Top Stories: Rolex Sydney Hobart Showdown - With at least six 100 foot Super Maxi's competing for Line Honours, the 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race is likely to become one of the most historic ever. However the real... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:33 -0500Day one of racing at the 2009 Sail Melbourne regatta is complete with a strong breeze and big waves providing perfect racing conditions for the opening round of the 2009/2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup ..... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:32 -0500Hugh Grant has confessed he was drunk when he bought a painting of Elizabeth Taylor by Andy Warhol for £2 million in 2001 which he eventually sold for £13 million. NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:15 -0500Two people are missing and two are dead after Cyclone Mick ripped through the Fiji islands overnight.The category two cyclone is moving away from the area after pounding it with winds reaching up to 1... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:14 -0500North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams insists he never sent a text to the Prime Minister at 3.30am over the past four months and has produced the records to prove it.Mr Williams has been accused of sendin... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:10 -0500Keira Knightley has posed nude for a portrait.The ‘Atonement’ star has reportedly been visiting London’s Halcyon Gallery to be painted naked by artist Mitch Griffiths for a new exhibition.A sour... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:09 -0500Shrink SYDNEY - Hugely successful New Zealand sailor Neville Crichton rates the fleet for this year's Sydney to Hobart as the strongest he has ever been part of in any event over several decades of t... New Zealand Herald Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:27:53 -0500Auckland's ASB Tennis Classic could be about to receive an early Christmas present now that US Open semi finalist Yanina Wickmayer has had her one year ban suspended by a Belgian court.Wickmayer was d... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:40:43 -0500Top of the table Northern Districts has been crushed by 10 wickets by Canterbury inside three days of their Plunket Shield match in Hamilton.Corey Anderson took four wickets in dismissing the Knights ... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:23:22 -0500An anti-abuse group says a Christchurch man who shot his two family cats to punish his wife should have been charged with domestic violence.Donald Sloane was fined $1500 after admitting two firearms c... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:23:20 -0500New Zealand's Kashif Shuja has won the eighth World Squash Tour title of his career, with victory at the Spanish Open in Tenerife.The top seed has beaten Scotland's Alan Clyne in five games in the fin... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:23:18 -0500Send us an event report 14 top Singapore Youth Sailors experience life at the extreme Fourteen of Singapore's young sailors got the ride of their life this morning as they stepped onboard two Ex... Yachts And Yachting Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:49:56 -0500New Zealand swimmer Melissa Ingram has continued her record breaking blitz on the second day of the Queensland State Championships in Brisbane.The North Shore swimmer broke the New Zealand record twic... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:25:05 -0500Some positive news for the Wellington Phoenix with striker Chris Greenacre's injury not as bad as initially feared.Greenacre has missed the last two A-League matches and there were fears he could be o... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:25:05 -0500Prime Minister John Key believes that flying the Maori flag on Waitangi Day will improve race relations but Labour claims it is a "have."Cabinet has agreed to fly the tino rangatiratanga flag which re... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:25:03 -0500A three-alarm fire in San Francisco's Marina District that sent a man to the hospital was controlled about an hour after it started Sunday night, a fire lieutenant said. The fire was reported at 8:... 5PIX Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:18:50 -0500Nationals attendance table overall on Y&Y and 4th in the Single-handed category, shows how our popularity is growing, with Topper, Oppy and Laser Radial being the only other classes above us, we have ... Yachts And Yachting Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:34:36 -0500Send us an event report Another great turnout of 51 boats contested the second weekend of the Barrel series at Blithfield SC on a lovely, if frustrating, day. The first started with a slight bias t... Yachts And Yachting Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:50:31 -0500Send us an event report Teams released from the high pressure prison Having been stuck in light winds for the past three days, the wind has finally begun to fill in for the boats competing in th... Yachts And Yachting Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:50:26 -0500Rejecting the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by some trade unions with SAIL on wage revision of workers, CITU-affiliated Steel Employees Trade Union today said it would go on an indefinite s... Business Standard Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:57:29 -0500After cutting steel prices in the past two months, state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) today said it is looking to hike the rates next month following a recovery in demand. Business Standard Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:56:57 -0500The Education Minister is saddened by the threat that some primary schools might boycott the new national standards.The new standards are to be introduced nationwide next year but the teachers and pri... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:04:37 -0500The 2010 J24 National Championships will be held at Sandringham YC in Melbourne on January 2nd - 8th. Approximately 20 boats are expected to attend with boats coming from WA, SA and NSW. This will be ... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:01:14 -0500Current Multihull World Youth Champions Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin are now the 2009 Sailing Scene NSW Hobie 16 State Champions. Sailed in the beautiful waters of Vincentia Jason and Lisa beat ... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:38:43 -0500At 770 nautical miles, the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club's, Butlers Business and Law Round Lord Howe Island Yacht Race is Australia's longest, annual Cat1 race. For sure the Melbourne to Vanuatu, Melb... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:38:43 -0500The Real Estate Institute says median house prices around the country have more than doubled over the past 10 years.The increase is not so dramatic when looking at property sales in the Bay of Plenty ... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:19:17 -0500Telecom says the majority of its XT services have been restored after a fault which cut cellphone usage from Taupo to the bottom of the South Island.The problem began at 4.30am due to a hardware failu... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:19:16 -0500A manslaughter charge has been laid over the fatal shooting of a woman north of Auckland earlier this month.The 20-year-old's body was found dumped outside of the Kowhai Medical Centre in Warkworth on... NZ City Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:52:16 -0500The Tall Blacks have avoided China, Asian champion Iran and African champion Angola in pool play at next year's World Basketball Championship being held in Turkey from August 28 to September 12.FIBA h... NZ City Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:52:13 -0500Auckland police are appealing for the driver of a car involved in a drag race, who pulled an injured man from his car, to come forward.Police say the driver, in an unidentified white car, was racing a... NZ City Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:28:12 -0500Scuttlebutt is published each weekday with the support of its sponsors, providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus. Scutt... Scuttlebutt Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:54:21 -0500Scouting officials in Canterbury are defending the actions of a group of Venturers who got stuck in West Coast bush last week.The group of ten 15 to 17 year olds had to be winched out to safety by hel... NZ City Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:55:06 -0500The name of a man killed when his vehicle plunged over the edge of a cliff at the summit of the Kaimai Ranges has been released. He was 31 year old Bevan Reeves from Beachlands in Auckland.Police, Fir... NZ City Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:55:05 -0500Deepwater Wind, a privately-held US offshore wind energy firm, announced late last week that its plans to build the first US offshore wind farm have taken a major step forward after the company sign... Infomatics Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:03:55 -0500Extreme Sailing Series Asia. The fleet in Singapore had everything thrown at them today as they contended with an intense 15 minute rainstorm, wind that peaked at 12 knots and then they were left craw... Sailing News Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:48:55 -0500From bmworacleracingblog.blogspot.com: Friday was a bittersweet day in the BMW Oracle Racing team campaign. Our time in San Diego is coming to a close, and during the afternoon, one hour ahead of sche... Sailing News Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:48:55 -0500Kendra Wilkinson gave birth to her first child this morning (11.12.09).The former Playboy Playmate welcomed Hank Baskett IV - her son with American footballer husband Hank Baskett - after undergoing a... NZ City Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:30:05 -0500 | 
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