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Old British phone books go online
LONDON - People searching their ancestry have been given an online boost after British Telecom launched more than one hundred years of their phone books on the web.The company hopes to tap into the nation's huge interest in genealogy...

Shuttle Atlantis landing put off to Thursday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Space agency Nasa today delayed shuttle Atlantis' homecoming by a day due to bad weather expected at the Florida landing site and because it wanted time to examine video of an object seen falling out of the...

NZers in Thailand should show 'prudence'

Brash not ruling out challenge

Gisborne shooting treated as murder-suicide attempt

Royal may quit Wanganui because of Laws

9/11 play to Dunedin

Quirks the star as Fashion Week starts

Carey, Peppers, Peas lead American Music nominees

Clark positive about Tonga's future
NUKU'ALOFA - Prime Minister Helen Clark, who attended the state funeral of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV in Nuku'alofa yesterday, took a positive view about Tonga's future despite political tensions in the country.The king was buried...

Sir Hugh to be buried on Saturday
Ngati Whatua leader Sir Hugh Kawharu will be buried on Saturday at Rewiti Marae northwest of Auckland.Sir Hugh, a distinguished academic, paramount chief of Auckland's Ngati Whatua iwi and a recipient of the Order of New Zealand,...

Gisborne shooting treated as murder plus attempted suicide
A woman is dead and her husband badly injured after a shooting in a usually quiet suburban Gisborne street last night.Neighbours heard a scream from a house in Ferguson Drive about 7.20pm and ran out to find a woman dead on her...

Yahoo sees revenues weakening
NEW YORK - Web megastar Yahoo said today it expects third-quarter revenue at the bottom half of its forecast range due to weakness from two of its biggest advertising segments, sending shares down as much as 13 per cent.Chief...

Wednesday's TV highlights
7.30PM, TV3 THE SIMPSONS There's been so many Simpsons episodes that it's got to the point where you can watch one and you may have seen it - but who knows? In tonight's episode Kirk and Luann rekindle their relationship, Bart...

Bra-vo! Vanda's young at art

Police seek clues on wheelchair attack in Invercargill

Youth workers want help with gangs

Distribution workers discuss offer

CYF takes more than 250 babies

$43,000 worth of jet skis and motorcycles stolen

Police consider charges against bars after Brown incident

Shaped by Modernism

WWII filmmakers press for French policy change

Talladega Nights pip the Queen at UK box office

Crowe's Yuma remake finds a studio

Grant takes front row for Biba rebirth

New book covers Hannibal's early years

Marineland petitioners wrong, says activist
Animal activist group World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has lambasted the 13,588 people who signed a petition to replace the iconic dolphins at Napier's Marineland.WSPA spokeswoman Bridget Vercoe says people should...

Homicide inquiry launched in Gisborne

Tindall may skirt takeover code

US stocks: Thailand coup scares markets
NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Tuesday as internet shares dropped after Yahoo Inc.'s warning about its quarterly outlook and a military coup in Thailand rattled global markets.Yahoo's stock, down 11.2 per cent, was the heaviest...

Motorsport: Whangarei to host rally
Next year's New Zealand round of the Asia Pacific rally championship will be based in Whangarei after Rotorua had to withdraw. Rotorua hosted the round for nine years. But organisers were unable to find high-quality competition...