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21st, July 2012 Reviews

Daily Express summer weather report

The Daily Express jumps the August shark story... More »

21st, July 2012 Strange But True

Spate of teenagers stuck in swings puzzles Scotland

A mystery develops... More »

21st, July 2012 Strange But True 2

Boy finds free lizard baked into loaf of bread

Cheap protein is the wonder of the modern age. Just get a load of what William Evans, 10, from, Hawkchurch near Axminster, Devon... More »

21st, July 2012 Strange But True

Woman arrested for calling police to report her bad mug shot

To,Georgia, USA, where Tonya Ann Fowler is calling 911 to state on the record that she is not happy with her police mugshot... More »

20th, July 2012 In Pictures

James Holmes Colorado shootings in photos

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20th, July 2012 Key Posts 14

James Eagan Holmes shot 71 people, killing 12 - blame the Occupy movement and the Tea Party

What else do we know?... More »

20th, July 2012 TV & Radio

How to stop rednecks from breeding (video)

We'll have no more of your sort... More »

20th, July 2012 Celebrities

Steve Irwin lives on London's Holloway Road (photos)

Irwin, Australia's Princess Diana, lives on in a corner of London's Holloway Road... More »

20th, July 2012 Celebrities

Spinal Tap actor arrest for 'lewd act' in cinema

Comedy is teeming with unsung heroes and, one of the best is Fred Willard.... More »

20th, July 2012 Money 3

Dear God I hate Statists - that's you Stephen Timms, Mary Creagh and Kate Green

An interesting and long piece in The Guardian about the rise of charity food banks in the UK. And here's the bit that truly cheeses me off: More »

20th, July 2012 Celebrities 1

Meatloaf to sue Meatloaf tribute act (because the tribute is better?)

Meatloaf is one of pop's more peculiar superstars, treading the line between 'awful rock' and 'awful opera' with a variety of awful concept albums... More »

20th, July 2012 In Pictures

Acme invents - products seen on cartoons

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20th, July 2012 The Consumer

10 weird products that exists - Acme invents

If you can think of it, it most likely is being made right now in China... More »

20th, July 2012 Celebrities 1

Tom Cruise, already engaged to another woman?

Is Tom Cruise the Jesus of Scientology or something? The Force is strong in this one and he seems fast-tracked to the top of the Thetan pile for some reason... More »

19th, July 2012 Reviews

New Manhattan floats off Greenland coast

How big is the iceberg that's broken off the Petermann Glacier in Greenland... More »

19th, July 2012 Sports

Olympic torch bearer Jerri Peterson bypasses Olympic tattoo police

Jerri got her tattoo back home in the US. It spells "Oylmpic"... More »

19th, July 2012 Gifs

Gifs of the day - Mickey Mouse works his weiner

Making the Mickey... More »

19th, July 2012 Key Posts 1

John Terry escapes the thought police - real racism exists beyond football

Thanks to Chelsea captain John Terry and Anton Ferdinand, the court of Great Britain and Northern Ireland know that ‘FBC’ stands for... More »

18th, July 2012 Celebrities 2

Halle Berry rushed to hospital, possibly for lack of ability

THRNNNNK! That could well have been the noise made by Halle Berry's bones as she injured herself while on the set of The Hive... More »

18th, July 2012 Madeleine McCann 9

Madeleine McCann spotted in Washington and torture gang leader's book

Ask yourself not what you can do for Madeliene McCann but what Our Maddie can do for you… More »

18th, July 2012 Money

Message to women: No love, sorry, you cannot have it all. Marissa Mayer Edition

Nor can men... More »

18th, July 2012 Reviews 1

New Zealand prostitutes bend poles with their bare hands

Reports are that "dozens" of traffic sings and poles have been bent out of shape by women using them as dance partners... More »

18th, July 2012 Celebrities 1

Nadya Suleman's strip show photos - Octomum gets covered in cash

Nadya Suleman, for it is she, wowed the paying punters - although it is not known how many paid to get in or were smuggled in via Octomum's generous caverns... More »

18th, July 2012 Reviews 1

St. Bernard saves Keyla McCree, 7, from fall in New York Alps

Nominative determinism hero of the year is Steve St. Bernard, who - naturally - rescued a 7-year-old girl named Keyla McCree who fell from a third-story window in Brooklyn... More »

17th, July 2012 Music

In photos: Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park

Do you work for Westminster Council's licensing department, which was keen to adher to the 10:30 curfew on noise and turned the show off at 10:40, so killing the last song?... More »