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1st, June 2013 Sports 1

Jose Mourinho auditioned for Manchester United job and Mancini stays at Manchester City (says the Sun)

The football transfer season is well and truly underway... More »

1st, June 2013 Reviews

Eight arrested as kindergarten graduation ends in hammer and stick fight

There were no guns, but one individual did pull out a club or a stick and one person did grab a hammer..." More »

1st, June 2013 Celebrities

1974 T-shirt slogans: 'I Dreamt I was Raped by Mick Jagger in my David Bowie T-shirt'

The 1970s were a different country... More »

1st, June 2013 Politicians

Julia Gillard hit by Salamist sandwich tossers

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is the target for Salamist sandwich tossers.... More »

1st, June 2013 In Pictures

Seeing faces in 23 everyday objects

I see faces... More »

1st, June 2013 Strange But True

Laughing at Cody the screaming dog

Co-deeeeee is learning to laugh at human suffering... More »

1st, June 2013 Reviews

Three prostitutes arrested but which is the man?

Police in Clarksville, Tennessee, have arrested two men and one woman for prostitution. But which is which... More »

1st, June 2013 Technology

Artist turns CCTV images into paintings

Ever wanted as a keepsake that CCTV footage of the moment you raced a red light or of infamous people wanted by the police?... More »

31st, May 2013 Celebrities

Photoshop awards: Pamela Anderson for Vogue Brazil

Time stands still... More »

31st, May 2013 Flashback

Extracts from Joanna Rohrback's Prancercise (with inner horse video)

The Art of Physical and Spiritual Excellence, is a whole new way of thinking and approaching fitness. To be really fit we need to consider more than just ourselves; we need to also consider the conservation of the environment... More »

31st, May 2013 Celebrities

Alec Baldwin used to be America's 13th President Millard Fillmore

TONIGHT, Alec Baldwin is America's 13th President, Millard Fillmore - as seen in a 1849 Matthew Brady daguerreotype... More »

31st, May 2013 Sports

Daily Mail spots trolls in Wayne Rooney's family album

Back in February 2013, Laura Cox noted that nasty people had been saying nasty things about a baby... More »

31st, May 2013 Fashion

Royal College of Art graduate fashion show 2013 (photos)

Men's fashion is a gift that keeps on giving... More »

31st, May 2013 Technology

Photos: Baby born using EEVA IVF technology

Technology is marvellous... More »

31st, May 2013 Reviews

McDonald's offer 100 Big Mac reward for stolen statue

MULTI-MILLION dollar industry, McDonald's have offered a reward of 100 Big Macs for the return of a stolen statue of Ronald McDonald... More »

31st, May 2013 Reviews

Lee Rigby: The narrow-minded EDL and Muslim bigots can learn from Walt Whitman

Two views on the apparently racist and religion-driven murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich and the outpouring of bigotry it sparked in support for the EDL and criminal attacks on innocent Muslims... More »

31st, May 2013 Celebrities

Pippa Middleton launches PXM Enterprises to a fanfare of vapidity

They might call it a career. Pippa Middleton has registered a company called PXM Enterprises. What does it do? What does it make? The Times introduces Pippa's PXM thus... More »

31st, May 2013 Reviews

Morrisons letter to worker suspended for wearing Poppy and Help for Heroes wristband

A Poppy is only for November.... More »

30th, May 2013 Technology

Ford seizes domain name of reputable Lancashire company Newfordcarparts.co.uk

Lest you be confused... More »

30th, May 2013 Celebrities

Stinking rich actress Zosia Mamet begs for money online for vanity project

Show me your money! More »

30th, May 2013 Reviews 2

Compare and contrast these two very different court drawings of Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebowale

There are no cameras allowed inside British courts. As ever, then, the court artists get to work... More »

30th, May 2013 Reviews

April Jones: Mark Bridger told his priest where the body is but he still won't let her go

The five-year-old child is forever the victim of the man who kidnapped and murdered her... More »

30th, May 2013 Reviews

Teenager carves name into ancient Egyptian Relic

On a holiday to Egypt with his family from Nanjing, China, the 15-year-old boy scratched "Ding Jinhao was here" on a 3,500-year-old Luxor relic... More »

30th, May 2013 In Pictures

Terrible taxidermy - need-the-toilet-fox watches helicopter cat

Get stuffed... More »

30th, May 2013 Reviews 1

The Pope: Now performing exorcisms, apparently

One 'leading' exorcist insists that Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons... More »