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23rd, September 2013 Celebrities

Retro toys: Donny And Marie Osmond action figures, TV studio and adoption kit

Between 1976 and 1979, kids tuned in to see the beaming Mormon siblings singing country songs. They also performed skits with star guests, performing parodies of hit films, like Star Wars (1977) and Battlestar Galactica (1978)... More »

23rd, September 2013 Reviews

The White Widow: Samantha Lewthwaite spreads fear in Kenya and excitement in Britain

As ever, the domestic press is interested in any British links... More »

23rd, September 2013 Reviews

Car spinners funeral's peace disturbed by woman removing her knickers

Quote of the day... More »

23rd, September 2013 Strange But True

Starlings form a murmuration tribute to Angry Birds

Rude... More »

22nd, September 2013 Sports

Views on Sunderland sacking Paolo Di Canio

Di Canio is no more... More »

22nd, September 2013 Key Posts

The 10 most mental WTF adverts ever to appear on Craiglist

Jesus tap dancing Chris - look at those ads... More »

22nd, September 2013 The Consumer

Great ads: Sheffield's TNT Transform Gym finds truth in advertising

What big budget..? More »

22nd, September 2013 The Consumer

The greatest advert about having a good poo ever

Mine smells of flowers... More »

22nd, September 2013 Sports 2

Arsenal: Ozil makes Koscielny levitate

The eyes have it... More »

22nd, September 2013 TV & Radio

Getty Dubs: stock videos with added sounds to make you laugh

This is why they don't come with sound... More »

22nd, September 2013 TV & Radio

Baby misses dad's beard (video)

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22nd, September 2013 Reviews

Is Syria a sign that End of Times is upon us? Fox News v Channel 4

The stuff of nightmares... More »

22nd, September 2013 Books

JD Salinger: Five new manuscripts and a post-Holocaust film to duck

JD Salinger died in died in 2010 at age 91. Some of his unpublished works have been found. Cornel Bonca looks at them... More »

22nd, September 2013 Sports

In photos: Manchester City thrash Manchester United in the Premier League

Moyes out? More »

22nd, September 2013 Flashback

In 1958 the Lumbee Indians introduced the KKK into the gun debate

The rally was scheduled for the night of January 18, 1958, in a field near Maxton, N.C. The stated purpose of the gathering was, in the words of Catfish Cole, “to put the Indians in their place, to end race mixing”.. More »

22nd, September 2013 Flashback

In 1980 the US Military use Atari games to train troops for battle

The military’s interest in the kinds of video games popular today dates to 1980, when Atari released its groundbreaking Battlezone.. More »

22nd, September 2013 Gifs

Football fans regret swearing on camera: 2 Gifs

Ooops. I said a swear... More »

22nd, September 2013 Sports 1

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil stars in Ebru Polat's snot 'n' tell

The Sun on Sunday (SoS) only serves to remind us how good the News of the World was at making a must-read scoop. The kiss 'n' tells have dried up like Cliff Richard's grapes. Take today's offering... More »

22nd, September 2013 Sports

Supporting Liverpool or Spurs makes you fatter than a Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal fan

Does supporting Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal make you slimmer than supporting Liverpool or Spurs?... More »

22nd, September 2013 Strange But True

How to brew beer in your stomach

The Texas man who entered a Texas emergency room swaying and complaining of dizziness had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.37 percent. One thing: he had consumer no alcohol... More »

22nd, September 2013 Strange But True

21-year-old woman posing as boy arrested for piercing 15-year-old girlfriend's belly button in woods

Police responding to calls for help found two teenagers in a wooded area in Hampton, Virginia... More »

22nd, September 2013 Strange But True

Man urinating on teenager in cinema triggers gun nut panic

Is that a gun hanging out of your pocket..? More »

22nd, September 2013 Strange But True

South Africa opens world's first walk-in vagina

"It's a screaming vagina within a space that once contained women and stifled women..." More »

21st, September 2013 Reviews

It's all kicking off in Reigate

Local news "fury"... More »

21st, September 2013 Reviews

Derby state school 'makes all teachers wear hijab' and 'girls sit at the back of the class'

"Fuming women teachers at a Muslim school have been ordered to cover their heads in class — no matter what their religion," reports the Sun in an article headlined "Teachers ordered to wear Islam scarves"... More »