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Queensland Flood Threatens Thousands of Homes and Businesses

Queensland Flood Threatens Thousands of Homes and Businesses

Officials from Queensland, Australia report that a massive flood, measuring 715,305 square miles, is threatening homes and businesses. The flood followed days of torrential and relentless rain, the worst downpour in well over 300 years, and has consumed an area of the Australian state "larger than...

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Queensland Heeler Dog Breed

The breed is known by many other names: the Australian Cattle Dog, Blue Heeler and Hall’s Heeler. The Queensland Heeler was developed by crossing the Dingo-blue merle Collies, Dalmatians and black and tan Kelpies. A herding breed, the Queensland Heeler is known for its skill of snapping and...

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Queensland Heeler Saves Little Girl

A three year old from Cordes Lake, Arizona went missing Thursday. She got lost while playing in the woods with her dog, a Queensland Heeler, in a desert in the Prescott area near her home. Authorities combed the area looking for clues to the little girl's whereabouts to no avail. Thousands of...

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What Is a Giant Burrowing Cockroach?

Though it may sound unappealing, the Australian giant burrowing cockroach is not your average imported roach. "They are different to other insects in a lot of ways and are totally unrelated to the American or German cockroaches found in Australian households," Sydney University senior biology...

15 Pets Who Returned Home From Remarkable Distances

15 Pets Who Returned Home From Remarkable Distances

Call it luck, determination, the power of love or a mix of all three; here are 15 inspiring examples of happy reunions of lost pets and their families.

The 13 Scariest Australian Animals

The 13 Scariest Australian Animals

Australia is a land of deadly creatures that seem to take obscene joy in killing you — and not just Queenslanders hunting down anyone who's brown. No, the entire ecosystem seems specifically designed to kill, what with the horrible desert, deadly animals, annoying insects, and constant worry of...

13 of the Craziest Crackpot Internet Sites

13 of the Craziest Crackpot Internet Sites

The internet is the great playing field leveler. On the internet, no one knows you're a dog, right? But it turns out that we have a pretty good idea if you're a paranoid schizophrenic with persecution complex — because that's what your website tells us about you. These 13 people are all crackpots...

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Australian Police to Start Checking on Unsecure Home Wireless Networks

It's great to go wireless and surf using wi-fi at home. That's why more and more consumers around the world are going for it. However, few of them are aware of the securtiy risks posed by an unsecured wi-fi network. Hijacking home wi-fi networks to commit cyber crimes is a rising phenomenon around...