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Topics - the film 'Gravity' could happen in real life! A drifting satellite that the European Space Agency lost contact with could break up and spark a deadly debris field. The amazing story of 5… Audio

Eight times a day, a group of nuns files into a chapel in their rural monastery in northwestern Missouri to chant and worship. Quite unexpectedly, this private, prayerful pursuit has made the… Audio

Topics - it turns out that ABBA's crazy costumes were a tax dodge! In Australia you haven't needed warrant of fitness check for some time now, only an initial check when a vehicle is first put on the… Audio

Topics - One in four Americans are completely unfamiliar with Nicolaus Copernicus's 1543 theory that the Earth circles the Sun, according to a study by the National Science Foundation. Long traffic… Audio

The Auckland City Council has backed down on demands for residents to rip out vegetation they've planted on grass berms. A tax on sugary soft drinks? What car is the least reliable? Audio

Topics - the Food and Grocery Council says a Commerce Commission inquiry into supermarkets' treatment of their suppliers could improve the relationship between the two. Is life in Auckland's outer… Audio

Topics - from all accounts Shirley Temple made a pretty good U.S. Ambassador. Green Party leader Tariana Turia says New Zealand has the "sovereign right" to protect its citizens and will not be told… Audio

Topics - John McWhorter, an associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, argued that as a new generation of internet users and even some authors become… Audio

Scientific American has come up with a happiness quiz designed to find out if you are one of those people who won't let themselves be happy; Almost half the country's motorists think they can get away… Audio

Topics - the Canadian industrial rock band Skinny Puppy has invoiced the U.S. government upon hearing that their music was being used as a "torture device" on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. As a result… Audio

Topics - "Is there anything more American than America?" Bob Dylan, urging all who watched the Super Bowl to buy American cars. A state primary school is giving each of its students an iPad for their… Audio

Topics - it was a great day for a stroll on the beach in many parts of the country yesterday. The weather was mostly fine and there was the added attraction of a king tide occurring on both the east… Audio

The year of the horse; A court in Italy has reinstated the guilty verdicts against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher in 2007. Audio

Topics - if you find yourself plagued by the question, thank the lateral frontal pole behind each of your eyebrows. Auckland Council's chief economist has released his latest economic quarterly… Audio

Topics - news Of The Word reporters knowing that Sienna Miller left "I love you" messages on Daniel Craig's phone is what we found out today, as the world's great privacy invasion rolls on. Thousands… Audio

British TV cook Nigella Lawson won't face legal action after admitting to a court that she had taken drugs because, police say, a prosecution could deter future witnesses from being truthful. Police… Audio

Lorde at The Grammys, be a tidy kiwi, how do you spell "eh"? Audio

Fans of George Clooney might argue that a fleeting moment in his scintillating company would be worth every penny - but a night out with the silver-tongued star is currently going for upwards of… Audio

A ten dollar bet at the TAB has scored a $300,000 windfall for a Dunedin man who says he's too old to spend his winnings. A new apartment complex is being designed exclusively for baby boomers who… Audio

An analysis of the wealth distribution in America, and the gap between the haves and the have-nots is even higher than we have hitherto thought. A powhiri welcoming 250 world leaders to Parliament… Audio

The Employment Relations Authority has upheld the dismissal of a liquor store employee who called a customer "Miss Piggy"; The case of American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo will be before the… Audio

A mum who was violently attacked on her daily walk is furious that up to a dozen witnesses refused to intervene. The daytime attack that left Praveet Singh with fractured eye sockets and a broken nose… Audio

Barry Corbett; Dita De boni; Don Donovan; Peter Elliott; Stephen Franks; Irene Gardiner; Nevil Gibson; Jeremy Hansen; Bernard Hickey; Mark Inglis; Elle Jones; Jonathan Krebs; Denise L'Estrange-Corbet… Audio

Topics - Despite previously saying that they would not be investigating the claims that Nigella Lawson repeatedly took cocaine, Scotland Yard have now dramatically decided that her drug use will be… Audio