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Today's top 20 rating items on Scoop are...
1: The
Abortion Bonus! U.S. Theory
Considered
Today, Scoop welcomes Barb Sumner to our columnist fold. Barb is a freelance writer, a regular in "Grace" and "Metro" and occasionally in the NZ Herald. She warns: some consider her works "too extreme". You be the judge.
2:
Americas
Cup Race Reports - White Caps And
Clashes
Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes delivered a stinging defeat to Paul Cayard's AmericaOne on a white-capped Hauraki Gulf today as one boat in each of four other matches retired with gear problems.
3:
Scoop
Images: A Hobbit Summer
House?
Scoop is proud to present another image of Hobbitton… this time of what appears to be a fairly grand Hobbit summer house …enjoy.
4:
Americas
Cup Today's Full Race
Report
Italy's Prada Team is proving an almost unstoppable force in the Americas Cup challenger series races on Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Rankin:
Act on Income Tax and Property Rights
The Act Party has two income tax policies. One is to "move to a flatter tax rate structure" with "a top rate of company and personal income tax of no more than 20%" ("Tax - A Fair Tax System For Jobs and Growth", 3 November media release, Rodney ...
6:
There's
little hope for the left…
There's little hope the Left could form any sort of Government, if they have so much trouble trusting each other over disabled parking spaces, said Roger Sowry.
7:
Scoop
Images: Jim Anderton On Don’s Bad Hair
Day
Lights…. cameras….crane… are we ready…..Steady now...don’t mind the wind Jim...Nearer my god to thee...
8:
Blair
Government Launches Legislation
Blitz
Britain's labour government has unveiled its heaviest legislative programme yet, a package of 28 bills ranging from tough reforms of the pension and benefits system to freedom of information. John Howard reports.
9:
ENTER
THE GREAT SCOOP ELECTION
COMPETITION!
Scoop has a fine, unopened bottle of single malt whisky to whomever can correctly predict the election result.
10:
Cannabis
Debate - Nats Get Nasty Over Green
Threat
If there is one thing you can say of the Green Party in this election, it is that they have run the cleanest campaign. Despite barbs and ridicule from every main political party, including those who may eventually depend on their support to form a government, ...
11:
NZ's
First Premium Vodka Launched In Wellington
42 BELOW, New Zealand's first full strength premium vodka will be launched tonight at a special 'exhibition' for invited guests at Wellington's 'infamous' Brava restaurant.
12:
World
Bank, US State Dept. Warn Of Big Y2K
Crisis
Only 15% of 139 developing countries had taken steps to fix Year 2000 computer date rollover problems warns the World Bank. Don't expect global economic growth to continue. John Howard reports.
13:
WINZ
Course Advises Unemployed People to Vote
ACT
Wellington unemployed people are being forced by WINZ to attend "confidence building" courses at which they are being told to vote for the ACT Party according to UNITE!, the union representing unemployed and community wage workers.
There are eight days to go in the final campaign of the twentieth century. The campaign has been as dull as the issues are important. Our two women leaders have refused to engage each other or the nation in a debate over our country's future. It has ...
15:
State
of Emergency Declared in
Alexandra
A state of emergency has been announced in the Central Otago town of Alexandra as the worst flood in over 100 years hits the area.
16:
Scoop
Images: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: BAG
END!
Scoop is delighted to present to Frodo and Bilbo Baggin’s house in the Waikato – Bag End. Now we are getting magical….
17:
The
Voting Season - A Pox on all your
Parties
The other day, I was idly contemplating the Wellington Central electorate, where National has withdrawn to allow ACT's Richard Prebble a better run at himself, and the Alliance has withdrawn to allow Labour's Marion Hobbs a better run at himself ...
18:
Prebble's
Rebels Remove Subversive Link From
Site
In light of recent controversy over dangerous links on political web sites, Prebble's Rebels has withdrawn a potentially subversive link from their own site.
19:
FBI
Take Over EgyptAir Probe
The FBI is taking over the investigation into the EgyptAir 990 crash after the cockpit voice recorder provided information suggesting a criminal act may be responsible, officials say.
20:
Kiwis
Trying to Kill Potential Cancer
Cure
Officials in New Zealand want to capture and kill, as illegal pests, imported Australian frogs, while in South Australia doctor's have discovered frogs may be the key to curing a wide-range of human ills. It's a strange world. John Howard reports.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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