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22nd, May 2013 Reviews

No-one wants to buy Gandhi's blood for pacifist clone army

He may not have spilled any blood in his lifetime, but famous pacifist Mahatma Gandhi had his blood on sale this week at a rather peculiar auction... More »

22nd, May 2013 Reviews

FBI kill Boston bomber's friend Ibragim Todashev

Conspiracy theorists tune in now... More »

22nd, May 2013 Reviews

Oklahoma tornado linked to global warming in 2013 and global cooling in 1975

Can the Oklahoma tornado be blamed on global warming? What do you think?... More »

22nd, May 2013 Reviews 5

Laura Fernee phd claims she is too pretty to work

Fernee, from Notting Hill, said that male colleagues would only notice her because of her looks and female co-workers were jealous of her... More »

22nd, May 2013 Reviews

Oklahoma tornado video: Barbara Garcia finds her dog in the debris

A win for the TV news... More »

22nd, May 2013 Celebrities

The Daily Show creator says Oklahoma tornado only targeted Conservatives

When the Oklahoma tornado raged, The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead thought it an idea to politicise the death and destruction... More »

22nd, May 2013 Flashback

Colour film of London in 1927 - rare video and photos

The British Film Institute has added colour to this 1927 film of London shot by Claude Friese-Greene in Biocolour... More »

22nd, May 2013 Strange But True

Indian men must own a toilet to marry

The matrimony bar is set high in Sehore, India.. More »

22nd, May 2013 TV & Radio

Cancer survivor rotates her leg 180 degrees in TV talent show

O'Shea can twist her right leg like an owl can twist s its neck. More »

22nd, May 2013 Reviews 1

Man who wanted to record ghosts in the kitchen accidentally filmed wife having sex with his son

To Tasmania, where a man interested in catching sight of ghosts in his kitchen set up a camera to record any nocturnal paranormal activity... More »

22nd, May 2013 Sports

Manchester City open the New York City Football Club franchise

Man City's owners appear to be thinking big in their push for global ubiquity, but surely any number of cities are paled by the world's Uniteds... More »

21st, May 2013 Reviews

The epic Douglas Cork playground typo

To the Playgronud... More »

21st, May 2013 Celebrities

James Dean returns from the dead to flog banking in this advert

“You just take it for granted that James Dean is so iconic, so to go and mess with him and replan his life, if it doesn’t work its like you’re desecrating his memory”... More »

21st, May 2013 Reviews

In photos: The anti-IRS Tea Party protests

All the signs... More »

21st, May 2013 Reviews 1

On Israel, apartheid and Steven Hawking's boycott for anything but peace

Does accusing Israel of apartheid reduce the history of South African blacks and demonise Israel? Yes, says The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the South African Parliament and president of the African Christian Democratic Party... More »

21st, May 2013 Politicians

Obama's AP swoop 'redefines investigative reporting as criminal behaviour'

Obama stuffed up... More »

21st, May 2013 In Pictures

In photos: the massive Oklahoma tornado

It must have been utterly terrifying... More »

21st, May 2013 Reviews

Desperate mother who 'sold' her toddler on Craigslist deserves help not hatred

Other parents - our occasional look at bad parenting - presents Stephanie Redus, the mother who tried to sell her three-year-old son Conner Danger Redus on Craigslist... More »