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'Top Chef' venture inspires foodie tourists

A walking-tour inspired by <I>Top Chef</I> is gaining popularity in New York.

John Mayer apologises for <i>Playboy</i> interview

John Mayer is once again making news with his mouth, not his music, calling his ex Jessica Simpson 'sexual napalm' in a new interview.

Class action could cost Toyota billions

<i>Jay Leno Show</i> officially over

Jay Leno has ushered out one of television's biggest flops without sentiment during the final night of his prime-time experiment.

NZ market closes slightly higher

Andy Roddick's wife lands <i>Sports Illustrated</i> cover shoot

Model Brooklyn Decker has landed the coveted <i>Sports Illustrated Swimsuit</i> cover this year.

Rapper Lil Wayne sentencing delayed

Lil Wayne's sentencing has been delayed until March 2 due to dental surgery, his attorney has announced.

Winter Olympics: Snow trucked in for Games

Facebook gets yet another new face

Facebook has started rolling out a new front page design which emphasises chat and applications, and includes display advertising.

<i>Editorial:</i> Jobless data weak, but all is not gloom

Is Amazon squaring up to Apple with touchscreen Kindle?

A quick word with: Gabourey Sidibe

Sidibe plays the title character in the movie, an obese, illiterate, teenage mother from a highly dysfunctional family in 1980s Harlem.

No charges against Madoff's UK operation

No one from the UK arm of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment business will face prosecution, the Serious Fraud Office has decided.

Rudd faces hard fight to stay in power

Obama's visit will give badly needed boost in election year.

Australian interest rates left unchanged

Aussie rate decision drags dollar down