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6th, July 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - drink energetic cannabis for walking on water

Because nothing screams energy like cannabis... More »

6th, July 2012 Money 4

The euro continues to Fall Apart: six of 17 member screws over by the currency

We had Ireland go bust when they made the single most stupid decision of the last decade: to guarantee all the debts of all of their banks... More »

6th, July 2012 Strange But True

Police officers mistaken for strippers stripped at Humpty Doo hen night

“They were most excited about the presence. There were various shouts about how the strippers had arrived"... More »

6th, July 2012 Sports

Ian Wright explains Robin Van Persie's thinking to Sun readers

More inside knowledge from Ian.... More »

6th, July 2012 Sports

Feminist image of the day - why women learn to play snooker

Why do women learn to play snooker and pool, or even billiards? More »

6th, July 2012 Celebrities

Dawson spares a few thought on Katie Holmes' and Pacey's wedding (a meme is born)

Odd that Holmes, who rose to fame playing one of a group of teen who loved shooting to breeze by analysing themselves, whould marry a Scientologist for the free audit. Maybe she misread the marriage contract as "FREE AUDI!"... More »

6th, July 2012 Celebrities 2

Dappy gets in trouble for showing support to the murderer of Philip Lawrence

HEY! You know what's a good idea? Being a celebrity and sticking up for someone who murdered headteacher Philip Lawrence!... More »

6th, July 2012 Reviews

Uruguay to sell marijuana directly to the consumer

President Jose Mujica tells Colombia's RCN radio that the government will take over the country's buoyant marijuana markets... More »

6th, July 2012 Reviews

Drag Net: All aboard the Megabus from Preston to London

Vermilion was on the Preston to London Megabus stopped by police on the M6 toll motorway near Weeford, Staffordshire, following a "police-led incident". More »

6th, July 2012 Celebrities

Tori Spelling on the Hollywood curse of Southern fried poodle

Hollywood insight of the week emerged via the pout of Tori Spelling, who gave us hint of what the next big thing in accessory pets will be: pocket chickens... More »

6th, July 2012 Politicians

Leading Democrat hits the wrong fracking button

OOPS! Hitting the wrong button when you're in power can cause a problem. Clive James once said of President Gerald Ford... More »

6th, July 2012 Strange But True

Jesus wanted for robbery in Grays

To Grays, Essex, where signs are that Jesus is being a bit of a dick... More »

5th, July 2012 Celebrities

Daily Mail ogles 'thin' and underage Kylie Jenner

Having highlighted the dancvgers of objectifying thin women and sexualising the underage female, the Daily Mail looks at Kylie Jenner's twitter feed and spots a photo of her in a bikini... More »

5th, July 2012 Madeleine McCann 10

Stephen Birch claims to have found Madeleine McCann's remains

Stephen Birch is a South African businessman who claims to have discovered the remains of the missing child. He's spoken with Portugal's Expresso newspaper... More »

5th, July 2012 In Pictures

Views from The Shard - photos

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5th, July 2012 TV & Radio

Is this the scariest bridal entrance in history?

Here comes the bride. Mouth open wide.... More »

5th, July 2012 Reviews

Syria on course to join UN's Human Rights Council

What do you think of the UN's Human Rights Council? Indeed, which human's rights are being protected?... More »

5th, July 2012 Technology

Comic Sans to become Comic Cerns on Microsoft OS 8

Now Alby Reid has launched a petition calling on Microsoft to rename Comic Sans "Comic Cerns" in the Windows 8 OS.. More »

5th, July 2012 Politicians

Strickland nails Romney in the Cayman Islands while America dreams

“Oh, what a contrast, my friends, between these two men who would be president! President Obama is betting on America and American workers, and..." More »

5th, July 2012 Key Posts 9

The Shard - The building of London's beautiful new skyscraper in photos

We've been watching it go up and up and up. In these photos you can see what we and millions of Londoners have been seeing... More »

5th, July 2012 Flashback

DC Talk were Straight Outta Lynchburg - when Christian rap rocked

Move over Eli Porter, rap had bigger stars. DC Talk - that's Decent Christian Talk to you squares - were once ready to rock the ages with their "Explicit Christian Lyrics"... More »

5th, July 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - Barbie relives the Donkey Donkey

Donkey donkey is d'lish... More »

5th, July 2012 TV & Radio 1

This IT Crowd pilot for US telly is eerily awful

Fans of the IT Crowd, the British sitcom will enjoy this US pilot for NBC... More »

5th, July 2012 Money 2

We have not been exporting manufacturing Jobs - it's the machines, dummy

I do worry about the old Alma Mater at times you know. This is one of the senior professors at the place I did my economics degree. And it is difficult to be more wrong than this and still have the intellect to walk and fart... More »

5th, July 2012 Reviews 1

Panada Awareness Week his by mass suicide

50 Shades of Gray renders pandas impotent... More »