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4th, March 2013 Film

American Pimp" a film about a 'person with no morals'

So. What do you do for a living..? More »

4th, March 2013 Strange But True

Bradford Batman delivers wanted criminal to police

To Bradford, where Batman has delivered to police a 27-year-old man wanted in connection with with handling stolen goods and fraud offences... More »

4th, March 2013 Sports 2

Spurs v Arsenal: No need for bananas - Gareth Bale had his ears pinned back?

Who threw it? More »

4th, March 2013 Film

Class of 1943: Name the stars in this MGM Studio photo

It's 1943. Hollywood powerhouse MGM has assembled the talent for a publicity shot. Can you name the stars?... More »

4th, March 2013 Reviews

The Mouse Deer might save the meat industry (photos)

It is the smallest hoofed mammal in the world. It is bite-sized... More »

4th, March 2013 Reviews

A dog fight aboard the Samjhauta Express: India and Pakistan trade strays

The exchange programme began when a stray Indian dog "accidentally" took a train ride aboard the Samjhauta Express... More »

4th, March 2013 In Pictures

Ridiculous TV captions

An occasional look at ridiculous TV captions... More »

4th, March 2013 In Pictures

Busted - caught staring at women

Caught staring at... More »

4th, March 2013 Money

This is interesting about UK uncut: are they going after charities?

So there we have it, UK Uncut protested about a charity being given money. Well done UK Uncut... More »

4th, March 2013 TV & Radio

Wedgie of the day: at the Melbourne Soundwave Festival (video)

And no-one laughed at all... More »

3rd, March 2013 The Consumer

Klonowska makes animal sculptures from shattered glass

The pieces are based on the dogs More »

3rd, March 2013 Key Posts 4

James Bulger: What do you do with Thompson and Venables' 'unparalleled evil'?

Jon Venables is front-page news. One of two-year-of James Bulger's two ten-year-old killers is the subject of the Sun's story: "BULGER KILLER GROOMED ME FOR SEX"... More »

3rd, March 2013 The Consumer

Bad Ad Watch: Abbott's Village Bakery's free range bread

BAD Ad Watch: Abbott's Village Bakery thinks it a good idea to portray its "free range" bread as grazing livestock... More »

3rd, March 2013 Reviews

Tweet paring: Sandy Hook and 9/11 conspiracy theorists' stupidity exposed

The twitter experts exposed... More »

3rd, March 2013 The Consumer

Icelandic beef pies contains no meat at all

The label says 30 percent beef. It may care to be augmented with a "maybe"... More »

2nd, March 2013 Reviews

Los Angeles to open 'sex offender' parks

When I read the headline "sex offender park", I envisaged a park reserved for sex offenders... More »

2nd, March 2013 Strange But True

Insane Egyptian pranksters fake a terrorist abduction

Only joking! More »

2nd, March 2013 Reviews

Oscar Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp's gun does the talking

The latest news... More »

1st, March 2013 Celebrities

Evangeline Lilly: eco-activist is occasional user of aviation fuel

Evangeline Lilly joins the ranks to eco-activists who are also occasional users of aviation fuel... More »

1st, March 2013 Reviews

Richard Dawkins forgets what |slam 'is'

Dawkins ducked the question, saying: "Well, um, the God of the Koran I don't know so much about.".. More »

1st, March 2013 Reviews

Who torched the Jesus scarecrow of Billericay?

Our guess would be the Scarecrow Klu Klux Klan... More »

1st, March 2013 TV & Radio

Star of selly telly Peter Simon gets it on with a deep tissue massager

Peter Simon is the star of selly telly. In this scene, Simon is selling a deep tissue massager... More »

1st, March 2013 Sports

Tottenham Hotspur revealed: the secret of Gareth Bale's lightning pace is...

The Daily Mail introduces its readers to the secret of Tottenham Hotspur's star Gareth Bale's success: socks... More »

1st, March 2013 Money

What we have done about banking and what we will do about banking

I know, I know, I'm a shoddy apologist for the banksters and all other neoliberal thieves going. But I do keep trying to point to the effects of things... More »

1st, March 2013 Sports 1

Chelsea players don't need a manager like Di Matteo, they just need a scapegoat like Benitez

As Rafa Benitez gets ready to count his redundancy millions, the Mirror's Oliver Holt refelcts on the life and times of another former Chelsea boss, Roberto Di Matteo... More »