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• Fire destroys house in Toowoomba

  

  Fire destroys house in ToowoombaFire has razed a house in Toowoomba, with the remains too hot for police to investigate on Saturday night.Photo: Nine News BrisbaneA house fire in Toowoomba on Saturday is under investigation by Queensland Police.Firefighters were called to a house fire about 9pm at Collingwood Close in Middle Ridge and got the blaze under control.Reports suggest the fire was caused by an electrical device.Police had to wait until Sunday morning to start investigations as the hous..

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• Brisbane weather: Severe thunderstorm warning for Brisbane...

  

  Brisbane weather: Severe thunderstorm warning for Brisbane, Moreton BayVideo will begin in5seconds.Mega hail storm leaves its markOne year on from Brisbane's freak super cell hail storm, more than 120,000 insurance claims for damage have been lodged.PT0M38S620349The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of south-east Queensland.Severe thunderstorms are forecast to affect the area south of Esk and southern Lake Wivenhoe by 7:05 pm and the D'Aguilar Ranges by 7:3..

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• Hail batters Warwick as storms sweep through Downs

  

  Leah Thomson's photo of hail in Warwick.UPDATE:Houses and cars in Warwick have been pelted with hail as storms sweep through the Darling Downs.Residents have reported large hailstones falling.Multiple trees have been felled in the town and emergency services report power lines are also down.Residents are advised to take extreme caution around power lines.Megan King of Warwick said: "This is the hail that's built up at my place".The Bureau of Meteorology warned that, at 3:25 pm, very dangerous th..

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• Finnomony cranks up the party with timely Clifford Park win

  TOOWOOMBA mare Finnomony chose the perfect occasion to deliver trainer Michael Nolan a timely victory as she continued on her winning way at Clifford Park tonigh.Finnomony ($5.50) added to Nolan's belated on-track 50th birthday celebrations when she continued her surge of improved form with a strong-finishing performance in the Cracker Print & Paper Benchmark 70 Handicap (1200m).With the aid of a rails ride from apprentice Josh Oliver Finnomony hit the line strongly to down $3.00 favourite O..

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• Secret Saga on hunt for more summer stakes success

  

  Secret Saga, left, takes out the Mode Plate at Doomben. Picture: Grant PetersSECRET Saga will be given one more shot at summer stakes success before being put away for a tilt on minor Sydney features and next year’s Winter carnival.The Real Saga filly overcame a wide gate to narrowly fend off the late charge of La Dolce Vita to win Saturday’s Listed Mode Plate at Doomben.Trainer Tony Gollan and jockey Jim Byrne were at odds over the reason for the narrow win, but both agreed she’s a filly with a..

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• O'Shea sings praises after Ghisoni shows her quality

  

  Likes what he sees: Godolphin trainer John O’Shea has labelled Ghisoni the best three-year-old filly in his yard.There is still a fair bit of rawness to Ghisoni, but it didn't stop Godolphin trainer John O'Shea labelling her the best three-year-old filly in his yard. The Lonhro filly still has a lot to learn about race craft but is unbeaten in two starts after winning at Rosehill on Saturday."She is the best filly we have," O'Shea said. "The others just have more experience and mileage behind th..

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• Darling Downs hit by hail | Photos, video

  

  Darling Downs hit by hail | Photos, videoAwesome lightning and really cool clear air lightning at Dalby. Photo: Olivia Barlow"Storm heading east out of Dalby no rain for us but someone's going to cop it." Photo: Stuart Schwerin"Hail storm at Oakey." Photo Cassandra SalkeldHail in Oakey. Photo: Tanya WeberThe storm six kilometres west of Jandowae. Photo: Lynda Pratt"Wasn't a bad dream. Just gutted in knowing this was such an amazing crop." Photo: Terry O'Leary"Wasn't a bad dream. Just gutted in k..

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• Lamborghini Huracan LP580-2, lighter and Cheaper

  

  The substantially re-engineered LP580-2 is set to arrive early next year, boasting a more modest, 571bhp version of the all-wheel-drive LP 610-4’s 602bhp 5.2 litre V10.The car weights 1389 kg, which is 33 kgs lighter then its sibling's-this still means a 3.4-second 0-62mph speed and 199mph top speed.Subtle visual changes all round include redesigned front air intakes to improve downward pressure on the forward axle, and fresh 19in Kari wheels shod in bespoke Pirelli P Zero tyres.There is no manu..

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• Sony To Bring PS4 Remote Play To PC And Mac

  

  In a recent Tweet, Sony's Shuhei Yoshida revealed that remote play for PS4 would be opened up to both PC and Mac in the near future. Remote play is a feature that arose during the PS3 era and allowed people with a PSP and later a PS Vita to play their ...

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• Apple Buys Motion-Capture Start-Up

  

  AppleissuedTechCruncha canned statement that didn't confirm or deny the purchase, saying that it "buys smaller technologycompaniesfrom time to time" and that it "generally (does) not discuss (its) objective or plans". The company's product issoftwarefor "real-timemotion capture":using a camera to track your face, identify movement and expression, and use that data to make an animated face come to life.The Swiss company's facial motion capture technology was used to animate non-human characters i..

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