Facebook has started rolling out a new front page design which emphasises chat and applications, and includes display advertising.

Sidibe plays the title character in the movie, an obese, illiterate, teenage mother from a highly dysfunctional family in 1980s Harlem.

No one from the UK arm of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment business will face prosecution, the Serious Fraud Office has decided.

Obama's visit will give badly needed boost in election year.

Medic says 20 years of injury and death in NZ no preparation for life on patrol.

Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne is one automotive industry executive sceptical about the ability of Dutch niche player Spyker Cars NV to turn around the fortunes of Sweden's Saab.

Pirates have never been more in vogue. So say ahoy, me hearties, and join in.

Soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae is making a comeback after husband's tragic death.

Research finds that running without any footwear could be better for your legs because it encourages the use of a different set of muscles.

A business group aims to give female leaders a boost through the glass ceiling.

Marina Endicott witnessed a two-car collision that provided the starting point for Good to a Fault, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Canada and Caribbean region.

George Clooney's Hope for Haiti Now telethon has raised US$57 million (NZ$79 million) so far.

A spurned mistress took her private affair with a high-powered US executive to the streets after he called time-out on their relationship.

An extreme sports enthusiast from Austria looks set to break the speed of sound as he attempts the world's highest ever parachute jump.

A movie about an obese, abused black teenager is proving the most provocative of this year's possible Oscar contenders.