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Museum Reports Painting Stolen… After 12 Years

A $200,000 painting went missing from Australia's National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne... 12 years ago. So, uhm... did they only just notice, or what? Apparently, the gallery wanted to make perfectly sure that it didn't falsely accuse a ... continue

Words With Friends Saves A Man’s Life

Words With Friends has recently become known as a great way to kick Alec Baldwin off an American Airlines flight but it turns out the Zynga owned game has an even better use...saving lives. Georgie Fletcher began playing ... continue

Top Marijuana Smoking Country Revealed, It Was Barely A Contest

A recent study has discovered that it's not people in North America enjoying the largest amounts of marijuana per capita but rather our friends down under. According to The Lancet Australians love to light up to the tune of 15% ... continue

Australian Officials Reopen ‘Dingo Took My Baby’ Case

Commonly referred to as the "Dingo Took My Baby" case an infamous three-decade-old investigation has been reopened in Australia, the fourth such inquest into the death of baby Azaria Chamberlain. Azaria disappeared in the Australian Outback in 1980 ... continue

Australian White Winemakers Using Laxative Based Chemical

The next time you purchase a bottle of wine from Australia you might want to make sure you have plenty of toilet paper on hand, that's because many wine makers in the country add sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, a ... continue

New York Socialite Has $550,000 Stolen By Email Hacker

Billionaire Manhattan socialite Candia Fisher was the financial victim of a hacker this week after her email was hacked and $550,000 was wired from her personal bank accounts to an account in Australia. According to the New York Post Fisher ... continue

Marijuana Plants Planted Outside Police Station

Police this weekend discovered marijuana plants growing outside a court in the NSW mid north coast of Australia. Deemed a "prank" by someone who wanted to poke fun at Australia's justice system the plants were quickly removed and ... continue

iPhone Explodes in Midair on Aussie Flight

I wonder if AppleCare covers this. Australian Regional airline Regional Express (Rex) has confirmed an incident that occurred on a Lismore to Sydney flight Friday, during which an iPhone became unstable and- for lack of a better catchall term- ... continue

42,000 Year-Old Tuna Meal Discovered By Archeologists

Archeologists working in an Eat Timor cave near Australia have discovered the remained of a tuna feast that occurred 42,000 years ago. The tuna meal and shark bones are an important find since it shows that early ... continue

Sydney Police Discover $1 Million Stuffed Inside Briefcase

In a strange sequence of events a man from Hong Kong left a briefcase stuffed with $1 million inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia. According to a Caffe Marco employee the man left the briefcase behind after ordering ... continue

President Obama: United States Does Not Fear China

With the United States recently singing a new security agreement with Australia President Obama announced on Wednesday that the United States does not fear china. News of the Australian security agreement comes at a time when many politicians ... continue

Watch The 2011 Melbourne Cup Live Online

The Melbourne Cup is often referred to as "The Race That Stops a Nation" because people all over Australia pause to watch 24 thoroughbreds race 3200 meters (1.99 miles) around the Fleimington racetrack. Whether watching the 2011 ... continue

Australian Mint Creates One-Ton Coin

The Perth Mint of Australia has created the world's heaviest and most valuable gold coin. The new coin weighs in at 1012 kilograms and is 99.99 percent pure gold. The denomination is worth $1 million AUS dollars, just ... continue

Diane Cilento, 78, dies in Australia

Oscar-nominated Australian actress Diane Cilento, actor Sean Connery's former wife, passed away in Northern Australia on Thursday, one day after her 78th birthday, officials said Friday. Cilento, who starred in dozens of films, stage productions and television shows, ... continue