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Malta flag flying
The flag of Malta flies on the Auckland Harbour Bridge today to celebrate the island nation's independence from Britain in 1964. Malta is the only nation whose flag bears a decoration awarded by a foreign country, the British...

Ted Turner: Iraq war among history's 'dumbest'
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John Mayer looks for magic, sneakers
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Progress Software Is Retrogressing (The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - After hitting about $21 in mid-July, the stock price of enterprise software developer Progress Software (Nasdaq: PRGS - News) has been making a nice move, reaching $27. But, yesterday, investors were disappointed with the company's earnings report and the stock price fell 6% to $24.76. While Progress is a solid company, growth is not likely to resume until next year.

Video Game Review: Zombied `Dead Rising' (AP)
AP - A workout is certainly one way to burn off some excess anxiety after a long, stressful day at work. For wound-up video gamers, though, it's a lot more fun to fire up the console and plow through endless waves of zombies.

U.S. agency to extend oversight of ICANN (AP)
AP - The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday it will extend its oversight of the California organization that handles domain name policies, while finding ways to improve the group's accountability and transparency.

Battle of the bridges for city motorists
Motorists face new challenges around Auckland as contractors prepare for lane or road closures across three of the region's most important bridges.Transit NZ intends shutting lanes from Sunday night on both the Harbour Bridge...

Connell's future on the line over Brash affair caucus leak
Outspoken Rakaia MP Brian Connell's future is expected to be discussed at a meeting of the National Party's board today.Mr Connell has denied leaking details of a caucus row over leader Don Brash's alleged affair with Business...

Bust and boom: TV tale of breasts, drugs a hit
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Bergman cinematographer Nykvist dies at 83
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OpenAjax Alliance tackles interoperability (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Looking to bolster AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and development of Web 2.0 applications, the OpenAjax Alliance on Wednesday plans to introduce a project that addresses AJAX interoperability issues.

Nokia Adds Mobile Printing Service (PC World)
PC World - Easier cellphone photo printing from Nokia.

More adults tap Internet for election news: survey (Reuters)
Reuters - Nearly one-fifth of American adult users of the Internet in August 2006 spent some time reading about politics or the coming U.S. election, a big increase from November 2004, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

What to study on the moon - council spells out its list
WASHINGTON - Scientific missions to the moon should concentrate on sampling its thin atmosphere and examining as much of the lunar surface as possible, says the US National Research Council.Human explorers should use robots and...