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5th, June 2010 TV & Radio

In today's Horse Jump Fail of The Day we go to Sao Paulo, where the lads are forming a human diamond for horse and rider to jump through... More »

5th, June 2010 Politicians

Washington Examiner Hacks Schwab And Palmeri Go Gay Hunting In Washington DC: David Laws Should Worry

Laws should worry about being in the US, where the Washington Examiner’s Nikki Schwab and Tara Palmeri are hunting for gays in the Washington DC, now twinned with Salem... More »

5th, June 2010 Reviews

The Spirit Of Fire Awards 2010: In Pictures

To the Spirit of Fire Awards 2010, the awards do for firefighters. People like firemen. They are not the police... More »

5th, June 2010 Reviews

Derrick Bird: The Last Will And Testament In Full

We've got hold ofthe will of Joe Bird, father of gunman Derrick Bird... More »

5th, June 2010 Key Posts 1

Derrick Bird Was Stopped By Red Lights And Prostitutes: News Round Up

Derrick Bird: The will, the money and the grudge - oh, and the facts merged with the fiction... More »

4th, June 2010 Celebrities 2

Patrick Stewart Knighted

The Queen does Star Trek... More »

4th, June 2010 Reviews

Bedford's Times & Citizen Introduces The World's First Live Newspaper: iNews

Just enter your own headline (clue: it's not an anagram - maybe) and use your own strapline... More »

4th, June 2010 Reviews 2

A Soldier's Tale Of What Happened Aboard The Marvi Marmara

Looking to his side, he saw three of his commanders lying wounded – one with a gunshot wound to the stomach and another with a gunshot wound to the knee... More »

4th, June 2010 Celebrities

Justin Bieber Gets Work As A Children's Hairdresser

Bieber is amazing, and he will make an amazing hairdresser when his amazing career as a child’s entertainer ends... More »

4th, June 2010 Reviews

Autralian Hacks Teach Indian Slum Dwellers How To Blog: LOL

Thinkof the most useless thing you can think of . Then double it. Then read this story of Australian bloggers teaching LOL and trolling to Indian slum dwellers... More »

4th, June 2010 Celebrities

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Is Faux Nostalgia

Twlight fans never die they just grow old and hanker for nostalgia. So, Stephanie Meyer gets to work creating that homely past in the shape of a prequel... More »

4th, June 2010 Reviews

Derrick Bird: James And Jennifer Jackson Know

Derrick Bird is dead. He is out of it. The ruined lives he leaves behind. In Wilton, there's a tribute from villagers left in memory of retired couple James and Jennifer Jackson. More »

4th, June 2010 Strange But True

Car Driver Flies Over Dallas Airport Toll Booth

Here's a video of 22-year-old Yasmine Villasana, hitting a protective barrier at the north end of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at a high rate of speed and taking off. More »

4th, June 2010 Reviews

Derrick Bird Is Now A Press Release: The Singing Kettle Drum

Bird is not just a mass murderer and a way to market a Giles Coren book, he’s a opportunity for a press release about the Singing Kettle... More »

4th, June 2010 Strange But True

Mugshot T-Shirt Of The Day Worn At The Memorial Day Angels And Demons Fight

Mugshot T-Shirt of The Day is worn by Timothy Neal... More »

4th, June 2010 Reviews

Israel: We're Waving Our Own Knives

We are the fauxtilla... More »

4th, June 2010 TV & Radio

Drinking Problem Video of The Day: The Delano's Russian

Drinking Problem Video of The Day is presented by the Russian woman in the Delano's grocery store on 27th & Geary in San Francisco... More »

4th, June 2010 Key Posts

The Wisest Graffiti Ever: A Gallery

Graffiti can be great. It can be patronising, uplifting and knowing. It can make you think. More »

4th, June 2010 Key Posts 2

Miley Cyrus Hates Shallow Pop, Appears On Britain's Got Talent (Lesbian Kiss Pictures)

Miley Cyrus was on Britain’s Got Talent. Miley was singing her song called Can't Be Tamed. That’s her pretending to kiss a female dancer... More »

4th, June 2010 Key Posts

The Most Famous Newspaper In The World: From Dallas To Depserate Housewives (Pictures)

The Most Famous Newspaper In The World is the one that appears on the telly most often. It’s not the New York Times or the Walford Gazette, it’s the paper that has been seen on the telly for years. More »

4th, June 2010 Celebrities 5

Lady GaGa Is Dead, Presumed Murdered In Copycat Killing (Pictures)

Lady GaGa accued to stealing Derrick Bird and Stephen Griffiths' act... More »

4th, June 2010 In Pictures

Mugshots - The Ironic T-Shirts

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4th, June 2010 Key Posts 1

Derrick Bird: The Evil Twin Theory (Pictures)

Anorak’s look at the Cumbrian killer in the news – the will, the tax bill, the Devil, David Bird's evil twin, never knowing and guns kill... More »

3rd, June 2010 Technology

iPad Triggers Surge In Newspaper Sales In Japan: Want To Know Why?

The iPad is the new way to spot a tosser on the Tube. Or is it? More »

3rd, June 2010 Celebrities 4

In Pictures: Vampire Diaries Give London The VD Fever

Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley, stars of the television programme The Vampire Diaries, were signing wooden pregnancy test kits fashioned into staves at HMV in Oxford Street London... More »