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24th, October 2013 Reviews

Chemistry Teacher Took Smoking Students To (Periodic) Table Dancing Strip Club

Mr Lechien was a chemistry teacher Hanover Central High School, Indiana. He'd been at the school for ten years. But now he's gone, his reputation immersed in a cloud of the flavoured tobacco it's alleged he shared with his students from a hookah pipe... More »

24th, October 2013 Reviews

Army Wife Ripped Off Young Son's Scotum And Superglued It Back On

The women, one Jennifer Marie Vargas, 34, whose husband works as a soldier at the Joint Base San Antonio, has been arrested. She is accused of deliberately tearing off her son's scrotum.... More »

24th, October 2013 In Pictures

Halloween: 25 Revolting And Joyously Offensive Costumes

Horrible. Just horrible... More »

24th, October 2013 Money

French Football Cancels Matches To Protest Against Tax

Jean-Pierre Louvel, president of the Union of Professional Football Clubs, said the tax (kicking off next year) would be the "death of French football"... More »

24th, October 2013 Politicians

All Hail President Klitschko! And First Lady Hayden Panettiere!

Klitch' said he was standing despite a vote in parliament that could prevent his bid, because he has a residency permit issued in Germany... More »

24th, October 2013 Liverpool

Liverpool: Reality TV Star Brendan Rodgers Hates Manchester United's Fly On The Wall

Liverpool manger Brendan Rodgers is a quotable sort ("My biggest mentor is myself because I've had to study, so that's been my biggest influence")... More »

24th, October 2013 In Pictures

The 15 Worst Metal Album Covers Ever

Albums of shame... More »

24th, October 2013 Reviews

Paul Dacre And Lord Leveson Make UCS School Open Days Interesting

It's a small world among the elite... More »

24th, October 2013 Reviews

Climate Change Made Australian Military Start Bushfires (And Ate My Homework), Says Expert

You need an excuse? Here you go... More »

24th, October 2013 In Pictures

The Little People Art Show

Mind your step... More »

24th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Portugal Dusts Off The Files

Progress... More »

24th, October 2013 Reviews

Not A Hate Crime Video: East London Asian Gang Attacks White American Because He Was Drinking Beer On The Street?

Not a hate crime. Got that? No hate involved... More »

24th, October 2013 Money

Yes, Of Course Royal Mail Was Sold Too Cheap But Not For The Reason You Think

When they announced that they were going to privatise Royal Mail there were all sorts of shrieks and moans that this would just put cash into the pockets of the hedge funds... More »

24th, October 2013 Celebrities

Kanye West Proposes To Kim Kardashian With A Teddy Bear Tied To An Orchestra

Kim Karadashian and Kanye West are engaged to be engaged in a TV and internet multimedia spectacular leading to a low-key wedding... More »

24th, October 2013 Reviews

Take The Cambridge University Interview: A 10 Question Test

Take the test... More »

24th, October 2013 Politicians

Al Gore: Rich On Tobacco And Oil Money Trusty Al Gore Links Australian Bush Fires To Global Warming

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the NSW bushfires were not linked to climate change. Was it the 11-year-old boys? No. It was the military firing ordnance that started the State Mine fire. But they all said it was global warming. Were those experts wrong? Al Gore says not... More »

24th, October 2013 manchester united

Manchester United Teach The Germans How To Keep Secrets

On the day when German Chancellor Angela Merkel accuses Obama's secret services of tapping her mobile phone calls, former Manchester United assistant Mike Phelan shows us how to keep a secret... More »

24th, October 2013 manchester united

Manchester United: Wayne Rooney Gives Ferguson The Brush Off

What say the experts about Sir Alex Ferguson's book in which he tells about his time at Manchester United...? More »

24th, October 2013 The Consumer

Eating In Silence At Brooklyn's Place For Food Monks

Diners at Nicholas Nauman's Eat in Brooklyn, New York, can book to eat on a night when everyone eats in total silence... More »

24th, October 2013 Strange But True

Saving Shrek The Shaggy, Matted Dog (Photos)

When animal workers in Burford, southwestern Ontario, Canada, found this creature they identified it as a dog... More »

24th, October 2013 Strange But True

Ducks Slide Down A Duck Slide (Video)

Meanwhile... at Mr Su Lee's duckling conditioning plant... More »

24th, October 2013 Sports

Manchester City Discover That Russian Football Racism Is Just Not Racist Enough For Uefa

It turns out that if you want to experience actual racism in football you need not look for it in the dust of Spurs' Yids and Roy Hodgson's monkey, but in Russia... More »

23rd, October 2013 The Consumer

Pokemon Health And Safety Warning: Pet Fighting Is Illegal

Hey, kids... More »

23rd, October 2013 Reviews

Dublin Blonde Is A Gypsy: Media Gutted As Persecuted Roma Proved Innocent

You'd be hard pressed to find a clearer example of racism... More »

23rd, October 2013 Film

Terrible Taglines: The Day Of The Dolphins (1973)

Because every dolphin has its day.... More »