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FBI plant 'too extreme' for mosque
The spying game wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Craig Monteilh, a convicted criminal recruited by the FBI to investigate the march of radical Islam into southern California.
Former Auckland student jailed for Taser attack
A former Auckland University student will have to serve 13 years in an American jail after pleading guilty to attacking a 35-weeks pregnant woman with a Taser in the United States
Kentucky: Theme park of biblical proportions
And it will come to pass that on the third day of the fifth month of 2014, a mighty ark will appear on a hill not far from Interstate 75 so that the people of north-east Kentucky will not perish in a great storm.
Beauty: Keep it real
Bobbi Brown makes up the stars but her appearance advice is very down to earth.
Canada: Sour toes make gruesome gulp
A Yukon hotel has struck gold with its cocktail featuring a severed digit in whisky, finds Robin Esrock.
Walking 9.7km per week boosts brainpower, study finds
Findings suggest walking is the best way of preserving both mental and physical health in old age.
Los Angeles: Seeing stars
LA's high-tech Grammy Museum is a music-lovers' happy place, writes Rob McFarland.
Dicaprio, Putin and the all-star plot to save tigers
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are an unlikely pairing of figureheads in the fight to save the tiger.
Wall St steeled for more FBI insider trading raids
The FBI is planning further raids on hedge funds suspected of involvement in an insider trading scam, as a three-year investigation enters its final stages, with prosecutors aiming to make arrests and lay charges within the next few weeks.
Man sacked by Gap is new king of US fashion
Mickey Drexler, who turned Gap into the epitome of Nineties casual, is fronting a $3.9 billion takeover bid for J Crew.
Canada: Impeccable tastes
Paul Lewis sinks his teeth into the delights of the Okanagan region of British Columbia.
Clinton's comedy cameo
Bill Clinton is to appear in a comedy film about the debauched antics of a group of friends in Thailand, according to reports.