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1st, September 2012 Strange But True 1

Mug Shots special: Woman arrested four times in 26 hours

hree arrests were for playing music too loud (including playing AC/DC’s hit song “Highway to Hell” at 1 a.m.)— and one for lobbing a frying pan at her nephew's head... More »

1st, September 2012 Reviews

125 Government students caught cheating at Harvard: law students laugh

Did 125 students at Harvard cheat in a take-home exam?... More »

31st, August 2012 Reviews

Smiling Chinese official in the mire over his expensive watch collection

To China, where official Yang Dacai is said to own at least 11 watches worth between £3,000 and £40,000 each... More »

31st, August 2012 Sports

Paralympics: 2012: Jody Cundy takes disqualification badly

Cundy MBE was disqualified from the C4-5 time trial at the London Paralympics after he wheelspun at the starting gate. He wanted a restart. The officials refused. Cundy was displeased, ranting... More »

31st, August 2012 The Consumer

Bodies Revealed opens in Liverpool - photos of man unskinned

"The collection of exhibits will allow visitors the chance to explore and discover the wonders of the human body in a completely new way." ... More »

31st, August 2012 Royal Family 1

Princess Diana - 15 years dead

Diana, rejected by the ignorant pompous Windsors life, was clutched to their bosom in death... More »

31st, August 2012 Film

Toxictastic! Troma movies are on the net

Troma has put its archive of movies on the internet. One highlight is the 1985 smash The Toxic Avenger... More »

31st, August 2012 Sports

Homesick in Preston Richard Wright ends up at Manchester City

How football works... More »

31st, August 2012 Politicians

Face of the Day: At the Republican Convention 2012 Vermin Supreme sniffs the air

Vermin Supreme walks with demonstrators marching through the streets of Tampa, Fla., to protest against pretty much everything the GOP stands for... More »

31st, August 2012 In Pictures

Record and book cover illusions - great ones

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31st, August 2012 Celebrities

Chris Brown to wisely avoid Rihanna (and Drake) at awards

After the news about Chris Brown and Rihanna presenting an award together at the MTV VMAs trickled out, some people were rightly miffed.. More »

31st, August 2012 Reviews 4

Is Iran really seeking to marry girls as young as 10?

Robert Tait reports in the Daily Telegraph of children getting married in Iran... More »

31st, August 2012 Politicians

Hats and fashion at the GOP convention 2012

At the Republican Par convention 2012, hats are much in evidence. So too are beige trousers... More »

31st, August 2012 Money 2

Apple's suing Samsung: Yes, =again

Yes, Apple v Samsung again. But over a different set of patents... More »

31st, August 2012 Technology 5

Fliz is pedal-free running bike

Is this the future? More »

31st, August 2012 Celebrities

Ana Amemiya is the half-human half-anime model (photos)

This is Ana Amemiya, a 22-year-old Japanese glamour model who always wears a cartoon head... More »

31st, August 2012 In Pictures

Clint Eastwood - a life in great photos

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31st, August 2012 Politicians

Clint Eastwood gives Mitt Romney the youth Vote (video)

Eastwood addressed Barack Obama, who was played by an empty wooden chair.... More »

31st, August 2012 Strange But True

Armed police seize man for carrying cocked dildo

To Telford, Shropshire, where armed police and dogs are responding to reports of a men wandering the streets with a pistol tucked into his trousers... More »

31st, August 2012 Politicians

Man rewarded for failed citizen's arrest of Tony Blair for war crimes

In June, British ex-pat Tom Grundy, 29, interrupted Tony Blair's speaking engagement in Hong Kong and attempted to arrest Blair... More »

30th, August 2012 Strange But True 1

Venus the Amazing Chimera Cat is cool (for a cat)

To North Carolina, to see the “two-faced” kitten posted to reddit. He is “the coolest cat ever... More »

30th, August 2012 Reviews

The Greenwich tunnel skunk mystery

Something stinks in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, the walkway below the River Thames... More »

30th, August 2012 Celebrities

LeAnn Rimes checks into rehab for 'anxiety'

In our godless society, rehabs are the next best thing where famous folk can ostensibly show some kind of redemptive attitude for their nefarious ways... More »

30th, August 2012 Celebrities

Kurt Vonnegut's letter to his pregnant wife

I. With the agreement that my wife will not nag, heckle, or otherwise disturb me on the subject, I promise to scrub the... More »

30th, August 2012 The Consumer

Todd Akin 'rapes' the Vagina Macaroons

Akin can now dissect and at all the vagina he wants thanks to Miss Insomnia Tulip and her anatomical macaroons... More »