NZ TV deal the first stop for new NRL bosses

A new television agreement in New Zealand is set to be the first deal finalised under the independent commission that will take over the running of rugby league this week.

Madonna set for first Australia tour in 20 years

Madonna is set to tour Australia for the first time in 20 years, which will go some way to healing the wounds left after the songstress bypassed the nation on her 2008-09 Sticky and Sweet tour.

Lapsed NZ TV deal in sights as commission gets set to hit ground running

A NEW television agreement in New Zealand is set to be the first deal finalised under the independent commission that will take over the running of rugby league this week.

From the Back Porch: I was once one of the first to be on television

It's been 67 years since Sarkes Tarzian won the race to patent the tuner that ushered in the age of television. After all these years, people still have great desire to appear on television. Watch when the cameras at televised events pan the crowd and you see folks who are perfectly normal 99 percent of the time act like the leading inhabitants of the booby hatch.

House fire caught on camera began with a television set WITH SLIDESHOW, VIDEO

TAYLOR — A house fire captured on video early Saturday morning in the 7600 block of Margaret began in a television set, officials say.

TAYLOR: House fire caught on camera began with a television set UPDATED; WITH SLIDESHOW, VIDEO

TAYLOR — A house fire captured on video early Saturday morning in the 7600 block of Margaret began in a television set, officials say.