It’s a scenario made for the movies: Struggling New Zealand small-business owner applies for a $100,000 overdraft from his bank to finance the gas station he operates with his mother. 32-year-old Hui “Leo” Gao wakes up the …
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Rock Formation Bigger Than Connecticut Found Floating in Pacific
Little-known fact: rocks (some of them, anyway) can float. And a massive one—7,500 square miles, to be specific— is apparently doing just that in the South Pacific.
An odd-looking formation discovered at sea was found to …
WATCH: The Hollywood-Style Police Raid on Kim Dotcom’s Mansion
With two helicopters, four trucks, dogs and automatic weapons, the Jan. 20 raid of the Megaupload founder’s New Zealand home has all the makings of a movie.
Kim Dotcom: Judge in Piracy Case Quits After Calling U.S. ‘The Enemy’
Judge David Harvey has recused himself from the flamboyant Megaupload founder’s trial over his public challenge of U.S. policy on intellectual piracy.
Pole-Dancing Prostitutes Are Destroying New Zealand Traffic Signs
Auckland residents are fed up with sex workers damaging public property.
Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom Is Now on Twitter
Everybody’s favorite crazy German entrepreneur is back online, taunting authorities from house arrest over Twitter.
‘Warrior Princess’ Lucy Lawless Pleads Guilty to Trespassing
The 44-year-old New Zealander occupied a ship for three days to stop it from searching for oil in the Arctic.
Kim Dotcom’s Wife Wants Her Stuff Back
Why should she be punished for her husband’s alleged misdeeds? It’s the question Mona Dotcom is asking in a petition filed with the Courts of New Zealand. Most of all, she wants her $150,000 Mercedes back. It’s hardly any …
Reading While Eating for April 10: High Fashion
Tuesday’s links hit the runway with Russian style and gaudy buildings.
Marmageddon! New Zealand Faces Shortage of Marmite Spread
Marmite’s worst nightmare—Vegemite—has the upper hand in the South Pacific battle for toast-spread supremacy. As New Zealanders struggle through a nationwide shortage of Marmite, a thick, black salty spread made from yeast …
Kim Dotcom Gives First Interview: The 5 Best Quotes
The flamboyant founder of Megaupload sat down for his first TV interview since his January 20th arrest. Appearing bright-eyed and beaming, Kim Dotcom spoke with New Zealand’s TV3 Thursday. Dotcom was released from jail on …
Actress Lucy Lawless Arrested While Protesting Arctic Oil Drilling
Here’s a cause that could use some help from Xena. Actress Lucy Lawless and five others were arrested on Monday, three days after they climbed onto an oil-drilling ship to prevent it from making exploratory wells in the …