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8th, August 2012 Celebrities

Drake and Chris Brown beef is back on, via Aaliyah's corpse

Rap beefs are numerous, but without a shadow of a doubt, the lamest of them all is the one currently playing out between Drake and Chris Brown... More »

8th, August 2012 TV & Radio

29 famous last words - a video of things you should not say

Do not say these things... More »

8th, August 2012 Key Posts

The most incredible photos of life on Mars

When Nasa's Curiosity bot landed on Mars it beamed back photos. We've taken a look, and can now bring you the every best of them... More »

8th, August 2012 Celebrities 1

Groucho Marx endorses lightbulb snatching and more

Groucho says 'eat this!' More »

8th, August 2012 Sports

London 2012 name of the name: horse riding is for Rich Fellers

What's in a name..? More »

8th, August 2012 Strange But True

Jesus spotted in Texas pensioner's tortilla

To the La Amistad Adult Daycare in Beeville, Texas, where Jesus has appeared in 80-year-old Ernesto Garza's egg breakfast tortilla... More »

8th, August 2012 TV & Radio

Two cats discuss war in the UK - video

Never trust a cat... More »

8th, August 2012 Reviews

Tia Sharp: Is the media monstering Stuart Hazell?

You can make anyone look iffy if you place the words in a certain order... More »

8th, August 2012 Key Posts 13

The Sun now owns Tia Sharp

The Sun has issued a £25,000 reward for information that "will lead police to find missing Tia Sharp". Does the reward get a result?... More »

8th, August 2012 Reviews

Mexican tabloid spices up drugs war deaths with images of strumpets

In Mexico, El Grafico is the paper of sensation. The front pages feature shots of the dead victims of the country's drugs war alongside shots of scantily-clad strumpets... More »

8th, August 2012 Key Posts 1

Olympic fail: Daily Mirror and Daily Express mistake Dutch dressage team for victorious Team GB (photos)

First the Daily Express published a photo of the bronze medal winning Dutch dressage team as a sign of Team GB's golden greatness, then... More »

8th, August 2012 Sports

London Olympics 2012 day 11 – the best photos

Our daily look at the best photos of the London 2012 Olympics. Day 10… More »

8th, August 2012 Sports

Daily Express produces 22 carat crap front page: mistakes Dutch dressage team for British

Has the Daily Express produced the worst front page ever? More »

8th, August 2012 Sports

Those London 2012 gold medal are more Argos jewellery than 22 carats

It's 22 gold gongs so far! The Daily Express leads with the headline: "22 CARAT GOLD." Only... More »

8th, August 2012 Money 9

Let's beat climate change: get fracking in Blackpool!

Cuadrilla Resources says that there's untold trillions of cubic feet of gas down there. Enough to keep us all warm and toasty and lit for decades at the top end of their estimations... More »

7th, August 2012 Reviews

Tia Sharp: The bus, the tram, the cynical Sun and Stuart Hazell's regret

Tia Sharp has been missing for four days. Having introduced by speculation and inference the grim spectres of murder and abduction, the media moves on.... More »

7th, August 2012 Politicians

Will Obama 'recoil' at 'frustrated Nazi' Wade Michael Page

Six people have been murdered at a Sikh temple slayings in Wisconsin. Barack Obama reacts... More »

7th, August 2012 Celebrities

Elton John calls Madonna a 'fairground stripper'

Madonna has always had her detractors and, while they are mostly unfair, sadly for Madge, they're quite often very funny... More »

7th, August 2012 Politicians

Opportunistic David Cameron wears a Team GB Olympic tracksuit

We are all in this together… More »

7th, August 2012 Sports

Arsenal's Robin Versie smiles through the agony

More football insight with the Daily Mail, which reports on Robin Van Persie's training session with Arsenal in Germany... More »

7th, August 2012 Sports

Liverpool's Daniel Agger is worth £90m (Chris Hoy might be cheaper than Van Persie)

Anyone missing the Premier League? No. Thought not... More »

7th, August 2012 Sports

Daily Mirror publishes 4-year-old 'Tyson Homosexual' story as its own breaking news

The greatest story ever? Maybe... More »

7th, August 2012 In Pictures

Marilyn Monroe - changing looks in photos

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7th, August 2012 Money

Your Eurozone crisis data point of the day - uncertainty kills us all

If the euro were to fall apart the longer term repercussions would almost certainly be positive. The Southern countries would be free of the straitjacket of being forced to try and act like Germans... More »

7th, August 2012 Sports 1

Iraq goes mad for Iran's gold medal wrestler Hamid Soryan (says Fox News)

How did Fox Sports report Hamid Soryan gold medal performance in Greco-Roman wrestling at London 2012? ... More »