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8.55am: The death of a five-week-old Cootamundra boy has prompted world-wide research for potential law changes.
A five-day coronial inquest into the death of Cooper Scifleet last year heard the baby was most likely shaken to death in 2009. READ MORE.
8.45am: There are falling rates of students studying engineering at university, despite considerable industry demand for Australian graduates, says an experienced university lecturer. Why?
8.30am: Anyone will tell you that all the hard work is done behind the scenes.
That is certainly the case when it comes to the Darlington Point Spring Festival.
8.15am: Kim Martens-Shaw was enjoying a picture perfect Whitsundays afternoon on the water when tranquility turned to turmoil.
As the boat she was travelling on rapidly took on water, she watched on in awe as her daughter, Kietah, leapt to the rescue of those on board. Read more about the Wagga holidaymaker's shocking adventure.
8am: Carrying the weight of a nation of his ample shoulders, 2014 has been a whirlwind for Tumut teenager Aydan McMahon.
Six months after taking up weightlifting, the 17-year-old has broken two Australian records and five NSW records. Read more about Aydan's rise through the ranks.
7.45am: Teachers at Catholic schools across the Wagga diocese will walk off the job for three hours on Tuesday as negotiations between them and their employer reach a critical impasse. Find out why.
7.30am: When RFL veteran Andrew Priest runs on for Wagga Tigers on Saturday, he'll become just the second man in the club's history to reach 400 games. STORY, PHOTOS.
7.15am: "I just can't believe how game he was to do something like that with four surveillance cameras and three staff on here at the time."
After a teenager brazenly stole a charity tin from the Southcity Takeaway shop counter, the community hit back in a different way.
7am: Good morning, Riverina.
Is something happening in your neck of the woods? Let us know by emailing Nicole on nbarlow@fairfaxmedia.com.au or tweeting @FairfaxRiverina.
The Riverina forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology: Partly cloudy. Scattered showers in the southeast, becoming more likely throughout in the afternoon, then becoming less likely at night. The chance of thunderstorms during this afternoon and evening. Winds westerly 25 to 35 km/h turning southwesterly 20 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures between 10 and 14.
The South West Slopes forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology: Cloudy. Showers. Snow showers in the south above 700 metres. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h turning westerly 25 to 40 km/h in the morning then tending west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures between 4 and 10.
David Hasselhoff, Jason Clarke, Donald Sutherland, Julie Bishop, Luke Bryan, Camilla Parker Bowles, Angela Merkel, Phyllis Diller, Therese Rein, Carey Hart, Darius Boyd.
1453 - The Hundred Years' War ends when Frans defeats England at Castillon.
1900 - The cleansing operations in Sydney to wipe the city of the Bubonic Plague finished. The cleansing of the city also included the demolition of 'slum' buildings. The plague, which hit the city in January 1900, killed 103 people within eight months.
1918 - Lieutenant A.C. Borella, 26th Battalion, originally from Borung, Victoria, wins the Victoria Cross at Villers-Bretonneux, France.
1918 - The Romanovs - Tsar Nicholas II, wife Alexandra, daughters Maria, Olga and Tatyana and their lady in waiting and lackey - are executed.
1974 - One person is killed and 41 others are injured when a bomb explodes at the Tower of London.
1976 - The opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic games in Montreal is marred by the withdrawal of 25 African countries.
1. In the legend, what did William Tell split with a single shot of his crossbow?
2. Name the eight Brady Bunch family members.
3. What is the official language of Laos?
4. Which country is known as the Emerald Isle?
5. Who had the 1993 hit I Will Always Love You?
