A game between Washington and Florida got heated when a batsman charged the mound triggering an all-in brawl.

Counties Manukau proved the value of taking points at every opportunity as they beat Tasman 23-3.

An outstanding defensive effort and deadly shooting circle combined to give New Zealand a 59-40 win over Australia.

Police are currently looking for three armed robbers who held up an ASB Bank in Massey this afternoon.

A Christchurch-born folk singer has begun a tour in Wellington tonight to promote her new album.

It's on at not just one but two galleries in Auckland – but be warned, you may be the one being watched.

How would you like 15 armed police to come to your house early in the morning, get you out of bed, handcuff you and take you away?

Would a deaf person listen to music? Could a blind person paint?

One the year's hottest tickets officially go on sale tomorrow: U2.

Top American footballer Troy Polamalu is famed for his big hits and his even bigger hair.

He's just a kid - still at school - who can reach speeds of over 200 kilometres an hour on two wheels.

With a top eight finish locked and loaded, the Warriors can still finish anywhere between fourth and eighth in the NRL.

Casey Frank's late three-pointer gave New Zealand a seven point half time advantage.

Warren Jenkins has 17 drink driving charges to his name and 19 convictions for driving while disqualified.

An Australian school is in trouble after getting rid of the word "gay" from the iconic song ‘Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree’.

Actress Catherine Zeta Jones is reportedly furious doctors didn't diagnose her husband Michael Douglas's throat cancer earlier.

While some have suggested removing GST from healthy food, the government does not believe that is viable.

An update on the markets with ASB Securities.

As a solo father Allan Harvey has first hand experience of what he describes as inequalities in the child support system.

An Australian couple heading to New Zealand for the World Cup claim they have been ripped off by a North Shore motel.

The Pacific atoll Tarawa, part of Kiribati, is falling apart and it is pleading for New Zealand's help.

Controversy is continuing about the pay-out and also about how the once-trusted company lost so much money.

Divers have salvaged several bottles of champagne, thought to be the oldest drinkable champagne in the world from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.

New Zealand Football has announced a significant new partnership with ASB.

The Warriors play the Eels at Parramatta Stadium on Saturday night in their last regular season match of the NRL.

A black Grand Cherokee lost control on Route 20 and smashed through the front of a Four Mile country store.

3 News reporter Sam Ackerman spoke with Warrior Jerome Ropati.

A Chinese deer has become the local party animal in northern China's Shandong province after developing a taste for beer.

3 News reporter Sam Ackerman spoke with Warrior Lance Hohaia.

Under the shadow of fresh violence, President Barack Obama has solemnly convened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in two years today.

Hurricane Earl is steaming toward the Eastern Seaboard as communities from North Carolina to New England keep a close eye on the forecast.

An animal rights group in Bosnia has called on authorities to investigate a claim that a disturbing video of a young woman throwing six newborn puppies into a river was filmed in the Balkan country.

A male pygmy hippopotamus, born in Poland's Wroclaw Zoo, has been seen by the public for the first time this week.

From the sky, it is a perfect Pacific atoll. From the beach, it is a land of squalor. Overloaded with slums and squatters, Tarawa's people have simple needs.

Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday.

Young men angry over the rising cost of food, fuel and water have rampaged through Mozambique's capital - throwing stones, looting shops and drawing police fire that local media report said killed at least seven people.

The hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard - were unhurt after the four-hour standoff.

New Zealand produced a clinical performance to comfortably despatch France and duly book their place in the women's rugby World Cup final in London today.

New Zealand have ticked off their first main goal at the basketball world championship in Turkey.

More than 1000 people have flocked to the Rose N' Bowl pub in Lancashire for the annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships.

Police in Australia have launched an investigation into last months Bulldogs versus Cowboys NRL match.

Kelby Cheyne, 25, originally from Dunedin but now living in Toowoomba, inland from Brisbane, survived Tuesday's crash.

Most of us have insurance for our cars, homes and other valuables, but what about your hair?

There has been a significant hike in dairy commodity prices on Fonterra's online global auction overnight.

Both parents' incomes could be taken into account when child care payments are set, under proposed changes by the Government.

The 54-year-old grandmother behind a massive P bust at Wellington Airport will reappear in court this afternoon.

The true identity of Top Gear’s famous tame racing driver may have just been publicised. Should we care?

Pietersen used a profanity in a Twitter posting that was quickly deleted ahead of the official announcement.

Murray won 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. He faced just two break points.

Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. He was captivated by Princess Diana, intimidated by Queen Elizabeth II.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says that one of his advisers has resigned because of "malicious" rumours claiming that the two had an inappropriate relationship.

A gunman with a list of bizarre demands that took three hostages at the headquarters of Discovery Channel networks in Washington, DC has been shot.

Three Pakistani players implicated in the Lord’s test scam have been summoned to London.

The New Zealand Ice Hockey League season wraps up this weekend with the Botany Swarm hosting the West Auckland Admirals.

Nine-time world champ Kelly Slater has advanced to the third round of the Billabong pro in Teahupoo, Tahiti.

For some patients, a trip to the dentist is just the beginning of a larger and more complex health problem.

The Human Centipede is a low budget horror that has become a huge underground hit.

See David Farrier's full interview with Dr John Cameron about the mechanics behind the Human centipede premise.

A 35-year-old truck driver was today jailed for 26 months for the hit-and-run killing of a North Otago farm worker.

We may be out of recession but times are tough and perhaps no tougher than in the retail business.