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27th, February 2012 Strange But True 3

Craigslist man jailed for sex with Yorkshire terrier

Jason Willis Sanborn, 35, has been found guilty of having sex with his 17-year-old Yorkshire terrier... More »

27th, February 2012 Celebrities

Amanda Holden recovers with a sherry, Barbie and a KitKat

Having launched the Sun on Sunday with story of her 40-second death, Amanda makes a front-page vow: "No more kids..I couldn't go through that again."... More »

27th, February 2012 TV & Radio

TV caption of the day - the toilet cracks

TV Caption of the Day - the woman heard "crack when she sat on toilet"... More »

27th, February 2012 Strange But True 1

Trapped raccoon shoots hunter twice in stomach

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reprots that 68-year-old Larry Godwin, of Redfield, trapped a racoon... More »

27th, February 2012 Politicians

Ken Livingstone is the 1% standing with the 99%

Ken Livingstone wants to be London mayor. And he wants all elected officials and 'rich bastards' to pay full tax... More »

27th, February 2012 Film

Oscars 2012: the best moments in photos

The 84th Oscars wer a terrific show. Silence as an golden as the statuette as The Artist was named best film at the Oscars... More »

27th, February 2012 Film 1

Sacha Baron Cohen's Oscar stunt gives Ryan Seacrest a powder - video

SBC said it had been Kim's dying wish "to be sprinkled over the red carpet and over Halle Berry's chest again".... More »

26th, February 2012 Strange But True

Chandra Bahadur Dangi: smallest man who ever lived in photos

The smallest man in the world is Nepal's Chandra Bahadur Dangi. He's got a certificate to prove it,.. More »

26th, February 2012 Reviews

Global warming makes trees look bigger

"Humans may be much shorter if global warming continues, according to the latest study..." More »

26th, February 2012 The Consumer

London theatre teaches visitors how to split an atom for nuclear fission - Iranians just £6 entry

PSSST! Want to learn how to make a nuclear bomb? Visiting Iranians are invited to head to North London's Tricycle Theatre... More »

26th, February 2012 TV & Radio

Dancing On Ice: Celebrity Cull as Jorgie Porter cuts dance partner Matt Evers' face

Porter (Reality TV Rule 27: if you haven't head of them they must be in Hollyoaks) damaged Evers in the "neck spin"... More »

26th, February 2012 Film

Oscars - 84th Academy Awards dresses, surgery and red carpet photos

Dust off your hanky. Flick the switch on Billy Crystal. Light the teleprompter. See whose got less lines that the Oscars statuette and a more even golden tan. Watch out for zips poking out from hairlines and breasts working two different camera at once... More »

26th, February 2012 In Pictures

Carling Cup Final - Cardiff City v Liverpool: in photos

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26th, February 2012 In Pictures 1

Arsenal thrash Spurs in photos - Redknapp for England!

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26th, February 2012 Celebrities

Katie Price and Arabella Weir - the rich and connected love the State school zoo

Price tells Sun readers in her new column - title: Kids need love...not posh school" - that her kidzzzzz Peter Andre Junior and Princess TenaLadyMee go to state school and: "I don't spoil my kids because I don't them them to be different"... More »

26th, February 2012 Technology 1

Is sex with a robot adultery?

Before long, hotels in Korea were hiring out "doll experience rooms" for around 25,000 won per hour ($25).... More »

26th, February 2012 Key Posts 4

Dunking And Swinging Babies With Lena Fokina And Igor Borisovich Charkovsky

Fokina teaches the skill in Dahab, Egypt. Her yoga is called "extreme developmental gymnastics". And if you parents aren’t doing it then your children are going to be left behind... More »

26th, February 2012 Reviews 10

Book: Megrahi — You Are My Jury: The Lockerbie Evidence - Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi courts opinion

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi says he is the victim of a plot. He says crucial documents were withheld from his defence team. He makes his claims in a book... More »

26th, February 2012 Strange But True

Man arrested with 19-inch TV and brake fluid down pants

Mug Shot of The Day features the face of Columbia Heights man Eric King Lee, who was caught with a 19-inch television in his trousers... More »

26th, February 2012 Reviews 2

Dad arrested and strip-searched after daughter draws picture of gun at school

To Kitchener, Canada, where father of three Jessie Sansone is being arrested because his daughter Neaveh has drawn a picture of a gun at school... More »

26th, February 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day - grandpa's wandering bacon fingers

Photos of the day - shopping for old women; Exotics Mushroom Shit; Peasants on sale in Knebworth, Hertfordshire; Over Baked Tarantula; and grandpa's wandering bacon fingers... More »

26th, February 2012 Celebrities

Amanda Holden died for 40 seconds - the Sun mocks Hugh Grant's Leveson lines?

Amand Holden kicks off the Sun on Sunday by telling readers "My Heart stopped for 40 seconds"... More »

25th, February 2012 Reviews 1

Surgeons perform first quadruple limb transplant - Şevket Çavdar is recovering

Dr Murat Tuncer and his team of 50 medics have performed the world's first quadruple limb transplant at Hacettepe University Hospital in Turkey's capital, Ankara... More »

25th, February 2012 Royal Family

Death of King George VI in photos

The Death of King George VI was not on twitter. Rolling news had not yet been invented... More »

25th, February 2012 The Consumer

Foamhenge: like Stonehenge but made of Styrofoam (photos)

Foamhenge is like Stonehenge, only free, located in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and in event of flooding will float... More »