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The car crashed into the Serves You Right Cafe on Griggs St in Ravenshoe, south of Cairns, about midday today. Kate Lewis, who works in a supermarket opposite the cafe, said it was “an absolutely horrific scene”. “We just heard a massive sonic boom and ... >> view original

Cairns taxi driver has no case to answer over man's death, court rules

A District Court judge has thrown out a case against a Cairns taxi driver accused of dangerous driving causing a man's death. Gurmittar Singh Sandhu was due to stand trial over the death of 40-year-old Jason King, who died of massive head injuries in ... >> view original

Group cleared over fatal citizen's arrest

THE State Coroner has cleared a group of men who restrained and used their body weight to hold a drunken Cairns man on the ground for eight minutes, of any responsibility for his death. State Coroner Terry Ryan said none of those involved intended to ... >> view original

Steenkamp parents condemn decision to free Pistorius

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp have condemned a decision to free the Paralympian on parole in August, when he will have served just 10 months in jail. Oscar Pistorius before a high court appearance. (Mujahid Safodien, AFP). Pistorius, jailed for five ... >> view original

UST Museum website hacked, shows 'warning from China 1937CN team'

The website of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Museum of Arts and Sciences was hacked Monday night (June 8). Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The website of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Museum of Arts and Sciences was hacked Monday ... >> view original

China monitors university entrance exams with drones to catch cheating students

Chinese university officials are deploying drones or high-tech radio surveillance trucks at schools across the country to try and catch students cheating on entrance exams. Nearly 10 million Chinese students sat the annual make-or-break university entrance ... >> view original

US man ordered freed after 43 years in solitary confinement

A federal court has ordered the release of the longest-standing solitary confinement prisoner in the US, who has been in isolation almost without pause for 43 years. Albert Woodfox, the only remaining imprisoned member of a group of prisoners know as the ... >> view original

Legal bid over personal dataset use

Privacy campaigners have launched a legal challenge against the use of large databases of personal information by Britain's spy agencies. They are calling for watchdogs to intervene to end a technique which is seen as an "increasingly important ... >> view original

Semitrailer carrying 2200 pigs overturns on Ohio highway

XENIA, Ohio - A semitrailer carrying 2,200 pigs has overturned on an Ohio highway. Numerous agencies worked to corral the animals after the crash Monday night on U.S. Route 35 in Xenia Township, near Dayton. Crews picked up the squealing pigs by their ... >> view original

17 school children killed as truck falls from mountain road in Peru

Seventeen children have been killed, and dozens seriously injured, after a dump truck plunged off a cliff in central Peru. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The truck belonged to the municipal government of Cahuac, ... >> view original