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13th, March 2012 Reviews

Kony 2012 is more viral than Susan Boyle

Kony 2012 might be the most viral video in history, according to one researcher; bigger than Susan Boyle singing a show tune on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009... More »

12th, March 2012 The Consumer

Do you need teeth by tonight?

How date with a crunchy apple? More »

12th, March 2012 Sports

Arsenal 2 - 1 Newcastle - in photos

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12th, March 2012 Key Posts

Israel and Gaza Watch: Using dead children Raja Abu Shaban and Nayef Qarmut to win hearts and minds

Israel is back on the news cycle. Islamists have been firing rockets into Southern Israel. Israeli war planes attack Gaza. Adham Abu Selmiya, a spokesman for Hamas emergency services, says “mostly children” have been injured or killed. Istael does not agree... More »

12th, March 2012 Technology

How the QWERTY Effect alters the words we type

As we filter language, hundreds or thousands of words, through our fingers, we seem to be connecting the meanings of the words with the physical way they’re typed on the keyboard" ... More »

12th, March 2012 Celebrities 1

Stephen Hawking to appear in unswervingly awful Big Bang Theory

Switch him off now! Stephen Hawking has clearly lost his mind completely! He's clearly not well! Why? Because, according to rumours, Professor Hawking is about to make a guest appearance in CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory'... More »

12th, March 2012 Money 6

Is anything more appallingly stupid than this new buy guarantee housing plan?

The current government has decided to repeat all of the damn fool mistakes that the Americans made before their housing crash... More »

12th, March 2012 Sports

Mark Hughes shocker: Tony Fernandes wants QPR to emulate the mighty Fulham

Hughes, the former Manchester United striker, left Fulham FC in June 2011. He later returned to football management with QPR in January 2012. What odds he's moving again before too long..? More »

12th, March 2012 Reviews

How the Daily Mail turned Lyn-Marie Cunliffe into the 'mad' Bronte woman

Unable to call upon armed police to correct the journalist's work, Lyn-Marie Cunliffe was forced to write letters and complain verbally. The Daily Mail, Guardian, Express and Telegraph had reported that Lyn-Marie Cunliffe was a bit unusual... More »

12th, March 2012 Celebrities 1

Madonna chides Karl Lagerfeld over Adele comments

Madonna is a woman who has courted controversy for gain in the past, just like a stream of celebrities have done before and since. However, she's obviously feeling a bit sensitive at the moment, taking time about to lambast controversial fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld... More »

12th, March 2012 Film 2

John Carter is not as good as Avatar - it's so terrible you might die watching it

John Carter is one of those films that is so stultifying, so oppressive and so mysteriously and interminably long that I felt as if someone had dragged me into the kitchen of my local Greggs, and was baking my head... More »

12th, March 2012 In Pictures

Olympics: 1908 London Games In Photos

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12th, March 2012 Key Posts

Plastic Brits: Why does the Daily Mail love big blond South African Mouritz Botha?

Botha (born in South Africa)was in the England team that beat France in Paris. Why isn't he one of the Mail's 'Plastic Brits'? More »

12th, March 2012 In Pictures 3

Maria Hose Cristerna Is Unusual

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12th, March 2012 Reviews

The Kandahar massacre: US Sergeant is another Nidal Hasan

Not long ago, the US forces burnt copies of the Koran. Are they out of control? More »

12th, March 2012 Reviews 4

Archbishops Vincent Nichols and Peter Smith's letter on gay marriage

"Today we want to put before you the Catholic vision of marriage and the light it casts on the importance of marriage for our society..." More »

12th, March 2012 The Consumer 5

For Sale: 1995 Isuzu Trooper for £150,000 (MAG 1C)

What recession? More »

12th, March 2012 Reviews 5

Sienna Miller wins Crufts

Sienna Miller, phone hacker survivor and Jude Law utility girlfriend, has won Crufts... More »

12th, March 2012 Reviews

Police chief orders sergeant visit to reporter's home to demand story is changed

It was 12:45am when the police knocked on Doug Oakley's door... More »

12th, March 2012 Technology

Tumblr site of the day - Batman Running Away From Sh*t

Batman sure does love to run... More »

12th, March 2012 Sports

AC Milan's striker Zlatan Ibraminovich throws his hairband at female reporter

Modern Football story of The Day... More »

12th, March 2012 Reviews

Tabloids spend another day trying to make lottery winner Matt Topham miserable

MAtt Topham and Casey Carrington, the £45m lottery winners, have given £1.3million to their best friend Eddie Smith. How great is that? Matt's a good bloke, isn't he. Casey's cool. Only... More »

12th, March 2012 Celebrities

Tulisa uses 'sex' with Mark Wright to promote her new single

Can the story of their love for one another keep them in the news?... More »

12th, March 2012 Royal Family 2

'Normal' Prince Harry dodges bullets and keeps his pecker up in Brazil

Harry has doing the Royal Family's PR on a tour that has taken in cocktails in the Bahamas, beach volleyball in Rio de Janeiro, a “meet and greet” with Miss Bahamas... More »

12th, March 2012 In Pictures

The Most Bizarre Police Photofits Ever

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