Why Captain Kirk skipped Spock's funeral
William Shatner has revealed why he couldn't attend the funeral of his former co-star and friend. 'Captain Jerk' »
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Sheriff's office does local policing in Cincinnati suburbs
A Cincinnati-area sheriff's department has taken over policing in more suburbs, and other local jurisdictions are eyeing that option as they deal with tight finances and needs for services. The Hamilton ...
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Aust bond market hovering ahead of RBA
Australian bond futures prices are virtually unchanged as the market awaits the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. "Weakness in the US bond market overnight will likely weigh on Australia this morning, but with the RBA decision due later we expect underperformance will be limited," ANZ economists said. Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, Westpac and AMP Capital are among those forecasting a March cut, with the general consensus being the RBA tends to deliver reductions in pairs. National Australia Bank senior economist David de Garis said the market was pricing in a 58 per cent chance of a cut on Tuesday.
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Maggie Smith Wants To Leave Downton Abbey
Dowager Countess Grantham's sixth season might be her last, and the reason isn't quite what you would expect.
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NZ climb to fifth in ODI world rankings
The in-form Black Caps leapfrog England into fifth place on the ODI rankings while their are steep rises for pacemen Tim Southee and Trent Boult.
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Family forced to leave flight over seatbelt dispute
A couple have been kicked off a flight after their three-year-old son refused to wear his seatbelt for takeoff.
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Kylie Jenner's 15lb weight gain
Kylie Jenner has claimed she's put on 15lbs in just 10 months with a flashback photograph from last May.
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Goodman to spend $28 million on three new developments
Goodman Property Trust, New Zealand's largest listed property investor by market value, will spend $28 million on two new industrial plants and an office building at its Highbrook Business Park. The additional space will add $2.2 million to annual rent and a further 11,140 square metres of lettable area, the Auckland-based property investor said in a statement. "A positive business environment is supporting the rapid expansion of Highbrook Business Park," said chief executive of the trust's manager, Goodman (NZ), John Dakin. Goodman has been selling non-core assets to fund development, having disposed of $150 million worth of property in the nine months through to Sept. 30.
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Glacier reveals climber's body 42 years on
More than four decades after his death, the body of a young climber has been discovered on Tasman Glacier.
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English FA plans to send men's and women's teams to Rio
London (AFP) - The English Football Association plans to send men's and women's Great Britain teams to the Olympics Games in Rio next year.
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Drinking, smoking passenger forces plane turnback
A passenger’s on-board drinking and smoking has forced a Perth-bound Jetstar flight to return to Melbourne.
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Kelly Osbourne had to quit Fashion Police
Kelly Osbourne reportedly felt as though she had "no option" but to quit 'Fashion Police' after her friend Zendaya Coleman had an offensive remark made about her dreadlocks by the show's co-host Giuliana Rancic.
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Katie Price: Guests feared wedding vows split
Katie Price played a "hard-hitting" pre-recorded speech detailing her husband's infidelity before they renewed their vows.
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Slum girl to silver screen: Uganda's chess prodigy
Kampala (AFP) - Phiona Mutesi happened upon chess as a famished nine-year-old foraging for food in the sprawling and impoverished slums of the Ugandan capital.
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Kiwis are team to beat, here's how: Jonty Rhodes
Yahoo! Cricket's World Cup expert Jonty Rhodes casts an eye over the in-form World Cup favourites, New Zealand and looks for a chink in the armour.
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Apple car rumors fuel Geneva debate about car of future
By Edward Taylor and Jan Schwartz GENEVA (Reuters) - The main talking point at this week's Geneva car show is likely to be a vehicle that may never be built: the Apple car. ...
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'Please have mercy on my brother'
The brother of an Australian facing imminent execution in Indonesia has appealed on national television for President Joko Widodo to spare the drug smuggler's life.
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'Drunken idiocy' after teen party crashed
A small teen party in Dunedin was crashed by about 200 youths, ending in "drunken idiocy and disorder" in a nearby park.
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Robyn Lawley Has Given Birth
Australian model Robyn Lawley has given birth to her first child.
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Faded seaside towns are fertile ground for UKIP
Ramsgate (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Deprived of tourists by the advent of cheap foreign holidays, many of Britain's faded seaside towns have become pockets of deprivation -- and fertile territory for the populist, anti-European UK Independence Party (UKIP).
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I burned my face off on purpose
The (high) price of being a former tanoholic
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