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21st, January 2011 Key Posts 6

Texting Woman Who Fell Into Fountain Sues Mall: Cathy Marrero Does Seinfeld

Did you laugh when you saw texting Cathy Marrero tumble into the fountain at a shopping mall? If you did, then shame on you. And you'd best get a lawyer... More »

21st, January 2011 Sports 1

Dog Plays Aussie Rules In Ireland V Australia Match: Video

The dog is on the pitch. And the Ireland v Australia footy match just carries on. What other animals could join the action to spice things up?... More »

21st, January 2011 Key Posts 5

Joanna Yeates: Vincent Tabak's Beanpole Surprise (Photos)

Police have not named Mr Tabak as a suspect. They did not afford Chris Jefferies the same courtesy... More »

20th, January 2011 The Consumer 2

The Worst Romanian Underwear Advert Ever: Video

The Worst Romanian Underwear Advert Ever may also be the Best Romanian Underwear Advert ever... More »

20th, January 2011 Politicians

Did Baroness Warsi Miss Hakim Quick?

Hostility against minority groups is wrong... More »

20th, January 2011 Politicians 1

Barack Obama Sells President Hu Jintao Whatever His Guest Wants To Buy

BARACK Obama is meeting with President Hu Jintao of China. They've been breaking bread at an official state dinner in the Old Family Dining Room at the White House.... More »

20th, January 2011 Reviews

Archbishop Luciano Storero's Letter To Irish Bishops: Tell No-One About The Paedophile Priests

In 1997, the Vatican's Archbishop Luciano Storero sent a missive to to Ireland’s bishops. In it he told them not to tell the police about any sexual abuse... More »

20th, January 2011 Sports

Australian Open: Kim Clijsters Breasts Beat Todd Woodbridge's Mouth (Video)

At the Australian Open Todd Woodbridge has been studying Kim Clijsters's breasts. And is she putting on weight..? More »

20th, January 2011 Reviews 1

Harvey Ashworth, 3, Uses Phone To Save Mum's Life: Daily Mail Outraged

Harvey Ashworth dialled 999, called the ambulance and so saved his mother Sarah’s life. Not everyone is impressed... More »

20th, January 2011 Money

Anarchists For More Control: United Against Cuts To Public Services Hit RBS In Glasgow

There's a protest by United Against Cuts to Public Services inside a Royal Bank of Scotland building in Glasgow, Scotland... More »

20th, January 2011 Reviews 1

Joanna Yeates: Vincent Tabak's Facebook Photo Is A Gift

Police have arrested 32-year-old Dutchman Vinvent Tabak in connection with the murder of Bristol woman Joanna Yeates.... More »

20th, January 2011 Celebrities 1

Coleen Rooney Is Luckier than You (And She Gets To Shag Wayne!)

"This gloomy January weather doesn’t help but I’m not complaining because I was lucky enough to get my dose of winter sunshine..." More »

20th, January 2011 Reviews

New York Police Officers Shown Anti-Muslim Film The Third Jihad As Part Of Terrorism Training

The Village Voice has the latest on politically-skewed “anti-terror” law enforcement training... More »

20th, January 2011 Strange But True

Allison Cox In Court For 'Annoying' Jacqui Gold With Poison

Allison Cox is charged with administering poison with intent to “annoy” Ann Summers owner Jacqueline Gold... More »

20th, January 2011 Politicians

Nadhim Zahawi's Tie Turns Bowel Cancer Into A Crap Joke

Nadhim Zahawi's novelty tie makes itself heard in the Commons... More »

20th, January 2011 Key Posts

Warsi Is Not Yet A Jew Nor A Shag Over The Dubai Dinner Table

Warsi, co-chairman of the Tory Party, says prejudice against Muslims has "passed the dinner-table test"... More »

20th, January 2011 Money

Unemployed Students Get £20.999 Wage Promise*

The big news is that one in five of the country’s 16- to 24-year-olds are out of work. On a brighter note... More »

20th, January 2011 Strange But True

Mum's Note: Let's Not Make This Any Harder, Kids

Mummy knows best? Well, no. But she does know... More »

20th, January 2011 Strange But True

Kidnapped Carlina White Reunited With Real Mum On A Hunch

White was kidnapped from a New York hospital when aged 19 days. Her kidnapper raised her as Nejdra Nance... More »

20th, January 2011 Reviews 1

Green Expert Elizabeth Farrelly Knows The Unknowable

Farrelly is the Sydney Morning Herald "columnist, author and architect". She is, thus, a well placed figure of authority on man-made global warming... More »

20th, January 2011 Key Posts 58

Joanna Yeates: Man Aged 32 Arrested

A man has been arrested for the murder of Joanna Yeates... More »

20th, January 2011 Strange But True 2

Burglars Looking For Drugs Snort Dog's Ashes

The cover story is that the men snorted some of the ashes believing they were snorting cocaine... More »

20th, January 2011 In Pictures

Etta James: a life in photos

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20th, January 2011 TV & Radio

Cat Leap Video Of The Day

You will believe a cat can't fly... More »

20th, January 2011 Madeleine McCann 10

Madeleine McCann: Our Maddie Reaches Dubai

The Sun has news on George Harrison, or him, or was it Raymond Hewlett, the "Maddie paedo”? Or the Gypsy snatchers"?.. More »