resolving names in ".local" domain

[Sergey]

I try to resolv then name "torrent.pvthome.local"

sergey@sst-laptop:~$ nslookup torrent.pvthome.local
Server: 192.168.143.1
Address: 192.168.143.1#53

Name: torrent.pvthome.local
Address: 192.168.143.1

It works. But if i try to connect:

sergey@sst-laptop:~$ telnet torrent.pvthome.local 80
telnet: could not resolve torrent.pvthome.local/80: Name or service not known

Firefox and other application are the same "can't resolv"

In 8.04 it work nice.

PS: Ubuntu 8.10

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Sergey (sergey-rallyfan)]

Solved.
By default nsswitch.conf:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

I change this to:
hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4

and now it works fine.