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The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, a community of 41,000 people about 16km south of Oklahoma City. Photo / AP

'My house is on top of me'

Soon after a monstrous, deadly tornado slammed into the community of Moore, Tiffany Thronesberry's phone rang. Her mother was screaming down the line.

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7-year-old drives drunk granddad

The man, who now has three drink-driving convictions, will be sentenced in July. Photo / File

An Auckland grandfather was two-and-a-half times over the legal alcohol limit when he let his 7-year-old grandson drive his car - a situation police say is becoming…

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Heavy thunderstorms to deliver soaking

A dramatic water spout at Auckland. Photo / Supplied

Heavy thunderstorms are expected to bring heavy rain to much of the country until the weekend.

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Pair found guilty of duping family

Roseanne Randell (left) and Paraone Tamihana were each found guilty of 20 charges of obtaining by deception. Photo / Brett Phibbs

A couple have been found guilty of an elaborate scam featuring fake emails from billionaire Graeme Hart, promises of million-dollar returns, trips to Paris and gift-bags…

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'King of legal highs' may stage return

Matt Bowen bowed out of the industry in 2011 when the Government moved to ban synthetic cannabis. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Legal high pioneer Matt Bowden has hinted he may return to the industry once the Government makes changes to legislation to make it safer.

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Jail union angry at prisoner's sentence

Latu Kepu killed a prison guard in 2010 while serving a term for violent assaults. Photo / Christine Cornege

A dangerous high-security prisoner who killed a Corrections officer has been sentenced for assaulting two more but will spend no extra time in prison, a penalty the…

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British woman: I'm too attractive to work

Laura Fernee says she was left with no choice but to quit after comments from co-workers about her attractive physical appearance became too much. Photo / Supplied

British woman Laura Fernee says she is too attractive to work and has been unemployed for the last two years because of the "massive problems" her good looks cause at…

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Rugby: Henry lets rip at poor calls

There was humour and there was profanity. When Sir Graham Henry is in this form he is thoroughly entertaining, but the Blues will hope a few Super rugby match officials…

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NZ eyeing new peacekeeping role

John Kerry stressed NZ's special relationship with the US when he met Murray McCully. Photo / AP

New Zealand edged a step closer to committing peacekeepers to a new area of the Middle East.

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Key's $1b request claim in doubt

The documents released yesterday reveal how relations between John Palmer and Treasury soured as the company's financial position deteriorated. Photo / Sarah Ivey

Newly released papers raise fresh questions over Prime Minister John Key's claim that Solid Energy asked for $1 billion of taxpayers' money to fund its transformation…

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Drink-drive shift makes Rose proud

Paula Rose received her award at Government House in Wellington yesterday. Photo / Mark Mitchell

A shift in attitudes towards drink-driving was the major change seen by retired police superintendent Paula Rose in her 27 years in road policing.

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Red sheds about to take giant leap

Mark Powell unleashed a stinging attack on competitors' behaviour. Photo / Dean Purcell

The Warehouse is about to embark on a radical new expansion strategy using television.

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Twitter and Kiwi athletes

Tweeting unites fans, players

Andrew Mulligan from The Crowd Goes Wild. Photo / Getty Images

It's 6.58 on an unremarkable Tuesday night in Mt Wellington, and influential sports jock Andrew Mulligan is about to go live on air.

Delete that! Twitter faux pas

Chad Johnson of the Bengals got in trouble for tweeting during a football game. Photo / AP

LionsAfter publicly issuing media guidelines for players to follow on their coming tour of Australia, the Lions lost the plot with their official account.First a picture…

Opinion

Cartoon: Windy Auckland

Editorial: Crown's aims for science give focus for research

Antarctic research is on the list, as is high technology, particularly in agricultural applications, and natural hazards, notably earthquakes. Photo / Alan Gibson

Science has been a black hole for taxpayers' money. Governments of all stripes agree that science is something they should fund without knowing very much about it.