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US shares slide as shoppers spend less
Shares on Wall Street have edged lower as US consumers held back on purchases at the start of the holiday shopping season.
Josh Emett's recipe for success
An amazing drive to realise his dream has taken Waikato boy Josh Emett off the farm and into a role at the head of Gordon Ramsay's US and Australian operations.
Pattinson thought <i>Twilight</i> character 'ridiculous'
Robert Pattinson thought his Twilight character Edward Cullen was 'completely ridiculous' when he first read the books.
Fashion, hope and charity
As the founder of ethical clothing label Edun, Ali Hewson - also known as Mrs Bono - is on a mission to give something back.
NRL star's conviction for glassing girlfriend quashed
Greg Bird's girlfriend's broken eye socket was caused by an 'irrational' Ms Milligan lunging at him with a glass in her hand, a judge ruled today.
Gregor Paul: Fair bet for 'memorable violence' from France
If you're looking for a good bet to make on this weekend's All Black test, put some money on one of the French players being sent off.
<i>Tintin</i> film finished, Jackson says
Filming on Steven Spielberg's Tintin movie is finished, says producer Peter Jackson, but it will take two years to finish the effects.
London's it boy
Anyone who's anyone wears his rhyming slogan T-shirts. And now Henry Holland is putting the debonair into UK high street store Debenhams.
<i>Twilight</i>: The world's richest bloody franchise
New Moon, the second instalment of the Twilight saga, has shattered box-office records.
Bulls injure two on Tom Cruise film set
Two women were injured by bulls escaping from the Spanish set of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz's new movie. Photo / AP
Taxpayers ride to rescue of Paris bike-hire scheme
The city of Paris has been forced to pump taxpayers' money into the deflated tyres of its widely-copied, self-service, bicycle hire scheme.
McCanns' former private eye on run from FBI
A private investigator for the McCann family has gone on the run.