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There's Nothing Like Australia (free for iPad) What it is: an iPad app from Tourism Australia designed to help travelers plan a visit. It highlights 13 areas, including Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Canberra, Melbourne, Kangaroo Island and Hayman Island....Tags: Travel, Apple iPad, Trips and Vacations, Australia, Google Inc.
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News of the Weird: Jails Need Locks Too?
“Fulton Jail Will Get Working Cell Locks,” read the Dec. 19 Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline. The county commission serving Atlanta had finally voted to break a longstanding 3-3 tie that prevented buying new jailhouse locks -- even...
Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Crimes, The Wall Street Journal, Gonorrhea
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Australia's Back to Back pushes theatrical boundaries
At first blush, "Ganesh Versus the Third Reich" sounds like a long-lost Monty Python skit about some bizarre time-tripping action-figure wrestling bout. Indeed, as the title hints, a cosmic smackdown between the pachyderm Hindu god and the German Führer...Tags: Nazi Party, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Employment Opportunities, Celebrities
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Fires rage on as Australia sizzles with triple-digit temperatures
Scores of fires continued to rage across southeastern Australia on Tuesday as the country sizzled under scorching heat. More than a dozen were still burning out of control late in the day, as firefighters battled to squelch flames sweeping through dry...
Tags: Australia, Julia Gillard
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‘Hobbit’: Stephen Hunter on Bombur’s blubber, dwarf boot camp
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comOne of the most memorable dwarfs in “The Hobbit” is Bombur, described by J.R.R. Tolkien as “immensely fat and heavy.” ...... -
Australian fires spread in extreme heat, prompt warning of high risk
Flames continued to lick Monday at the Australian island of Tasmania, while officials warned that other stretches of the country faced some of the most dangerous conditions for fires on record. “I cannot say it more plainly: The risk is real and...Tags: Fires, Environmental Issues, Bashar Assad, Ecosystems, Conservation
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Lyric names new chorus master
Michael Black is returning to Lyric Opera as the company’s new chorus master. The Australian, who served as interim chorus master for the 2011-12 season, will resume duties here as of the 2013-14 season. He presently serves as chorus master of...Tags: Entertainment, Australia, Music, Poetry
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Prank Call Radio Station to Donate Funds to Nurse's Family
CNNLONDON -- The Australian radio station that made a prank call to a UK hospital that apparently resulted in the death of a nurse says it will donate at least 500,000 Australian dollars (US$524,000) to a fund for the nurse's family. Jacintha Saldanha...Tags: Media Industry, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Cambridge (England), Radio, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
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Uncircumcised boys and men may face more UTIs
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infections of the kidney, bladder and urethra happen in uncircumcised baby boys at ten times the rate of circumcised boys, and over a lifetime uncircumcised men are four times more likely to experience one, according to a new...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Colleges and Universities, Education, Medical Research, Science and Technology
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Timothy Potts has ideas for Getty Museum
When Timothy Potts became the director of the Getty Museum in September, he knew he was stepping into an anomaly of a job, unusual within the ranks of America's most prestigious museums. Other museum heads, bound by tight budgets, must essentially beg...
Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Archaeology, Larry Ellison, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Kate Leaves Hospital After Morning Sickness Treatment
CNNLONDON -- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, left hospital Thursday morning, three days after being admitted for acute morning sickness. She emerged from the hospital accompanied by her husband Prince William and was driven away by a waiting car. A St....Tags: Heads of State, Politics, Cambridge (England), Religion and Belief, Radio
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Travelzoo: Travel Smart With Gabe Saglie
KTLA NewsExotic Vacation Thailand Roundtrip airfare from LAX to Bangkok 11 nights’ accommodations, including multiple 5-Star Le Meridien hotels · Guests spend 4 nights in Bangkok, 4 nights in the walled city of Chiang Mai, 2 nights in contemporary Chiang Rai and...Tags: Bangkok (Thailand), Travel, Lifestyle and Leisure, Virgin Group, Ltd., Travelzoo Inc.
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