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29th, August 2012 Flashback

The Ghost in the Stereoscope: Faking it before Photoshop

Founded in 1854, the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company was a major publisher of stereographs-cards... More »

29th, August 2012 Celebrities 1

Chris Brown and Rihanna to wearily anger entire universe by presenting award together

Guess what? More »

29th, August 2012 Politicians

Isaac Aguigui: the Republican Convention soldier who plotted to murder Obama

What do we know about Isaac Aguigui, a US Army private accused of plotting to murder Barack Obama? More »

29th, August 2012 Money 1

How can we measure the result of privatising NHS England?

It is very difficult indeed to measure what we are doing against what we might have been doing otherwise... More »

29th, August 2012 Money 10

Gay couple sue airline that taped dildo their luggage

Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger are suing Continental Airlines... More »

29th, August 2012 Strange But True 1

Cats keeps coming back to sit in Lewisham doctors surgery

Who is the cat? More »

29th, August 2012 Strange But True

Boston opens new 'neighoborhood' school (sign fail)

Boston Public Schools welcome you to the new Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School in Roxbury... More »

29th, August 2012 Key Posts 10

Exposed: Citizen Khan and the Daily Mail's anti-Muslim bias

Who dislikes Muslims more- the Mail or the BBC? More »

29th, August 2012 Key Posts

Sarah Palin to model her campaign on 50 Shades of Lisa Ann

At the Republican National Convention in Tampa, porn star Lisa Ann has been hired to perform a Palin-styled strip show... More »

28th, August 2012 Key Posts

School makes deaf Hunter Spanje change sign name because it looks like a gun

Experts think the gestures looks like he’s shooting a gun... More »

28th, August 2012 Key Posts 2

Sun hack Matt Bendoris writes interview in drool: Nicola Benedetti might worry

Let's meet Matt Benoris, the Scottish Sun’s scribe interviewing “Scots violin queen Nicola Benedetti”... More »

28th, August 2012 Flashback

In 1954 Dr Vladimir Demikhov created a two-headed dog (video)

In 1954 Vladimir Demikhov shocked the world by unveiling a surgically created monstrosity: A two-headed dog... More »

28th, August 2012 Reviews

RIP Malcolm Browne - he captured Quang Duc burning to death in Vietnam (photos)

Browne was the photographer who took the picture of Buddhist monk Quang Duc's self-immolation on a Saigon street June 11, 1963... More »

28th, August 2012 Madeleine McCann 4

Madeleine McCann was on holiday in Ibiza says German tourist who took a photo

Frank Bode, 42, a German tourists, says he saw Madeleine McCann on a Lufthansa flight from Ibiza to Munich... More »

28th, August 2012 Politicians

Highlights from Vladmir Putin book 'The Life of A Galley Slave'

Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov's has given his name to a report entitled "The Life of A Galley Slave" about the wealth of Russian President Vladimir Putin... More »

28th, August 2012 Key Posts

The Bic Pen Just For Women - the funniest reviews

The Bic Cristal Biro for her - “Easy Glide -- feel the smoothness” - is the pen that keeps on giving. On Amazon, reviews have been enlightening... More »

28th, August 2012 Sports

Chelsea's Eden Hazard puts the Sun#'s 'exclusive' Inafix

The Sun redefines the word "exclusive"... More »

28th, August 2012 Celebrities

Russell Brand and Geri Halliwell are the Olympic legacy

“RUSSELL BRAND DATING GERI HALLWELL” - is the Essex joker working out just how old Ginger Spice really is? More »

28th, August 2012 Reviews

Local news: Brighton female scout rescued from huge bush at midnight

12:30am? What badge was she working towards? More »

28th, August 2012 Celebrities

Is Lindsay Lohan about to go to prison for the millionth time?

Now she's a suspect in a $100,000 theft of watches and sunglasses at a Hollywood Hills home... More »

28th, August 2012 Money

There ain't no such thing as a solution: only tradeoffs

There's no such thing as a solution: there are only tradeoffs... More »

28th, August 2012 Strange But True 11

Australian school bans children from doing anything upside down

To Drummoyne Public School, Sydney, Australia, where the students have been banned from performing handstands... More »

28th, August 2012 Celebrities

Man says Angelina Jolie look alike raped him

"I think she wasn't used to anyone saying no because she flew into a rage when I declined..." More »

28th, August 2012 Strange But True 2

Thief steal ebola patient's mobile phone - gets ebola virus

To Kibaale District, Uganda, where a thief has snaked into the isolation ward at Kagadi Hospital and nicked an Ebola patient's mobile phone... More »

27th, August 2012 Key Posts

The best policeman grinding photos at the Notting Hill Carnival

One key aspect of the Noting Hill carnival is dancers dry humping - winding and grinding - uniformed police officers... More »