Walking up Channel Nine court after work this evening, I got within about 15 feet of a black creature with a white stripe snuffling in the grass beside the sidewalk.

I immediately backed off, but I was downwind of the varmint, and it didn't really notice me.

It didn't lock and load, unlike the last skunk I saw around there.

Not satisfied with lattes and frappuccinos, Starbucks is venturing ever further into selling cultural products.

Sting 'journalism' in India hit a new low when hidden cameras captured a fading Bollywood star trying to seduce a young female journo posing as an actress.

While the stings are considered a standard part of the Indian news media's tool kit, there is some push-back coming from the courts.