Removing the security blanket
Scott Kara and his wife find themselves concocting a story to disguise the disappearance of their daughter's beloved comforter.
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And baby makes ...
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Sandra Bullock to end her marriage - report
The Oscar-winning actress has allegedly taken steps towards ending her almost five-year marriage to Jesse James.
Simon Cowell planning Salvador Dali-themed wedding party
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Just keep Wiggling
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WOULD YOU JUST ... be quiet please, my darling
You really shouldn't curse and swear at your kids, but sometimes an under-the-breath mutter slips out, admits Scott Kara.
Pregnant dad syndrome
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Bloomsbury Set archive released
Free-thinking and gifted intellectuals, or a bunch of dissolute subversives "who lived in squares but loved in triangles"?
Hurricane Mia strikes twice
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Ex-Senator's mistress: 'I'm no gold-digger'
Former US Senator John Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter, has broken her silence.
A plum job
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Current affairs battle heats up with defection in the ranks
Speculation has been rife for months: Is TV3 reporter Kate Lynch defecting to rival TVNZ?
Even Seinfeld's co-writer fails to see funny side of his TV comeback
When a chorus of critics rounded on Jerry Seinfeld's latest endeavour, he might have expected his friend and Seinfeld collaborator to rush to his defence.
Rendezvous on the menu
Young celebrity chef Grayson Coutts went for dinner with his visiting dad this week - but spoke of his dream that one day his yachting legend father would also meet his longtime partner, Andy Young.
Kiwi women have more sex
According to a global survey on market research website onepoll.com, New Zealand women are the most sexually experienced in the world.
Bingle unlikely to clean up Clarke's assets, say experts
Aussie cricketer Michael Clarke is in little danger of losing his assets to Lara Bingle, experts say.
Sarkozy scandal fails to fire in France
French media are noticeably quiet on rumours about President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni.