Interesting news item; the extrasolar planet Tau Bootis a causes a variation in the star's brightness;
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7389
it is quite large, and quite close, so perhaps this should not be a surprise.
and they seem to be tidally locked too- nice animation...
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