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Little Grey Suits and all things fishy at NYFW
Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin Miller finds Antipodean camaraderie alive and well in New York.
Bin Laden appeals to Obama to end war
Osama bin Laden has allegedly said in a new audiotape that President Obama's Afghanistan strategy is "hopeless" and has called on the US to end the Afghanistan war and break its alliance with Israel.
US 'prostitute' advised to lie to IRS
US housing officials have fired 4 employees after helping a 'prostitute' and 'pimp' get around tax forms to set up a brothel.
NZ victim of 9/11 has place in memorial
Alan Beaven, a 48-year-old environment lawyer who died eight years ago on United Airlines Flight 93 to be remembered in memorial.
Earning a crust on others' whims
Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin Miller tags along with a Kiwi model as he heads to castings ahead of New York Fashion Week.
'Jaws' sighting where Jaws filmed
Life imitated art as swimmers were warned to stay out of the water where Spielberg's film 'Jaws' was filmed due to great white shark sightings.
Kiwi dies of swine flu in Canada
A New Zealand man who died from swine flu (H1N1) complications in Canada this week developed the disease before arriving.
Police get new clues to spot villains
New Zealand police could soon be catching criminals using techniques made famous by television crimefighters.
Gunmen kill 17 in drug rehab centre
Gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation centre, lined people against a wall and shot 17 dead in Mexico. Photo / AP
Canada: Short cut to the tops
Hiking holidays needn't be about smelly socks, sore muscles and cramped huts.
Tech's big hitters battle for superiority
The global triumvirate of Microsoft, Google and Apple, each masters of a particular technological craft, could be looking toward an unexpected realignment.
Come fly with me: Jetpack man seeks tourism partnership
Christchurch-based Martin Aircraft Co wants to provide the public with jetpack test flights.