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1st, May 2009 Sports 1

Glenn Hoddle loves Kenny G

Ex-England manager has terrible taste in music… More »

1st, May 2009 Celebrities

Paris Hilton Flies To Mexico

How can only be best-guessed at, but rumours are that she’s discovered the Charlotte’s Web Code and been asking friends if she’d look better with a turned-up nose... More »

1st, May 2009 Celebrities 1

Baron-Cohen's Bruno Fools Amercian Idol's Paula Abdul

"I'm greeted by this futuristic dude with a mohawk - and he's flaming. I walk in and there was no furniture except a chair..." More »

1st, May 2009 Reviews 4

Austria Protects Its Adopted Nazi

In June 2008, the Sun led with “We find wanted Nazi at Euro 2008” – news that Milivoj Asner was “welcoming his national side Croatia to his adopted Austrian town”... More »

1st, May 2009 Photojournalism

Dog Eats Homer Simpson: X-Ray Pictures

Dalmatian-collie crossbreed Dixie, from Aberdeen, who ate a Kinder Egg Surprise chocolate with a toy Homer Simpson... More »

1st, May 2009 Celebrities 11

Susan Boyle Rival DJ Talent Arrested

Britain’s Got Talent’s DJ Talent, the gold-mawed DJ who led the crowd in the chant: "You say Britain, I say Talent, Britain's Got Talent, it's DJ Talent”... More »

1st, May 2009 Politicians

The Veronicas And Lenny Kravitz Say Why They Will Vote IN EU Elections

CAN-EU-HEAR-ME? It's the big EU vote and your chance to vote for these babes or these one-Europe Herrenvolk. And – hey, kinder – you need to be hip with the EU ting, boyzzzs, b’coz Lenny Kravitz (American) and The Veronicas (Australian) says so. More »

1st, May 2009 Key Posts 41

Madeleine McCann's Kidnapper Calls Police

To mark the two-year anniversay of Madeleine McCann's disappearance, the media is cranking up its coverage. It's all about the hunt for Our Maddie, isn't it?... More »

1st, May 2009 Politicians

British MPs In Suicide Pact

The Mail cheers readers with news that “Love cheat MPs” are on “'suicide watch' as expense claims threaten to expose affairs”... More »

1st, May 2009 Photojournalism 2

Designer Swine Flu Masks And Accessories: Pictures

Swine Flu is upon us. And with ever panic comes a marketing opportunity. And not just for the WHO, but for mask makers... More »

30th, April 2009 Reviews

The Swine Flu Rap

Swine Flu - Hey, let's make a song and a dance about it. It's the Swine Flu Rap.... More »

30th, April 2009 Madeleine McCann 5

Madeleine McCann Kidnapped By A "Lucky Guy"

News is that Madeleine McCann's appearance on the Oprah Winffey Show will be broadcast in the UK... More »

30th, April 2009 Key Posts 8

Pictures Of People Dying In Attempted Murder Of Dutch Queen

dutch-queenDEATH as entertainment: update. With Jade Goody’s media death a hit, the Daily Mail wonders if it is death or the celebrity that makes the big story? And gives readers pictures of people being killed in a murderous attempt on the Dutch Queen... More »

30th, April 2009 Reviews 1

Carrie Prejean Stars In Anti-Gay Marriage Advert: Video

Now Prejean is part of a campaign for the National Organization for Marriage, a group with a name generated by National Socialism and possessed of all the charm of a gulag’s outside privy... More »

30th, April 2009 Celebrities 4

Jade Goody's Jack Tweed Sees Boy George Naked

Sources said Jack TWICE went to the showers only to find 1980s icon Boy George, real name George O’Dowd, already in there wiping himself down... More »

30th, April 2009 Politicians 2

Joe Biden Orders Everyone To Sneeze Only In Fields

"I would tell members of my family — and I have — I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now. It's not..." More »

30th, April 2009 Technology

Wolfram Alpha Is Bigger Than Google

Wolfram Alpha is the creation of British-born physicist Dr Stephen Wolfram... More »

30th, April 2009 Sports 1

Hunky Italian footballer Oddo foils police blackmail plot

World Cup winner stings corrupt olice officers… More »

30th, April 2009 Politicians 1

Georgia's Would-Be Governor Says He Won't Have Sex With A Mule Again

NH: "When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule"... More »

30th, April 2009 Sports 1

Usain Bolt walks away from car crash

Fastest man in the world escapes injury after crashing his BMW in Jamaica… More »

30th, April 2009 Sports 1

Spot the Man Utd fan who's scared of swine flu

It's the fun new game for all the family… More »

30th, April 2009 Celebrities

'Britney Spears' Arrested

News via the newswires that: "Two men ordered to stay away from Britney Spears.”How hard it is to stay away from Spears is something Anorak put to the test... More »

30th, April 2009 Reviews 1

Labour Party Smears Susan Boyle

Sion Simon, MP for Birmingham Erdington, notes on his Twitter page about Susan Boyle and Mexican swine flu... More »

30th, April 2009 Money 2

The Amy Winehouse Barbie Doll

Barbie takes a break from eating - she's mad for food! - to get some tattoo ink, like Amy Winehouse... More »

30th, April 2009 Reviews

Couple Arrested For Sex On Queen's Lawn

After news that “Royal protection officers "traded porn and fooled about on palace throne”, news that “A randy couple were nicked as they had a steamy sex session — on the Queen’s front lawn"... More »