Sunshine Coast cabinet maker targeted in extortion bid: police and other top stories.

• Sunshine Coast cabinet maker targeted in extortion bid: police

  

  A man has been charged following investigations into the attempted extortion of a Sunshine Coast business owner.Police said a Beachmere man, 30, broke into Cutting Edge Cabinets at Little Mountain on July 6 and stole a number of items including computer hard drives. A man has been charged with extortion and break and enter on the Sunshine Coast. Photo: Rohan Thomson He then allegedly contacted the business owner and demanded money for the return of the stolen property.Police searched a..

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• Quidditch is more than a craze: Dementors keeper

  

  JOSH Lindley, 22, is among a growing number of Aussies to be swept up in the magic of Quidditch. The University of the Sunshine Coast Dementors keeper was essentially a shadow player for the national representative team, the Dropbears, which won the World Cup in Germany on Monday. What do you make of that result?It’s amazing. It’s developing a whole new era of Quidditch in Australia, now we’ve finally defeated the USA. It’s going to do incredible things for the sport and advertise it here and w..

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• David Attenborough and Pokemon -- Together at last

  

  "Hunting (Pokemon) need hunting grounds... and that inevitably brings them into conflict with humanity." -David Attenborough? It had to happen eventually. Someone had to have some spare time and bring together renowned narrator David Attenborough and make him talk about a spearow, a charmander and maybe even a zubat. Aspiring Pokemon masters can now listen to the calming and occasionally tense tones of the nature guru seeming to talk about what matters most -- the act of catching..

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• Frequent-flyer Highlanders doing Lions' share of travel

  

  RUGBY UNION: Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is making light of his team’s gruelling travel schedule, but there is no hiding his concern ahead of Sunday’s Super Rugby semi-final against the Lions in Johannesburg.Having watched his side survive a “wake-up call” in its 15-9 victory over the ACT Brumbies in the first round of the finals, Joseph knows a much better effort will be required to beat “a very good Lions team”.“Travel’s travel. I think the guys are okay,” he said.“Since they’ve been back ..

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• Got a spare hundred bucks? Here's where you could fly to now

  

  WANTING to head interstate but can't cope with the cost?  Jetstar has dropped a discount flight special for direct flights from the Sunshine Coast sparking an online frenzy. Sunshine Coast Airport posted details of the discount flights this afternoon, with plenty of travellers jumping on and tagging a friend in on the cut-price action. The discount carrier is looking to generate a pre-Christmas period spike, offering direct flights from the Coast to Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne lat..

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• Green tight-lipped over Thurston injury

  

  NORTH Queensland coach Paul Green has not ruled out a shock appearance by superstar Johnathan Thurston in Saturday night’s home NRL blockbuster against Melbourne.While a hamstring injury does look certain to rob fans of seeing the game’s two best players, Thurston and Cameron Smith, Green delivered a few cryptic answers to media questions, which left the door slightly open to the Cowboys great playing.First Green described Thurston’s hamstring injury as “inconclusive”.Then when asked for a time..

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• Shannen Doherty shaves hair during cancer battle

  

  SHANNEN Doherty has completely shaved off her hair during breast cancer battle. The 45-year-old 'Charmed' actress - who has been battling the life threatening illness for over one year after being diagnosed in March last year - has taken to social media to document the process of her shaving off her head with a string of photographs showing the process. Alongside a black and white picture of the star posing with her mother Rosa and her friends, which sees Shannen with her bald head, she..

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• Court hears Korean money exchange ended in shallow grave

  

  IS SANGHYUN Hwang a calculating murderer or a panicked man who didn't mean to kill Min Tae Kim? That is the question a jury has been asked. Mr Hwang has pleaded not guilty in Brisbane Supreme Court to murdering fellow South Korean and former Bundaberg backpacker Mr Kim but pleaded guilty to interfering with a corpse. The court heard the two met after Mr Kim posted an online ad looking for someone to exchange about $10,000 in Australian dollars for the equivalent in South Korean won. ..

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• 'Don't fund' gay marriage campaigns

  

  A LEADING gay marriage support group says the Federal Government should not spend taxpayer money on either the "for" or "against" arguments about marriage equality. Australian Marriage Equality chairman Alex Greenwich urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to reconsider providing fighting funds for the "Yes" and "No" campaigns if plans for the plebiscite go ahead later this year or early in 2017. Mr Greenwich said he was worried the government was already facing a mooted $160 million ple..

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• Coast student willing to hatch your Pokemon eggs

  

    ONE Sunshine Coast student has taken to Facebook to offer his services to Pokemon Go trainers. Lachlan Stever posted on the Sunny Coast Community Board where he said all his walking and running everyday was going to waste. "Do you play Pokemon Go? Do you not have the time to hatch eggs?," he asked. "Every two days I walk/run 10km around Sippy Downs. "My friend pointed out that as I do not play the game my walking is wasted. "Here is where you come in. If you can live witho..

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