Pamela Wade discovers how gaming has helped native American cultures survive.

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have named their babies Monroe and Moroccan Scott.

Television watchers will soon see tailored advertisements selected for them according to their viewing habits, post codes and type of household.

Terrorist leader's al-Qaeda enterprise has been moribund for years, writes Gwynne...

A leaked diplomatic cable shows the US was deeply concerned with "inherent weaknesses" in NZ's terror laws.

Americans seeking sidewalk alms don't use traditional begging containers anymore. They've modernised.

When most successful actors thank their mums for helping their careers, few are as literal as Ben Stiller.

Pomp and ceremony joined with a mutual love of rugby in John Key's one-day visit to Paris.

Architect James Timberlake says helping rehouse the victims of Hurricane Katrina is one of his greatest achievements.

Lady Gaga has tearfully confessed on film that she thinks "people are trying to destroy her".

The women of the United States military will still be wearing trousers, but now they might fit.

The Black Eyed Peas have opened a special school in New York for local teenagers to learn how to use music and video equipment.

Eccentric pop star Lady Gaga bares her soul (and then some) in a candid interview with British magazine NME.

Roger Hall visited lovingly-restored homes by architectural messiah Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago and Pennsylvania.

The dating website match.com has been forced to begin checking its clients against criminal databases.

New documents have raised questions over Britain's involvement in the Iraq war.

A place on the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants has become one of the most sought-after honours for restaurateurs.

Twi-hards, we finally have evidence that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are officially on.

Who is that masked travel writer? Robin Esrock and he's down for the count.

A Washington man devised a novel way to propose to his girlfriend - he did it via the crossword in the newspaper.

Robert Pattinson feels like he has split from a lover now the Twilight: Saga movies have wrapped.

When Confederate forces fired the first shots at Fort Sumter on April 12, 150 years ago, triggering the American Civil War, almost four million African Americans were slaves.