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20th, March 2012 Reviews

EU Foreign Minister Cathy Ashton sees bloodthirsty Jews in the Toulouse murders

EU Foreign Minister Cathy Ashton says the murders of four Jews - including three young children - at a Jewish school in Toulouse is just “what is happening in Gaza.” ... More »

20th, March 2012 Music

Stock, Aitken and Waterman gig to feature Steps, Astley, Bananarama and SYBIL!

It's Live-ish 80s! Can you still see me from the back?! More »

20th, March 2012 Celebrities

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt marry: She gets pregant while he gets Botox

The National Enquirer says the "WEDDING OF THE CENTURY" is "ON!".... More »

20th, March 2012 Celebrities

Celebrities That Look Like Mattresses: Lohan, Spears, Rihanna and more are sex on springs

Page of the Day is Celebrities That Look Like Mattresses. It features: Kirstin Dunst mattress, Mickey Rourke mattress and many more stars dressed for comfort... More »

20th, March 2012 Technology

Fabrice Muamba tweeter Liam Stacey might go to prison

When Liam Stacey wrote odious tweets about Fabrice Muamba, he was hounded on twitter... More »

20th, March 2012 Reviews

Is Jason Russell the victim of a voodoo curse?

Jason Russell, Kony 2012 videomaker and founder of Invisible Children, the victim of a voodoo curse? Russell was last seen in public masturbating in San Diego... More »

20th, March 2012 TV & Radio 3

This Morning milks This with premium rate phone comps as Carole Malone looks on

On ITV's This Morning "Consumer champion Carole Malone is back". she will be "fighting rip-off merchants". Ummm.... More »

20th, March 2012 Key Posts

One Tiny Hand - Photos of celebrities with one tiny hand

TUMBLR site of the day is One Tiny Hand - "ONE TINY STEP FOR HANDS, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND". It's brilliant... More »

20th, March 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - the murderer's price list is cheap

Cars before customers; your lemons; Jonas make girls cry; jockeying for a horse's love; how do you want to die - a price list; the pecker in flight; the dolphins' penguin fan club; reduced; lion l;ove; and foxes in trees... More »

20th, March 2012 Reviews

Professor Allen Feldman is Anorak's Plain Speaker of the Year

"The violence that is poised between humanitas and inhumanitas speaks to the metaphysical ordering and phantasms of everyday political terror. Are practices of political aggression separable from the Western metaphysical..." More »

20th, March 2012 Gifs 2

Gifs of the week - Christopher Lloyd's compensation cat

Christopher Lloyd's wake and shake; the robber drops the gun; Mummy!; the compensation claim is in the post; the cat pole slide; parking with style; a stage dive gone right; wrestling is a non-contact sport; tennis with chairs; counter surfing; and bird get a theme park... More »

20th, March 2012 The Consumer

'Superb' salon gives woman wrong Vajazzle name

Pity Toni Allport of Walsall who wanted to mark her 40th birthday by having her groin vajazzled with her husband’s name... More »

20th, March 2012 TV & Radio 1

Paraplegic woman bungee jumps from a bridge

Here's a video o a paraplegic woman bungee jumping off a bridge? It's brilliant... More »

20th, March 2012 Sports

Fabrice Muamba is a sign of God's love for mankind

The press have adopted Fabrice Muamba as as cause... More »

19th, March 2012 Reviews

Mike Daisey defends his mash-up reporting technique

Daisey wrote and performed the hit monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. The show is about his visit to the Foxconn factory that makes Apple products in Shenzhen, China. Only, Mike Daisey made up big bits of it.... More »

19th, March 2012 Photojournalism

March 19 2012 in Photos: Rick Santorum big hand

The day in photos... More »

19th, March 2012 In Pictures

Unintentionally threatening kids drawings for mum and dad

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19th, March 2012 Sports

Fabrice Muamba: Jose Mourinho, Dr Andrew Deaner and tabloid experts

Fabrice Muamba: A look at the Bolton Wanderers player in the news... More »

19th, March 2012 Money

Allen Samuels raps his plan to save America

Samuels has a plan to restore the USA to greatness... More »

19th, March 2012 Music 1

Katy Perry murders 'Niggas In Paris'

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19th, March 2012 Key Posts 1

Kyron Horman: 1 year, 9 months and 16 days of biased media and inept police work

The MCSO have not been forthcoming in giving the public an updated status on their investigation since Sheriff Staton announced on June 3, 2011 that the “Kyron Horman Task Force would disband on July 1 but will re-form if ‘something breaks’.”... More »

19th, March 2012 Celebrities 1

Mick and Keef bury hatchet after 'tiny todger' comment

Have you seen Keef Richards' wang? It's there online should you want to look for it. No, we don't blame you for not having searched it already.... More »

19th, March 2012 Flashback 6

The Fever Pitch Years: two decades of English football's gentrification

The Fever Pitch Years: two decades of gentrification. It started 20 years ago with Nick Horby man and his book... More »

19th, March 2012 Flashback

The Liverpool Overhead Railway - The Dockers' Umbrella

Remembering the Liverpool Overhead Railway - the world's first electric elevated railway... More »

19th, March 2012 Sports 1

Syrian TV Says Barcelona FC Formations Are Coded Messages To Rebels

In a segment aired last December, Al Dunya TV showed a clip from an El Clasico game between Barca and Real Madrid to illustrate their point… More »