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16th, December 2008 Celebrities

How Simon Cowell killed Christmas

There are many reasons to hate The X Factor, many of which are well-known. More »

16th, December 2008 Sports 2

The inevitable and regrettable sacking of Paul Ince

The stats support the case for Ince's dismissal More »

16th, December 2008 Key Posts 3

Man Killed By China's Weather Machine

Man exploded by hail storm More »

16th, December 2008 Sports

Video: John Pantsil floored by phantom headbutt

In which Fulham midfielder John Pantsil attempts to get Stoke City's Ricardo Fuller sent off More »

16th, December 2008 Reviews

New Labour And Limp Bizkit

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16th, December 2008 Sports 2

The eternal mysteries of the bidet

"The English live badly, eat badly and their women do not wash their genitalia…" More »

16th, December 2008 Politicians

Former Taiwan President Kicked In Arse And Supporters Rip Wig Off Lawmaker

It feels like someone pulled my trousers down in public More »

16th, December 2008 Reviews

Climate Cops Cry Off

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16th, December 2008 Politicians

The Top Eight Show Thowing Moments

Anorak's looks at some other shoe throwing notables More »

16th, December 2008 Reviews

Andrew Sullivan Continues To Investigate Sarah Palin's Womb

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16th, December 2008 Photojournalism

The Weather Is F***ed

Sticking it to the (weather) system More »

16th, December 2008 Reviews 3

Media Matters Fisks The Times Over Blago

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16th, December 2008 Reviews

Woman Kills Love Rival And Buries Car

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16th, December 2008 Celebrities 2

Father Christmas: Santa And Sinitta Meet Simon Cowell

SIMON COWELL AND SINITTA PREPARE FOR A FAMILY CHRISTMAS TOGETHER More »

16th, December 2008 Strange But True 1

Men Exchange Same Christmas Card For A Lifetime

John Sargison has been sending his wife Sandra the same Christmas card for 41 years More »

16th, December 2008 Reviews 1

Journalists Pound The Dead Baby Beat

The once ubiquitous MySpace beat has been replaced with a hunt for dead babies More »

16th, December 2008 Photojournalism 2

Sign Of The Times

A temporary sign More »

16th, December 2008 Celebrities 2

Sinderella Danielle Lloyd's Giant Pumpkin

Dani's dressed as a slutty Sinderella playing with a chap’s buttons More »

16th, December 2008 Key Posts 7

Iraqi Shoe Chucker 'Munty' Muntadar To Play For England

Iraqis demand the release of “The New Botham” More »

16th, December 2008 Celebrities 1

Iraq Rejoices As Angelina Jolie Pregnant With Twins

Angelina is taking “prenatal vitamins”, eating yams and drinking orange juice More »

16th, December 2008 Reviews 5

Karen Matthews Killed Nora Batty

Fergus Shanahan suffers from acute faction, the inability to differentiate between reality and made-for-telly fiction More »

16th, December 2008 Money

They Work For You: Foreigners Take Every British Job

1.3 migrants took EVERY Brit vacancy since 2001 More »

16th, December 2008 Celebrities 3

Eoghan Quigg Is And Orville Duck Whittington

X Factor's sitting duck is dumped for Christmas More »

16th, December 2008 Strange But True

I Found Jesus Playing Drum And Base

Dance for Jesus. Dance. Dance. Dance! More »

15th, December 2008 Reviews

Obama Picks White House Dog Named Media

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