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On October 4th, 1970, Janis Joplin died in her room at the Landmark Hotel Hollywood after an accidental heroin overdose at the age of 27 ...

Dear Heloise: A couple wrote in about having relatives who sat with their kids once a week, and each had two undisciplined dogs who were muddy and jumped on the

DEAR HELOISE: A couple wrote in about having relatives who sat with their kids once a week, and each had two undisciplined dogs who were muddy and jumped on the furniture. A solution for this might be on-and-off covers -- sort of a combination of a throw and slipcover.

Paul Abigail was sacked for failing to report unknown minor accident.

A Wellington bus driver sacked from his job of 20 years after his employer accused him of failing to report an accident will be paid more than $30,000 afte

Local news and information for the Westman region.

Rumbles can be heard across the Suncoast today as over 100 bikers gathered for the annual Red White and Blue Poker chip run to raise money for local Suncoast charities.

Robyn Edie/Stuff The 34th annual Edendale Crank Up Day held over the weekend, pictured on Saturday during the lawn mower racing demonstration are Dave Cummings as Papa Smurf, of Eketahuna, with Phill Dravitski of Taranaki, behind him. A group of seven lawnmower racers made the journey down from the North Island to race. Man versus man. Island versus island. Mower versus mower...? The inaugural Lawn Mower Racing Inter-Island Challenge was held at Edendale’s Crank-Up day on Saturday, with driv...

Janis Joplins posthumous masterpiece turns 50 FacebookTwitterEmail Janis Joplin in London.Daily Mirror / Mirrorpix, Contributor / Getty Images Fifty years ago, Janis Joplin was three months gone, but her status as an ageless popular music icon was just beginning with the release of “Pearl.” The album sounds bracing even a half-century later, the sound of an artist really finding her voice. “Pearl” contained Joplin’s take on “Me and Bobby McGee,” an instantly revered recording that...