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17th, July 2012 Sports

Spurs buy flying pig from cash-strapped Malaga

Football rumours work a lot like tabloid gossip, inhabiting a shadowy area between utter made-up nonsense and the slimmest morsel of truth... More »

17th, July 2012 Celebrities 4

Nephew blames Sylvester Stallone for son's death - Edd Filiti gets famous

18-year-old Edd Filiti - the son of Stallone's half-sister Toni Ann - said his cousin wanted his father's affection, in a series of angry Facebook postings... More »

17th, July 2012 The Consumer

Australian chocolate jumps the kangaroo

Can Australian chocolate be the next big thing? BRW magazine asks.. More »

17th, July 2012 Strange But True

In photos: 15th annual mud festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea

It's like Glastonbury without the music... More »

17th, July 2012 Money 1

The Guardian really doesn't get this economics stuff

The Guardian newspaper has not a clue when it comes to economics. They claim the following... More »

17th, July 2012 Sports

London Olympics politburo bans negative views online

London 2012 can't beat Beijing 2008 on the spectacle. We can't beat beijing 2008 on the number of athletes. But LOCOG might just match Beijing 2008 on the despotism... More »

17th, July 2012 Sports

How to do the Olympic Long Jump...the hard way

First straddle the sand... More »

17th, July 2012 Celebrities

RIP Jon Lord - Deep Purple were better than Beethoven (photos)

RIP Jon Lord, the Leicester-born keyboard player with Deep Purple has died. He was 71... More »

17th, July 2012 Strange But True

Horse has 'Suck It' carved into his teeth

When Cowboy smiles he displays the words "suck it" engraved into his front teeth... More »

16th, July 2012 Flashback

1972: Bettie Page has her mug shot taken (photos)

Page was the hotness who never let her fans down. Until 1972, when the 1950s pin-up was arrested in Hialeah, Florida.. More »

16th, July 2012 Celebrities

Nazi-confused French National Front threaten to sue Madonna over Swastika image

Madonna is in trouble with the French National Front. They might be suing her after she showed a video of party leader - Marine Le Pen - with a swastika on her forehead... More »

16th, July 2012 Celebrities

Catholic school for Suri Cruise, because they're not every bit as distressing as Scientology

The split between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has largely focused on the spiritual wellbeing of Suri, their daughter... More »

16th, July 2012 Reviews

Honduran teenager sells baby for bunch of grapes

To Honduras, where Karina Castro has sold her daughter for $5 and $1 worth of grapes at Belen Market... More »

15th, July 2012 Key Posts

X-Pole London Olympics turn pole dancing into an Olympic sport

In readiness, keepers of the pole dance flame have created X-pole, a contest in London for "pole sports"... More »

15th, July 2012 Politicians 4

Mitt Romney has a national anthem disaster

When Mitt Romney belted out America the Beautiful for the inmates at a retirement village in Florida in January 2012, Camp Obama got the footage... More »

15th, July 2012 Strange But True

Manchester man impaled on bed spring was not reading 50 Shades in bed?

'50 Shades Of Grey' a bit tame? You into something alit more esoteric than the kind of Clit Lit Barbara Cartland would write as a thank you letter for Jilly Copper's dinner party?... More »

15th, July 2012 Sports 2

Olympic beach volleyball players told to swap hot pants for leggings

News is that Team GB's female beach volleyball players are permitted to swap their hotpants and boob tubes for leggings and long-sleeved shirts... More »

15th, July 2012 In Pictures

The 10 best T-shirts ever

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15th, July 2012 The Consumer

Is this the best T-shirt of 2012?

I want one of those... More »

15th, July 2012 TV & Radio

Indian TV broadcasts live sexual assault as entertainment news

To Guwahati, north-east India, where TV journalists for the NewsLive channel are filming a live sexual assault... More »

15th, July 2012 Strange But True

How to hand feed a dragon fly (video)

In this video, an animal lover hand feeds an injured dragon fly with live ants. Ant lovers may well be appalled and sickened... More »

15th, July 2012 Key Posts 19

Rio Ferdinand calls Ashley Cole a 'choc ice' - Liverpool's Milky Bar Kid Kelly models on

Anton Ferdinand's big brother, Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand has called Terry's colleague a “Choc ice”.... More »

14th, July 2012 Sports

2012 Tough Mudder Extreme Endurance Challenge - photos

Indeed, readers. It's the Glastonbury training experience... More »

14th, July 2012 Reviews 2

EDL, anti-facists and Gay Pride walk through Bristol - photos

Today in Bristol, fans of the English Defence League and the anti-fascist We are Bristol marched... More »

14th, July 2012 Key Posts 68

Germany's purge on circumcision enshrines its anti-Semitism in law

A German court has ruled that circumcision constitutes bodily harm. Those parents who allow it are child abusers. Ergo, Jews are child abusers... More »