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9th, April 2012 Reviews 16

Moses was Muslim and so was King David says Palestinian expert

In today's history lesson the Middle East and the Bible, Dr. Omar Ja’ara, ma lecturer at Al-Najah University in Nablus, tells Palestinian TV that Moses was a Muslim... More »

9th, April 2012 Key Posts 2

Lies turn Trayvon Martin's death into a race crime

In the video at the foot of the story, a white tourist gets beaten up and assaulted - sexually? - by blacks. Is it racist?... More »

9th, April 2012 Technology 1

Time-lapse video of the skies over Chile's Atacama Desert

"Walking on the desert near Paranal between the scattered stones and boulders on the pale red dust feels like being on Mars..." More »

9th, April 2012 Photojournalism

Retro photos of the day - Diana Dors goes lips to hips with Monroe

Diana Dors; Monroe's lips; the future of telephones; Joan Collins had it all; babies in space; Why 'Homos hate Elvis'; Debbie Harry is your Easter Bunny Girl; and... More »

9th, April 2012 Reviews

Face of the day - The Archbishop of Canterbury's Easter revival

Take two bottles into the shower... More »

9th, April 2012 Strange But True 1

Children finds grenade on Easter Egg hunt

The last thing Anorak would want to find in the woods with children around is Gary Glitter, a wolf or a gingerbread house... More »

9th, April 2012 Strange But True 5

Woman tears off lover's scrotum

To Indiana, where Christina Reber, 43, has torn off the scrotum of her “on-again, off-again” lover... More »

9th, April 2012 Sports

F1 teams told to forget Bahrain Grand Prix

Is F1, that bastion of power and global warming enthusiasm - the circus that keeps Tamara Ecclestone in bags - to be the world’s moral barometer... More »

9th, April 2012 Key Posts

Mario Balotelli and Wayne Rooney unite warring factions

"WAGS united last night to stop the hooker who bedded Mario Balotelli and Wayne Rooney scoring with their fellas..." More »

8th, April 2012 TV & Radio

Greek TV news presenter Bourchas pelted with yoghurt - video

On Greek TV, broadcast news journalist Panagiotis Bourchas is under attack... More »

8th, April 2012 Strange But True

Chewdunnit: dentist gives police efit of robber's teeth

To Fichtenwalde, Germany, where a thief has broken into the rooms of dentist Markus Phillipp Daecher... More »

8th, April 2012 Photojournalism

An Easter Bunny for Jesus - photos

HAPPY EASTER! More »

8th, April 2012 Key Posts 1

Jennifer Thompson gives Mario Balotelli 9.5 on Sky Daily Sports

“Then he leaned in for our first kiss. It was a nice kiss and he was quite gentlemanly. He didn’t try and get me in the cubicle or anything.”... More »

8th, April 2012 Key Posts 1

Madeleine McCann: 1,300 deaths, Julian Assange and the Met's new chapter

Kate McCann's new Maddie chapter and Julian Assange likens himself to Kate and Gerry McCann... More »

7th, April 2012 Sports 1

Has Liverpool FC opened a finishing school in India?

The logo of the Gurukul public school in India looks a bit like… More »

7th, April 2012 The Consumer

School photographer turns boy into bald cartoon figure

When parents and educators saw the school photo for Florida's Sawgrass Elementary School, the spotted the bald round-headed child sat in the front row... More »

7th, April 2012 Celebrities 1

Amy Winehouse's ghost appears on The Voice

Winehouse is now a ghost. The Daily Star introduces a new way to evoke the celebrity dead: mentoring in the afterlife... More »

7th, April 2012 Gifs

Gifs of the week - the Boy surfer uses the bike rack

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7th, April 2012 Royal Family

The Royal visit to York in photos - Maundy with Beatrice

The Queen and the Duke of Duke of Edinburgh took Princess Beatrice out for a day in York... More »

6th, April 2012 Reviews

Are blacks the most racist against blacks than whites are?

One study notes that not all blacks are treated the same. Those with darker skins get a raw deal. The darker the skin, the longer the prison sentence... More »

6th, April 2012 Money

God finds Mirlande Wilson's winning Lottery ticket in Burger King urinal

When Baltimore McDonald's syrup server Mirlande Wilson claimed she had won $105m on the Mega Millions lottery, the New York Post paid her a visit... More »

6th, April 2012 In Pictures

F18 Navy Jet fighter hits Virgina beach - photos

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6th, April 2012 Technology 2

The 10 biggest idiots on Facebook

Including: the thief who logged into his Facebook profile in his victim's home and forgot to log off; the woman who pinged her dad's death room; the plane masturbator... More »

6th, April 2012 Money

Campus studs offer free booty to female students

Much to the surprise of everyone who has read about this idea they've actually had five customers so far... More »

6th, April 2012 Strange But True

Johannesburg hires owls to eradicate massive rats

Nonceba Molwele outlines the "three natural ways" to rid the Alexandra township of massive rats: owls, rat cages and fumigation... More »