Review: Robert Plant and the Spectacular Space Shifters

What: Robert Plant and the Spectacular Space Shifters Where: Vector Arena, Auckland When: Thursday, April 11 When reviewing an act like Robert Plant, you kind of hope that it’s terrible just so you have something else to write other than that it was incredible. But alas, other than a (smoothly recovered) fumble of the mic, the man lived up to the legend

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Are Beckhams Moving to NY?

Footballer David Beckham is planning to move to New York so that his wife Victoria Beckham can take her fashion career to new heights. The couple currently reside here with their four children — Brooklyn, 13, Romeo, 10, Cruz, 7 and 16-month-old daughter Harper. However, with David’s contract with his current football team LA Galaxy coming […]

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From College to Parliament: Have Quebec Voters Set Up Canada’s Opposition to Fail?

Canada’s opposition politics have taken a hard left turn, with some bizarre consequences. The fourth general election in just seven years saw Canadians answer conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s call for political stability by returning him to power with the majority government that had previously eluded him.

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Post-Tornado Tuscaloosa: Trying to Bring a City Back to Life

On Friday morning, walking through the Alberta area of Tuscaloosa, I saw a man sifting through the rubble of what used to be Affordable Mini Storage. He was going through the remains of his storage unit, searching for anything salvageable in the post-apocalyptic landscape of our home town.

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Prince Charles signs green movie deal

Britain’s Prince Charles will follow in the footsteps of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore with an upcoming book and film documentary on the environment, the prince’s publisher said. The book and film project, titled “Harmony,” will be released in 2010, publisher HarperCollins said this week.

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Urinating dog triggered argument resulting in 3 officers’ deaths

Three Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police officers were shot to death while responding to a 911 call of a domestic argument triggered by a urinating dog, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case. The officers were the first department fatalities since 1995, according to the department. Police said following the shootings Saturday that Richard Poplawski, 22, would be charged with three counts of homicide, aggravated assault and other charges

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