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Dead Baby Found In Washer

Posted 03.14.2012

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Police are investigating the death of a newborn child found dead inside a washing machine in Brisbane, Australia, according to The Australian. The ...

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PHOTOS: Queensland Australia Floods One Year Later

Posted 01.17.2012

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Queensland Australia remembers one year after a flood that killed 35 people and caused major damage to Brisbane and surrounding areas. These photos sh...

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Sprinkles The Drooling Koala Gets Lifesaving Surgery

David Moye | Posted 10.11.2011

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Australian vets are helping a 2-year-old koala have a better "koala-ty" of life by using radiation to stop its excessive drooling. The slobbering k...

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No Weigh: Lady Justice Denied Her Scale In Brisbane

Posted 11.15.2011

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There's justice in Brisbane, she just no longer has her scale. At the Supreme Court, Lady Justice's scales have disappeared, the Courier Mail repo...

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Rats On A Plane

AP | By SARAH DiLORENZO | Posted 11.15.2011

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SYDNEY -- A flight crew checking the cabin of a Qantas plane before takeoff found rats in a compartment holding medical equipment, grounding the plane...

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I'm With Stupid: Planking the Walk and Other Dumb Places

Todd Hartley | Posted 07.20.2011

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It pained me earlier this week to learn that another country has beaten us to the punch with what is definitely one of the dumbest ideas yet. Australia recently gave birth to a fad called "planking" that is, quite literally, painfully stupid.

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Australia's Flood-Ravaged North Anxiously Awaits Cyclone

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

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SYDNEY — Authorities scrambled to airlift hospital patients from the path of a cyclone roaring toward waterlogged northeastern Australia and urg...

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Weekly Mulch: Why is the U.S. Losing the Clean Energy Race to China? Blame the Climate Cranks

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao touched on energy issues in the bilateral summit between t...

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Shocking Aerial Views Show Extent Of Australia's Flood Crisis

Posted 05.25.2011

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High-resolution aerial photos taken over Brisbane last week have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of h...

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PHOTOS: Brisbane Under Water

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Australia's third largest city, Brisbane, has been consumed by floods in recent days, as has the state of Queensland. The problem has been recurrin...

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Australia's Third Largest City Under Water

AP | JOHN PYE | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRISBANE, Australia — Floodwaters washing through Australia's third-largest city crested Thursday just shy of record levels but high enough to s...

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Australian Woman Trapped Beside Toilet For A Week

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRISBANE, Australia — An Australian woman was rescued after spending a week wedged between her toilet and the bathroom door, an official said Tu...

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