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18th, October 2012 Technology

Reaction to Twitter's block on German Neo-Nazi group

Now, in Germany, the use of Nazi symbols and slogans can be criminally prosecuted and the government will be happy with this ban. However, there'll be some who see this as a 'freedom of speech' problem... More »

18th, October 2012 Technology

Twitter bans Nazi-group Besseres Hannover: we vill fight zem in 140 characters or fewer

Twitter has banned Germany from reading the tweets from banned neo-Nazi group Besseres Hannover (Better Hanover). Why?... More »

18th, October 2012 The Consumer

Amazon reviews for the Avery Durable View Binder with 2 Inch EZ-Turn Ring, White, 1 Binder

Maybe it's just my women, but they don't seem to want to fit into the space I've designated for them in this binder... More »

18th, October 2012 TV & Radio

Baby elephant rescued from a hole

Look at his legs go... More »

18th, October 2012 Key Posts

Who stole the body of Mexican drug baron Heriberto Lazcano? (Photos)

To Mexico, where head of the Zetas drugs cartel Heriberto Lazcano is dead. Maybe... More »

18th, October 2012 Music 2

Eton College does Gangnam Style

A gift... More »

18th, October 2012 Celebrities

RIP Sylvia Kristel: a life in photos

She made wicker look better... More »

18th, October 2012 Strange But True

Man beat lover who only listened to Alanis Morissette

To Florida, where Allen Casey, 24, says he did hit his live-in boyfriend, Todd Fletcher, 33, in the face with a plate. Why? Because Fletcher listens to Alanis Morissette. As Allen told the police... More »

18th, October 2012 TV & Radio

This is how you dive into a frozen swimming pool

...in Germany... More »

18th, October 2012 The Consumer 2

The Glasgow train replacement bus service goes 'Choo Choo'

"Choo Choo. I'm a Train"... More »

18th, October 2012 Strange But True

Brother and sister say they were having sex in Massachusetts bar (not stealing TV)

From Motherwell to the toilets at Samuel's Sports Bar in Springfield, Massachusetts... More »

18th, October 2012 Strange But True

Coffin carriers break into a dance

He was a great song and dance man... More »

18th, October 2012 Reviews

Ben Needham is being dug up on Kos

Ben Needham is on the cover of the Daily Mirror. Around him is the headline: "BRIT POLICE DIG FOR BEN TOMORROW"... More »

17th, October 2012 Celebrities

1978: Debbie Harry teaches Americans how to Pogo dance

Spitting is fun... More »

17th, October 2012 Reviews

Shannon Matthews wants to be left alone

Shannon's father, Leon Rose, is now appealing against an official report by Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board being made public... More »

17th, October 2012 Flashback

1939: A map of Great Britain and Her Natural and Industrial Resources

And then came oil... More »

17th, October 2012 Technology

Apple's troubling relationsip with Foxconn

Giant hangars of workers soldering away like battery hens enable us to have nice, tiny gadgets... More »

17th, October 2012 Flashback

1960: Joseph W. Kittinger Jr leaps into the unknown

Kittinger, a Captain in the US Air Force, had no sponsor. His mission was to test the effectiveness of Francis F. Beaupre's parachute... More »

17th, October 2012 In Pictures

Isabel Sarli - a life in photos

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17th, October 2012 Celebrities

Esther Rantzen: If Jimmy Savile doesn't bury her husband's daughter might

Esther Rantzen. If one thing can be blamed on Jimmy Savile's perversion it is that he got Esther Rantzen back on the news cycle... More »

17th, October 2012 Strange But True 1

Birth announcement: to Cleopatra Cordelia, a little sister for Dorothy and Wulfstan

They call me Wulfstan... More »

17th, October 2012 Celebrities

Jimmy Savile sends ripples through cement industry

Jimmy Savile: the ripples are felt in the cement industry... More »

17th, October 2012 Reviews

Urban highjacks: photos of the unexpected

Urban Highjacks is a series of photos by German photographer Robert Rickhoff... More »

17th, October 2012 Key Posts 6

Lancashire police looking for samurai sword Taser blind man carrying a white stick

Still think the police should be routinely armed?.. More »

17th, October 2012 Money 3

Google, Facebook, Starbucks: The Guardian on how much UK tax corporates pay

For these laws about which corporate profits get taxed where are a result of EU laws on the freedom of establishment. They're part of the Single Market laws.... More »