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23rd, June 2013 Madeleine McCann 2

Madeleine McCann: CPS head to Portgal as The Met close in

Anorak's look at the missing child in the news... More »

23rd, June 2013 Sports

Gareth Bale: Spurs wants Real Madrid to bid £100m for Manchester United's Bale in 2014

The Daily Bale: Anorak's daily look at the Tottenham Hotpsur star in the news. Today's transfer balls... More »

22nd, June 2013 Reviews

Idaho patriots want to shoot Muslims with their new pig-coated bullets

Idaho creatives upset at the Islamic cultural center opening near Ground Zero, New York City, have sought revenge by inventing pork-laced bullets to shoot Muslims with... More »

22nd, June 2013 TV & Radio

Indian TV news reporter rides peasant through flooded streets

This is how Indian TV news reports on the Uttarakhand flood of 2013... More »

22nd, June 2013 Reviews 1

The Guardian aims to be all things to all idiots

The Guardian loses lots of money. It opened a coffee shop to much mocking laughter. It lost a small fortune on an open day. It has an interesting attitude to tax. So. Can the paper that celebrated the death of the profitable News of the World survive?... More »

22nd, June 2013 Technology

Pigeon nests in jet engine at the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport

Scrambled eggs... More »

22nd, June 2013 Sports

Australian better firm depicts Aussie Wallaby raping a British Lion

GOOD-oh, that the Australians should have finally yielded to pressure and conceded that homosexuality lies at the very essence of rugby union.... More »

22nd, June 2013 Reviews

Mother devastated after son in wheelchair left to the side in class photo delighted by retaken picture - photos

I couldn’t comprehend how the photographer could look through the lens and think that this was good composition . . . this just boggled the mind”... More »

22nd, June 2013 Fashion

Epic baby hair - the best baby hair dos on the web

Epic baby hair presents the best hair styles for babies... More »

22nd, June 2013 Reviews

Other Parents say best baby hair contest winner wore wig

The Most Epic Head of Baby Hair photo contest run by Mommy Shorts has run into a row. Those other parents allege the winner is wearing a wig... More »

21st, June 2013 Reviews

In photos: The Summers Solstice at Stone Henge 2013

Today more than 20,000 people celebrated the summer solstice at Stonehenge ahead of the £27 million transformation of the site... More »

21st, June 2013 Sports 3

The Daily Bale: Spurs sell Bale to Real Madrid in early July and Manchester United have already bought him

Anorak's look at The Tottenham Hotspur star in the news... More »

21st, June 2013 Key Posts 2

Islam Is... The most informative video about Islam ever made

Turkish creationists pose the question "What is Islam". They then set about answering it with "Islam is..." It turns out that Islam is... a series of questionable fashion choices.. More »

21st, June 2013 Books

John Steinbeck on the male beard versus the female beard

"I cultivate this beard not for the usual given reasons of skin trouble or pain of shaving, nor for the secret purpose of covering a weak chin, but..." More »

21st, June 2013 Reviews

David Dinsmore made Sun editor because of his hair - it follows a pattern

Congratulations to David Dinsmore on being named new editor of the Sun, the country's most popular tabloid. He replaces Dominic Mohan, moved upstairs at News Corp. But how did Dinsmore get the job? We've noticed a pattern. ... More »

21st, June 2013 Reviews

Jeremy Forrest gets five years jail for abducting a 15-year-old - Stuart Hall got 15 months for attacking a nine year old

So. This is justice... More »

21st, June 2013 Reviews

French woman, 52, disguised herself as her 19-year-old daughter to sit English exam

Caroline D. dressed in Converse baseball boots, low cut jeans and heavy makeup before entering the exam hall at Bossuet-Notre-Dame school in Paris in place of her 19-year-old daughter, Laetitia... More »

21st, June 2013 Reviews

New Yorker sues for slipping on "foreign white substance" at gym

Marc Moskowitz says he slipped on a "foreign white substance" on the floor at the Bally Total Fitness gym on E. 55th St., New York City... More »

21st, June 2013 Music

The Banana Splits beat The Beatles and the Despicable Me Minions to No 1 in the Top Ten Banana Songs of all Time

To promote the film Despicable Me 2, the Minions are singing the Banana Song. It's fun. But it's not as good as the ultimate banana song... More »

21st, June 2013 Technology 2

The iPotty will teach your child to poop digitally

Signs that the economy is rebounding: the CTA Digital 2-in-1 iPotty with Activity Seat for iPad... More »

21st, June 2013 Celebrities

Melinda Messenger finds transpersonal psychotherapy in an ants' nest massacre

Page 3 stunna and make-over TV hostess Melinda Messenger tells Spirit & Destiny magazine... More »

21st, June 2013 Sports 3

Gonzalo Higuain: new Arsenal striker loses £50,000 a week (news round-up)

The Daily Gonzalo Higuain - Anorak's look at the Real Madrid forward wanted by Arsenal in today's news... More »

21st, June 2013 Strange But True

Man gets finger trapped in car's petrol tank

You saw the man with his head trapped in a bin? Now get a load of the man with his finger caught in his car's petrol tank... More »

21st, June 2013 Key Posts

Miley Cyrus: 10 insane and inane Gifs from We Can't Stop video

In these 10 Gifs from her new song We Can't Stop, Cyrus approximates sex appeal and kookiness without ever coming close to nailing either... More »

21st, June 2013 In Pictures

11 images that trick your eyes and fry your brains

Confusing stuff... More »