled or repatriated elsewhere within a year.

It is estimated there are thousands of people at sea in South-East Asia, attempting to flee persecution or poverty, ABC News reports.

Mr Abbott ruled out settling migrants in Australia.

“Nope, nope, nope,” he said.

“If we do the slightest thing to encourage people to get on boats this problem will get worse, not better.

“Australia will do absolutely nothing that gives any encouragement to anyone to think that they can get on a boat, that they can work with people smugglers to start a new life.

“If you want a better life, you need to come through the front door.

“Our role is to make it absolutely crystal clear that if you get on a leaky boat, you aren’t going to get what you want.”

Related content: Eight thousand people are stranded at sea. So why won’t we help them?

4. Mother takes a stand against sexist pool party invitation.

Jennifer Smith was shocked when her son brought home a pool party invitation with a rather peculiar dress code.

“All girls must wear a non-white t-shirt over their swimsuit,” it requested.

Ms Smith promptly posted the invitation online with her own addition:

“I will not let my child participate in any activity that promotes girls body shaming, or tells girls to police their sexuality.”

The invitation and permission slip was sent from Rhoades elementary school in Indianapolis, as a reward for students who displayed “good citizenship”.

Ms Smith told Huffington Post she was a feminist and the attitude displayed in the dress code was contrary to what she wanted to teach her son.

According to Ms Smith’s son, the pool party took place and no girls wore a t-shirt.

5. Which kind of people are the most likely to cheat?

Apparently, a person’s propensity to cheat on their partner is linked to the number of siblings they have.

A study of 43,000 people conducted by dating site SeekingArrangements.com, found people without siblings are 33 per cent more likely to cheat than others.

Meanwhile, the second likeliest are people with four or more siblings (24 per cent), followed by people with two siblings (20 per cent).

Those with one sibling were 14 per cent likely to cheat, and the least likely to cheat were those with three brothers or sisters.

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