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A new mother names her baby girl Hashtag Jameson, named after Twitter's # symbol; The New York Times is running a story about a worldwide trend of exhuming human bodies to prove or disprove foul play… Audio

Topics - Wellington is a-buzz as tonight's world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, approaches. A New Zealand man has been accused of covertly deleting thousands of words from the Oxford… Audio

Topics - with the "spending season" decending upon us, HS Dent, an economic forecasting firm, reported in the Atlantic Monthly, if you want to find this, has compiled Census data on spending behavior… Audio

Topics - The wealthiest woman in the world, and Australia's most successful entrepreneur, Gina Rinehardt is currently on a tour of Australia promoting her new book. A Wellington home support worker… Audio

Debrett's have launched a new guide to eating with one's fingers. Kim Dotcom's lawyers have asked the High Court to make the Government Communications Security Bureau a co-defendant in its legal… Audio

Topics - The entire Christian calendar is based on a miscalculation, the Pope has declared. Jesus was born earlier than we thought. The Church of England will definitely have women bishops "in my… Audio

Topics - New research from Australia shows that refusal to acknowledge fatigue now poses a greater threat than drink driving. The Employment Relations Authority expects to release a decision within a… Audio

Topics - Britain is once again the most powerful nation on earth, according to a new survey, when it comes to "soft power". Labour Party MPs are still meeting at Parliament, where they are expected to… Audio

Topics - At what age are you old? The building industry says it has got the capacity to build the one hundred thousand homes pledged by the Labour Party in it's housing policy. An Israeli airstrike… Audio

It's got twenty-eight wheels, two motors and the power usage of a light bulb… Canberra's first rotating home. The New Zealand Retailers' Association says sports shoes are one of the most popular items… Audio

New research from Oregon State University finds that for most Americans, old age is not heralded in by a particular birthday - but rather by how a person acts. In the latest moves to make Auckland… Audio

Topics - A publicity stunt by Hallenstein Brothers menswear that has offended some people for being sexist will work in the company's favour, according to a marketing expert. The New South Wales… Audio

Topics - are humans becoming less intelligent? Former Cabinet minister Dover Samuels has defended a traffic ticket for driving in a bus lane, claiming country drivers don't know city rules. Daniel… Audio

Topics - 5.8 million people in Britain admit to being superstitious. An article in the Sunday Star Times suggests that changes to the Education Act could lead to "double-bunked" "mega schools". Audio

There are fresh demands to reform the system of appointing Archbishops in Britain, The debate on gay and transgender marriage continued this week in Parliament, The Prime Minister has denied in… Audio

Topics - A puncture's bad enough. But as more and more drivers are discovering, there's often another nasty shock in store. Advocates for leaky home owners are dissatisfied that only 12 victims of the… Audio

Topics - Which is your favourite US president? Returning to the US presidential election, where voting was too close to call earlier. Audio

Topics - Australian punters are expected to splurge more than a quarter of a billion dollars on today's Melbourne Cup. Monday is the last full day of campaigning in the US Presidential election and… Audio

Topics - Every schoolboy used to know that, at the height of the empire, almost a quarter of the atlas was coloured pink, showing the extent of British rule. An Otago University academic says Dunedin… Audio

The power of bread in your life. The idea of a ferry between Wellington and Christchurch. The revival of Megaupload, with a dot inserted in the name, and how to build houses more cheaply in New… Audio

Celebrities, never ones to let a natural disaster pass without giving their ill-timed two cents worth, have been very vocal since Hurricane Sandy hit. Quade Cooper's future in Australian rugby. An… Audio

Topics - The New Zealand Post-owned Kiwibank could face an increase in its wholesale funding costs after its credit rating was downgraded by the international rating agency Standard and Poor's. Three… Audio

Topic - Forecasters say the center of Superstorm Sandy has roared ashore on the New Jersey coast, packing high winds and a life-threatening storm surge. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the… Audio

Topics - US President Barack Obama has warned that Hurricane Sandy is a "serious and big storm" and he has urged US East Coast residents to protect themselves from its onslaught. A youth drink driving… Audio