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24th, March 2009 Sports

Lance Armstrong Tweets his broken collarbone

Man falls of bike. Non-story. Seven-time winner of the Tour de France falls of bike. Tell me more… More »

24th, March 2009 Sports

Daredevil plunges 127ft off waterfall

You don't have to be mad to do this… but it helps More »

24th, March 2009 Sports 2

Brazilian footballer forced to wear dress in training

Pink dress shames player into giving his best performance of the season More »

24th, March 2009 Reviews

Italy Convicts Tunisian Pilot Who Stopped During Crash To Pray

Over the newswires, the story of the Tunisian pilot who "paused to pray instead of taking emergency measures before crash-landing his plane"... More »

24th, March 2009 Strange But True

School Pool Evacuated Because Of Chlorine Smell

A North Side high school has been evacuated as a precaution after a chemical was found in the school Monday morning... More »

24th, March 2009 Sports 1

Leaked Pictures Of Manchester United's New Kit

The neck ties go all around the neck, securing the hands behind the back... More »

24th, March 2009 Sports

Italian Wags Bet They Can Seduce Beckham

Grazia goes onto say that most of the Wags have “slept with several AC Milan players”, and the suspicion is that the ladies are part of the team’s famous training schedule... More »

24th, March 2009 Celebrities 6

Jade Goody Film Title Revealed

"Her story lends itself to a biographical film. She's captured the mood of the nation. We're talking about it, and we welcome approaches" More »

24th, March 2009 Reviews 5

Freed From Jail For Crime He Did Not Commit, Sean Hodgson Is Hit By A Taxi

Sean Hodgson served 27 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. In 1982, Sean Hodgson was convicted of killing barmaid Teresa De Simone... More »

24th, March 2009 Strange But True 3

Firefighters Saws Dogs In Half

When firefighters reached the basement of the home, the same area where it is believed the fire started, they found two adult Yorkshire terriers and 15 puppies. More »

24th, March 2009 Reviews

Scare Stories: War, Chinese Condoms And Loving A Cannibal

"Man wrongly jailed for 27 years walks free ... and is hit by a taxi" More »

24th, March 2009 Money

Zimbabwean Dollars For Toilet Paper

In Zimbabwe, the local curency is not good for much... (Picture) More »

24th, March 2009 Strange But True

A Truck Driver Forgets To Lower His Trailer

Here's a video of a truck driver who forgot to lower his trailer crashing into a bridge. More »

24th, March 2009 Reviews 15

Madeleine McCann And Natasha Richardson For Sale

“The Sun's purchase of Google keywords 'Natasha Richardson': is this ethical?” More »

24th, March 2009 Reviews 1

Saudi Arabia Wants Women Banned From Appearing On TV

In a statement, the 35 hardline clergymen also called on Abdel Aziz Khoja, who was appointed by King Abdullah on Feb. 14, to prohibit the playing of music and music shows on television. More »

24th, March 2009 Reviews 2

Not Beating Your Wife Is Islamophobic

You will recall how Muzzammil Hassan, founder of an Islamic television station in upstate New York aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes, confessed to beheading his wife, one (and a bit) Aasiya Hassan... More »

24th, March 2009 Strange But True 1

Female Dwarf Rescued By Chihuahua

Beverley Burkitt, 45, and 3ft 8 inches high is lost in dense woodland. She has dropped her mobile phone. It too is lost. She has with her a small pet dog... More »

24th, March 2009 Celebrities

John Mayer Dumps Jennifer Aniston To Write The Great American Tweet

Jennifer Aniston, the luckiest actress in Hollywood, is said to have split from lover John Mayer because he was spending too much time on Twitter and not enough time with her... More »

24th, March 2009 Reviews

Green Shirts Want Half Of You Dead

"The OPT will release research suggesting UK population must be cut to 30m if the country wants to feed itself sustainably" More »

24th, March 2009 Celebrities 20

Jade Goody's Two Minute Silence

"The shameful, black-bordered tribute issue of OK! with "Jade Goody 1981-2009" on its front - last week, while she was still alive. What'll they do this week - sell the mag in a casket?" More »

24th, March 2009 Celebrities 9

Jade Goody's New Reality TV Show

They say when it rains, the heavens open, don't they?" says Kelly Smith, from Sutton in Surrey. "I hope that's what's happening. The door to heaven is being opened for Jade." More »

23rd, March 2009 Reviews 12

BBC Bias Against Israel

Understanding the media and bias against Israel... More »

23rd, March 2009 Celebrities

The New Jade Goody

"Always at the front of my mind is that he should be allowed to retain his dignity – which he has, so far, just – and that when the time comes, when he has lost any point in being a..." More »

23rd, March 2009 Strange But True 1

Man In Deathbed Confession Charged With Murder

James Brewer, 58, thought he was dying. So he confessed to shooting dead 20-year-old Jimmy Carroll in Tennessee 32 years ago... More »

23rd, March 2009 Reviews 11

A Song For Baby P

The campaign to re-release the single was driven by a group of six ordinary mums...joined in grief over the reports of Baby P and his harrowing ordeal, desperately wanted to do something to help the children who are still suffering.. More »