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13th, February 2013 The Consumer

Bad Ad Watch: the Sydney Morning Herald makes you leap off tall buildings

Well... More »

13th, February 2013 Key Posts

Valentine's Day: The most disastrous dinners for two: rows, murder and mayhem

As you prepare your St Valentine's Day meals, take care. Cooking can lead to rows. We've chronicled arguments over dinner in the news... More »

13th, February 2013 The Consumer

You're smokin': a marijuana gift for St Valentine's Day

Given that marijuana is now legal to smoke in some US states. And given that it never did you elite any harm... More »

13th, February 2013 Celebrities

Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue - the photos

Sports fans... More »

13th, February 2013 Flashback

1950s: a terribly sad cat plays the piano for Andy's Gang

In the 1950s, kids tuned in to watch Andy’s Gang.... More »

13th, February 2013 Key Posts 8

Pregnant Kate Middleton shows off her bikini curves on holiday in Mustique: the fury!

PSSST! Want to see photos of Kate Middleton on holiday in Mustique?... More »

12th, February 2013 Celebrities 1

Die on your arse: Bruce Willis stars in an awkward The One Show interview

Willis: "Do you even klnow what's happening ten minutes from now?" More »

12th, February 2013 Key Posts 1

Jim Colerick presents the greatest Songs for Jesus

Jesus Is My Nigga "Pastor Rap". It's American pastor Jim Colerick and his wife, Mary Sue, doin' Rappin' for Jesus... More »

12th, February 2013 Sports

Chelsea FC: The truth about Rafa Benitez's magic dossier

"REVEALED: How Rafa dossier worked a treat against Wigan"... More »

12th, February 2013 Celebrities

Can bankrupt Martine McCutheon rely on her friends for a whip round?

Martine McCutcheon, aka EastEnders' Tiffany Mitchell and Martine Kimberley Sherri Ponting, of Esher, Surrey, has been declared bankrupt... More »

12th, February 2013 Strange But True

Guards find phone after prisoner's anus starts ringing

Criminals can be wily, smart and cunning... but for the most part, they're very, very thick... More »

12th, February 2013 Politicians

Bribes and gifts to China's officials account for 50% of luxury watch sales

Who buys those luxury goods in China. No, not the knock off tut. The real deals. Osnos at the New Yorker spots a link... More »

12th, February 2013 The Consumer 1

Tesco buys horse slime from overseas but makes British farmers jump the fences

This is where all the agents from the Cold War ended up. They work in the shadowy world of international meat processing... More »

12th, February 2013 Reviews

Woman's death linked to her daily diet of 2.2 gallons of Coca Cola

He calculated that drinking 10 litres delivered 970mg of caffeine, and more than 1kg of sugar a day... More »

12th, February 2013 Strange But True 1

Wick teen flushed school goldfish to set them free toward the sea

Fraser, 17, told Wick Sheriff Court that he flushed down the toilet goldfish belonging to Lybster Primary School in Caithness so that they could make their way to sea... More »

12th, February 2013 Sports

Real Madrid v Manchester United: Redknapp says flop Modric is better than all United's midfield

As the media heats up for the big Champions' League match between Real Madrid and Manchester United, the Daily Mail produces the bilge of the day... More »

12th, February 2013 Sports

Chip in For Gaza: The cynical Sun hijacks England and Paul Gascoigne

Having turned Paul Gascoinge's health into a pun-heavy campaign - "Chip in For Gazza" - the self-promoting Sun leads with more news of its "HELP FOR HERO"... More »

12th, February 2013 TV & Radio

KRTV reports that Zombies are attacking Montana

Might just be the night shift... More »

12th, February 2013 Key Posts

Happy Malians and the dead jihadis: the 'disgusting but wonderful' war in photos

The crowd gawked at human torso remains lying in the rubble, along with other fragments of flesh... More »

11th, February 2013 The Consumer

Get a Big Hunka Love Bear for St Valentine's Day and watch that man like a hawk

You're a grown woman. An adult. What you need from your man is a huge teddy bear for St Valentine's Day... More »

11th, February 2013 Flashback

When David Bowie committed Rock 'N' Roll Suicide live

Benedict XVI is not the first. There's precedent there... More »

11th, February 2013 The Consumer

Sack the agency: Advertising Week Europe vs. Advertising Week NYC gets the Hugh Grant it deserves

All of them, in one place at the same time... Get the doors... More »

11th, February 2013 Sports

Champions League: Mourinho makes Real Madrid's free-scoring strikers misfire?

European football only matters to the tabloids when a foreign club is playing a British side in the Champions' League... More »

11th, February 2013 Reviews 16

James Bulger: 20 years on Denis Fergus is still looking for 'justice'

James Bulger's mother, now remarried and called Denise Fergus, says she "wants justice". As ever , what she says is broadcast in the mainstream media... More »

11th, February 2013 Reviews

Washington Restaurant gives discount for well-behaved kids - you don't stand a chance

Over in Washington, staff at Sogno di Vino had a marvellous idea - they gave a family-of-five a discount on their bill because the offspring were 'well behaved kids'... More »