Australian internet entrepreneur Daniel Tzvetkoff is facing serious charges in Las Vegas.

A US jury has found a NZ doctoral student guilty of slashing his wife's throat and setting their home ablaze to destroy evidence.

Inuit actor, artist and teacher Natar Ungalaaq tells Peter Calder about storytelling and cultural isolation.

Defence and prosecution psychiatrists disagree on the sanity of a NZ post graduate student accused of murdering his wife in the US.

Claims of Blazej Kot's mental state when he killed his wife have been examined in a New York court.

The New Zealand dollar edged up against the greenback overnight, but remained largely within the US71c to US71.50c band where it has spent most of the time since Monday night.

Opening with a quick tempo and dusty vocals that could have been plucked from a 60s track, It's Working is the first sign MGMT no longer see themselves as a New York pop duo on a sugar-high.

The NZ student accused of murdering his wife in the US has said he dreamed of being "reunited" with her.

The govt-appointed Welfare Working Group will consider unemployment insurance among options for reforming the social security system.

A video game version of the 2004 teen hit Mean Girls is set for release, but you won't see Lindsay Lohan on the cover.

A new agreement gives Air NZ access to parts of the US not previously available with its current airline partners.

Good sales growth continued in the March quarter in both New Zealand and Australia, although conditions continued to be difficult for the Canadian business, chairman Michael Hill said today.

Hurtling down Park City's bobsled track is an adrenalin rush, writes Jacqueline Smith.

Mars, Hershey, Cadbury and Nestle are being accused of conspiring to push up prices of their chocolate bars over most of the last decade.

R&B singer Erykah Badu has struck a raw nerve in the United States, not just for stripping off in her new video but for being completely comfortable in her own skin precisely where John F Kennedy was slain.

Selling a music video takes more than an MTV spot in the Web 2.0 world - as Lady Gaga's billion-click breakthrough proves.

Fashion king Karl Lagerfeld has cast 22-year-old Abbey Lee Kershaw in Chanel's new advertising campaign, confirming her status as the face of 2010.