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Giant Spiders Invade Australian Outback Town 373

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 07, 2009 @07:10PM from the welcome-to-my-sleepout-said-the-spider-to-the-bloke dept.

youth68 writes "Australia is known around the world for its large and deadly creepy crawlies, but even locals have been shocked by the size of the giant venomous spiders that have invaded an Outback town in Queensland. Scores of eastern tarantulas, which are known as 'bird-eating spiders' and can grow larger than the palm of a man's hand, have begun crawling out from gardens and venturing into public spaces in Bowen, a coastal town about 700 miles northwest of Brisbane."

Comment Re:non competes only make sense when... (Score 2, Insightful) 248

by Vektuz on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @10:50PM (#27841209) Attached to: CA Vs. MA In Battle Over Non-Compete Clause

Trade secrets are actually another area of law, and are already covered by various laws and penalties.

TSA Employee Caught With $200K Worth of Stolen Property 655

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 19, 2008 @01:16PM from the if-at-first-you-succeed,-try,-try-again-until-you-don't dept.

The plane moves me or I move the plane? writes "After years of people complaining about their luggage locks being broken in the name of the Transportation Security Administration, and after countless properly-stowed utilities and tools had been scrutinized from a paranoid point of view, an employee of the TSA (which is part of the Department of Homeland Security) has been captured with evidence of over $200,000 worth of stolen property he was selling on eBay. With the help of local police and the USPS, a search of his house found a great deal of property pilfered from the un-witnessed searches that occurred after luggage had been checked, where the rightful owner was not allowed. 'Among the items seized were 66 cameras, 31 laptop computers, 20 cell phones, 17 sets of electronic games, 13 pieces of jewelry, 12 GPS devices, 11 MP3 players, eight camera lenses, six video cameras and two DVD players, the affidavit said.'"

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