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Queensland Tourism Offers 'Best Job in the World'
15 Jan 2009
Tourism officials in Queensland, Australia is looking to draw tourists through advertising the 'best job in the world' which consists of spending six months on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef while writing a blog to promote the island...oh, you are also paid AU$150,000. With the Feb. 22 deadline still over a month away, officials have begun sifting through over 2,000 video applications. Many have gone to extreme measures to get noticed, including a Greek woman who offered to clean all Australia's laundry & an Aussie who got a "I (heart) the islands of the Great Barrier Reef" tattoo. [1] (more...)
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Continental US Faces Deep Freeze
15 Jan 2009
Arctic temperatures dove into the central & eastern US Thursday as a massive arctic high brought temps as low as -30ºF(-35ºC) and wind chills below -50ºF(-45ºC). Most Midwestern & northern Plains cities are also expecting subzero (ºF,-18ºC) highs. The cold, expected to last through the weekend, brought such temps/windchills (ºC in parentheses) as:
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Heathrow's Controversial Third Runway Approved
15 Jan 2009
Transport officials in the UK have approved the construction of a highly controversial third runway at London's Heathrow Airport, much to the dismay of environmentalists, nearby residents, and MPs (after Parliment learned it would not be able to vote on the project).[2] (more...)
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