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Sopranos Star Dead At 51

Sopranos Star Dead At 51

James Gandolfini - best known for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano in US television drama The Sopranos - has died in Italy after a suspected heart attack. He was 51. Gandolfini won three Emmy Awards for his Sopranos role, and was most recently seen in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Zero Dark Thirty. He was also set to star in a new limited series for HBO, Criminal Justice -  one of several projects he had in the works. Read more

Final Witness Gives Chilling Evidence In Death of Toowoomba Nurses

Final Witness Gives Chilling Evidence In Death of Toowoomba Nurses

The final witness in a cold case murder inquest has delivered the most detailed - and chilling - account of what happened to two Sydney nurses killed more than 40 years ago. But while the Queensland man's testimony backs evidence from earlier witnesses, his recollections are based on the confession of a dead man and contain at least one key inconsistency. Desmond Edmondstone told the inquest into the deaths of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans on Wednesday that he had kept silent for 35 years for fear of being killed by the gang... Read more



Toowoomba Bins. Check your days

Toowoomba Bins. Check your days

Residents are advised to check their bin labels to confirm collection days and recycling weeks. Toowoomba Regional Council Water and Waste Projects portfolio leader Cr Nancy Sommerfield, pictured, said the correct collection day for all bins was the day listed on the label on any... Read more

RoboRoaches - Your Own Personal Cyborg w…

RoboRoaches - Your Own Personal Cyborg with the Touch of Your iPhone

Ever wanted to create your own cockroach cyborg? – If your answers range between ‘all the time!’ and ‘never in my life… but now I’m curious’ then the team at Backyard Brains have a job for you. A kickstarter from the Backyard Brains crew is bringing DIY cyborg creation to the... Read more

Gun wielding ‘Pregnant’ Woman Steals Str…

Gun wielding ‘Pregnant’ Woman Steals Strawberry Daiquiri

We’ve all heard the complaints about those insatiable pregnancy cravings but an American woman has taken things to a whole new level. An unidentified woman in New Orleans described by police as possibly pregnant has been caught on security surveillance stealing a strawberry daiquiri at gunpoint early Sunday morning. Police have reported,... Read more

Winning Toowoomba images

Winning Toowoomba images

Just as a single photograph can snap a moment in time, for three lucky library members, one picture also allowed them to snap up some great prizes. The winning trio had entered the National Youth Week photography competition 2013 which was run with the generous support... Read more



Mild mannered Greg; a Super Hero

Mild mannered Greg; a Super Hero

Hello, I am Greg Johnson, I am honoured to have been asked to be the Toowoomba entrant in Australia’s CEO Challenge following on from the recent good works of Mayor Paul Antonio, Heritage Bank CEO John... Read more

No more breathing indoors?

No more breathing indoors?

Researcher Studies Indoor Air Particles and Their Movement  (courtesy National Science Foundation ) Team is working on developing tools to predict exposure of bacteria or chemical and biological agents   Most people... Read more

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