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08 Nov 2009 09:28
Max: 13°C Min: 7°C Monday November 9 2009, 6:28am 1:45am
Ewe beauty - sheep race in streets
Meet the racing Baa Blacks - they're highly prized, well trained and have busy schedules.
Police get off charges
By MATT CALMAN - The Dominion Post
5:00am Half of all police officers caught drink-driving in the past three years have beaten the charge, raising allegations of different laws for police.
Climber left stranded
5:00am
After a British man fell 155m to his death, his climbing companion was left to spend a night on a ledge calling for him.
Prowler gives judge the shivers
5:00am For five months last year, burglar Lexington Lewis silently jemmied open doors and windows and prowled around the homes of unsuspecting residents
Repentant Hide coughs up
5:00am ACT leader Rodney Hide will write out a cheque for nearly $12,000 today after making a grovelling apology for his "casual" use of taxpayer funds.
Family of sports figure warn others of skin cancer
Motorcyclist injured after swerving to avoid car
Writer recalls 'hum of lesbianism' at girls' school
Obama wins victory in US healthcare vote
Agassi swears he never played while on 'P'
'Villain' Dan Carter emerges as the hero
Bahrain to jet in big support team
The race, and the brideHeath Blackgrove moved fast after his Tour of Southland win to make it to his wedding.
Dead French queenAn emerging Christchurch artist will mix gore and glamour for her body-art debut.
Recession jewelleryNicole Richie has created a credit-crunch friendly jewellery collection.
A peck on the chinAmber Evans-Johnston, kisses a four-week-old chick at Pauatahanui Lamb and Calf Day.
Paris not laughingParis Hilton is upset her image is being used to advertise vacant billboard space in NZ.
Paris not laughing at 'vacant' Kiwi billboards
All Blacks don't impress British scribes
950 tries to get driver's license
League star's gorilla thriller
Obama wins victory in US healthcare vote
Party hints at Harawira apology
Maori Party leaders will meet outspoken MP Hone Harawira on Thursday to decide whether to discipline him for a racially explosive email.Douglas forced to quit DHB
Ken Douglas has been forced to resign from Capital and Coast District Health Board by Health Minister Tony Ryall.
Party pill inventor backs restriction
Attitude to homework will help
Soldier flung into river
An Off-duty soldier out on a motorcycle ride was flung into a river after his bike and a car collided near Turangi.
Mayor possibly among dead
A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban village mayor and 11 other people in an attack near Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar on Sunday, officials said.
Saudi regains control of territory
Saudi Arabia has regained control of territory seized by Yemeni rebels in an incursion last week, a senior official was quoted as saying, as the kingdom becomes more entangled in conflict to its south.
Hurricane stregthens as it moves
NZ should take boat people: Greens
Obama wins healthcare vote
The US House of Representatives narrowly endorsed on Saturday the biggest healthcare overhaul in decades.
Demand drives up house prices
House prices are higher than a year ago, driven mainly by a shortage of listings, the latest figures from Quotable Value show.$35m plan for kiwifruit quest
The kiwifruit industry is to get $35.7 million to spend on the search for new cultivars to match the success of the $460m gold kiwifruit.
Markets' merger vital to survival'
NZ gains tourism ranking
Artist's diaries hit with levy
A Wellington artist says bureaucracy gone mad has forced him out of his fledgling business making diaries.
YouTube on your TV
TelstraClear says it has trumped MySky and TiVo with 300 gigabytes of storage and '1080P' high definition.Crown Fibre's high hopes
The newly appointed chairman of Crown Fibre Holdings, admits he is no technology expert, but says he believes in the power of fibre-optic cable to transform economies.
BNZ gets smart with cards
Air NZ report to stay secret
Windows 7 lucky for most
Retailers are reporting a bumper debut for Windows 7, but not all have found the switch to the software a breeze.
'Villian' Dan emerges as hero
Dan Carter and the match officials earned the wrath of the Welsh, but it was not his controversial high tackle that hurt them most at Millennium Stadium yesterday.Senior Kiwis blame themselves
The Kiwis would have been playing in the Four Nations rugby league final on Saturday and backing themselves to overturn the Australians if they had played to their potential.
Bahrain to jet in big support team
Despite score, ABs sound warning
Andre Agassi exclusive
In his first published newspaper article since admitting he took the drug crystal meth, Andre Agassi talks about the revelations in his controversial autobiography.
Is this the next JK Rowling?
An international bidding war has erupted over the latest work of an unknown Australian writer.Mini-Me hit with restraining order
Verne Troyer has been banned from approaching his ex-girlfriend.
Synch or sing: Brit's 'fake' defends singer
'I was wrong to go back to Chris Brown'
Britney concert underwhelms
Britney Spears' first Australian show was visually spectacular but disappointed some fans.
Porsche revives the Spyder
Porsche has resurrected the spirit of one of its most famous cars, the legendary 550 Spyder.Recession jewellery
Nicole Richie has created a credit-crunch friendly jewellery collection.
'A feel-good dog show'
The porcelain Ferrari
Return of the 80s bodysuit
The bodysuit has been reinvented as a stylish, figure-transforming fashion plate.
Graffiti artist can't finish work
US police say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work.DUI charge after 911 call for stolen pot
US police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road.
Man steals car to get to court for car theft
950 tries to get driver's license
A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded.
The future of airline seating
Passengers want more room, airlines want more seats. Kay O'Sullivan finds designs that might satisfy everyone.
Airliner smashes into wild pigs
Zimbabwe's transport ministry says one of the national airline's planes collided with five wild pigs on the runway in the capital during takeoff.
Australia's Jurassic Park
Craig Platt ventures into Australia's Palm Valley, a desert oasis of primordial landscape.
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