1Thousands of internet users with Telecom's yahoo extra email addresses have been caught up in a spam attack.

2Prime Minister John Key is insisting that the threat of boat people arriving on New Zealand's shores is very real.

3Nearly 24 years after Paul Joseph Dally tortured and buried alive schoolgirl Karla Cardno, he becomes eligible for parole tomorrow. Karla's stepfather Mark Middleton , who previously threatened to kill Dally in 1999, says he hopes Dally is paroled.

4Police are investigating allegations that officers inflicted severe facial injuries on teenager Ella Eketone when they closed down an out-of-control party in Howick on the weekend.

5A nineteen year old man who allegedly stole a vehicle at gunpoint and threatened a man with a knife in Taumarunui has appeared in court and been remanded in custody.

6The Serious Fraud Office believes early intervention has averted potentially massive fraud in the Christchurch rebuild. The former securities industry executive and independent forensic accounting and financial fraud investigator who was credited with catching the infamous fraudster and former stockbroker Bernard (Bernie) Madoff is in New Zealand to give advice to investigators.

7A fight over a million dollar welfare contract in West Auckland has turned ugly, with Waipareira Trust Chief Executive John Tamihere telling Social Development Minister Paula Bennett that she will be responsible for any future cases of child abuse in the region after the Ministry of Social Development and Employment cancelled their contract.

8New Zealand singer Kimbra has won Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards, as well as two awards for her duet "Somebody That I Used To Know" with Australian singer Gotye.

9There are concerns in Britain about an increase in the number of urban foxes after a one month old baby was reportedly dragged from his cot and had a finger bitten off.

10An emergency drill on the British cruise ship Thomson Majesty in the Canary Islands has left five crew members dead.

11Islamic militants have attacked the Mali town of Gao. French forces returned and fired on the militants from helicopters.

12Los Angeles authorities have offered a $1.2 million reward for the capture of former Police officer Christopher Dorner, on the run after going on a shooting rampage.

13Questions are intensifying about why Parliament's new Speaker has blocked a West Papuan human rights campaigner from speaking in Parliament.

14Ironically, a Wellington man named Darren Cliff had to be rescued from a cliff in the Pinnacles by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter today.

15The Fire Service was called to Hill Park Primary School in Manurewa this morning because of a chemical scare.

16Unite Union is calling for improved workplace safety after a KFC employee suffered severe burns to his body when an oil vat exploded.

17A look at the winnersd and losers at the British Film and Television Awards (BAFTA).

18The Mars Rover Curiosity has been able to frill into the surface of the planet for the first time.

19A team of cavers rescued a lost cow from the Komrad Cave near Waitomo over the weekend.