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10th, October 2013 Reviews

Shake Your Booty Club dancer stabbed boyfriend in the eye after he refused her offer of a threesome

The boyfriend says it was 4am on on Sept. 26 when King-Woolfork returned home from a night at the Shake Your Booty Club... More »

9th, October 2013 Celebrities

Miley Cyrus fans gets his 21st tattoo of the singing twerk (photos)

Carl McCoid is divorced. He's 40. He lives in Yorkshire. He has turned his body into a shine to Miley Cyrus... More »

9th, October 2013 Flashback

Great records: Praise-R-Cise is your musical Christian Aerobics weight-loss plan

hristian Aerobics had a terrific tagline: "Praise-R-Cise." It was accompanied by Christian Music. And vitally, it worked. .. More »

9th, October 2013 Celebrities

Coolio sings Gangster's Paradise in a Preston student flat

Nvver meet your heroes... More »

9th, October 2013 Sports

Spurs and Newcastle United legend Gazza joins Twitter and everyone prays it won't be a car wreck

inally on Twitter will keep everyone up to date... Looking forward to getting to know you guys and showing you the real Gazza !!... More »

9th, October 2013 Money

Dear Margaret Hodge: Facebook just isn't avoiding tax in the UK

The profits will not be taxed in the UK. This is not tax avoidance: it is simply the way that corporation tax works... More »

9th, October 2013 TV & Radio

Miley Cyrus needs to take this daggering masterclass

Eat yer heart out Miley Cyrus. Twerking is your Fisher Priced training dance. It is daggering with stabilisers on... More »

9th, October 2013 In Pictures

Madeleine McCann e-fit: the Met's new suspect and 15 others

This might be progress. Maybe... More »

9th, October 2013 manchester united

Arsenal: Jack Wilshere v Mo Farah and Adnan Januzaj's Manchester United contract

Jack Wilshere says only Englishmen should play for England... More »

9th, October 2013 Sports 2

Harry Redknapp says QPR's wage bill was ludicrous when he joined - so he spent lots more money

More cracking wit and wisdom from QPR manager Harry Redknapp, who writes in his autobiography... More »

9th, October 2013 Books

Drunk Jack Kerouac debates 'hippie" and its meaning with a pompous William F. Buckley - Fernanda Pivano just gets it

Kerouac, author of the classic, On the Road like a drink or three... More »

9th, October 2013 In Pictures

The 18 greatest and most disgusting Halloween costumes for kids

Some are clever; some are just very funny... More »

9th, October 2013 Sports

Arsenal: Yohan Cabaye and that grudge against Newcastle United's Joe Kinnear

The word grudge has been used a few times in the last few weeks... More »

9th, October 2013 Sports

FIFA 14 features Liverpool and Newcastle player in gay love scene

He shoots... He scores... More »

9th, October 2013 Flashback

The TV adverts schoolchildren loved to quote

The Associated Press journeys to Vernon Center Middle School Connecticut middle school. Students are screaming "HUMP DAY". It's distracting the teachers... More »

9th, October 2013 Celebrities

Toby Young, Wikipedia and the 583 entry edits

One of the tiresome chores of life is maintaining the polish on one's public profile. Don't I know it, poppets! If anyone doubts this, check out Toby Young's attention to detail in his Wikipedia entry... More »

9th, October 2013 Reviews

Dewsbury man ordered to remove 'Polite Notice'to burglars from outside home

Should Graham Jagger removed the sign from outside his home in Dewsbury, West Yorks? ... More »

9th, October 2013 Politicians

Tommy Robinson leaves the EDL but finds Pamela Geller harder to quit

Tommy Robinson (aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) and his deputy and cousin Kevin Carroll's departure from the English Defence League has been making news.... More »

9th, October 2013 Strange But True

Man staged own kidnap to get away from wife for the night

It looked like Rogelio Andaverde, 34, was being kidnapped when masked men burst into his Monte Alto, Texas, home... More »

9th, October 2013 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: an entertaining libel and Danie Krugel

More facts... More »

8th, October 2013 TV & Radio

CNN says Hong Kong is in Brazil (photo)

China is on the move... More »

8th, October 2013 Strange But True 1

This map shows how big Africa truly is

Bigger than China, Europe, America and more put together... More »

8th, October 2013 Flashback

Terrible animal postcards from the 1950s

Postcards can be outlandish and saucy. And - boy - can they be dull. Tumblr Bad Postcards collates uninspiring postcards from 1950s America. And the thing is, we were wrong. They are anything but dull. They might even be hilarious. We've pulled out some of the best featuring animals. More »

8th, October 2013 Reviews

Kevin Pietersen wins libel damages against Specsavers after they implied he was a cheat

England batsman and general talented poser, Kevin Pietersen, has accepted a large but undisclosed amount of money for libel damages after a Specsavers advert implied he may have tampered with his bat during this summer's Ashes series against Australia... More »

8th, October 2013 In Pictures

Orangey men and women compete in the NABBA Mr. Ireland and Miss Ireland 2013 Pro Am bodybuilding championships (photos)

Who you callin' vein? More »