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11th, January 2012 Reviews

Gawker hangs Seth Abramovitch out to dry in race to be offended

Gawker has sacked writer Seth Abramovitch for writing about Kanye West. Abramovitch said the singer's mother name DONDA, stood for "Dis Original Nigga Dresses Alright"... More »

11th, January 2012 Politicians

Lady Garden is an actual person and she hates cyber bullying

Nominative Determinism Watch detects Lady Garden. Yep, Lady Garden is an actual person: More »

11th, January 2012 Reviews

Declan Hainey Murder: photos, the devil Kimberley Hainey and playing politics

Declan Hainey was murdered by his mother, Kimberley Hainey, 37. Declan Hanley's body was left to rot in his cot for 8 months while Kimberley Hainey pretended he was alive... More »

11th, January 2012 Flashback

What is Rapping? - Switchback 1987 with Stu Jeffries knows

It's 1987, and Canadian TV show Switchback and your host Stu Jeffries are answering the question: "What is rapping?"... More »

11th, January 2012 Celebrities

One Direction's Harry Styles in nude photo leak? Really?

WOAH! There's a picture that is supposed to be of Harry Styles, with his wang-direction hanging out, floating around online... More »

11th, January 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of the day: the Nazi cat ab-enhancer grid

Photos of the day are presented by the easy ab-enhancer press on and mark (like wearing tight sock on your tummy); the Nazi cat; rude confectionary; Mitt Romney does Time; lie behind bars; and the face behind the exhibitionist is priceless... More »

11th, January 2012 Sports 1

Oxford City footballer Lee Steele sacked for homophobic tweet

Steele's been sacked from Southern Football League Premier Division club for saying something unsayable on Twitter about gay former Wales rugby player Gareth Thomas, currently appearing on Celebrity Big Brother... More »

11th, January 2012 Reviews 1

An Independent Scotland would win Eurovision

Would you English, Welsh and Northern Irish emigrate to an independent Scotland? Will you Scots go home?... More »

11th, January 2012 Reviews 5

Another crap story about Jon Venables

Bulger stories are popular with readers.Sun Editor Dominic Mohan tells Leveson that the biggest-selling story of the past 18 months was about the killer of James Bulger - and by definition that of his two killer: Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. More »

11th, January 2012 Politicians

David Cameron get Jeremy Clarkson Tourette's

Anyone else suspect that David Cameron sees Jeremy Clarkson's schtick of saying mildly offensive non-PC things in a loud voice as a way of reaching the people who perceive a loss of free speech in modern life... More »

11th, January 2012 Sports

When the Olympic Contingency budget is spent, what then?

The Olympics contingency budget is worth £2.7 billion. It's to be used when the costs overrun the project. The budget for the London 2012 Games is £9.3billion - nearly four times the £2.4bn estimate when London's bid succeeded... More »

11th, January 2012 The Consumer 1

Pretty Pushers sells clothes for the birthing 'climax'

"PREGNANCY involves much preperation [sic]" observes Felicity Hughes ("RAF Wife & Mother Of Two') on the Pretty Pushers website.... More »

11th, January 2012 Sports

Arsenal ballboy attacks Thierry Henry

Still wondering why Thierry Henry is forgiven by Arsenal fans for wanting to leave the club he has now returned to help (wages per week: £75,000)?... More »

11th, January 2012 Celebrities 3

Antony Worrall Thompson stars in the Lambshank Redemption

Antony Worrall Thompson goes to prison... More »

11th, January 2012 Reviews 3

Wiltshire pigeon feeders given Abos

The Pigeon Ladies of Trowbridge - Danuta Rogowa, 76, and Margaret Ann Reynolds, 68 - have been handed Asbos for feeding the birds every day for years... More »

11th, January 2012 Strange But True 1

Janet Knowles attacked man because Judge Judy was on TV

When police asked Janet Knowles, 62, of Jupiter, Florida, why she hit a 65-year-old man on the head with a hammer, she sais it was because Judge Judy was on television... More »

11th, January 2012 Key Posts 1

Chris Blackhurst fails to tell Leveson why Johann Hari's lies are still on Independent website

Blackhurst, the Independent's editor has made an appearance at the Leveson Inquiry into media standards. Talk turned to the Johann Hari - the Independent journalist who spiced up his copy with quotes from other sources and passed them off as his own work.... More »

11th, January 2012 Gifs

The 10 Funniest Accident Gifs

y. Sure, an accident is only funny when someone not you is getting pained. But they do say laughter is the best medicine... More »

11th, January 2012 Gifs

5 frightening gifs: the Exorcist spider walk and a cat killer

Five frightening gifs are unsettling and creepy. Who thinks the cat did it? And clowns... You love them, dontcha? Also look out for the spider walk fromt eh Exorcist. Get that woman in the Olympic gymnast team now... More »

11th, January 2012 In Pictures

Sci-Fi - photos from a 1980s convention

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11th, January 2012 TV & Radio 2

Small dog searches for ball in big pile of leaves

Cute video of the day - a small dog searches for his ball in a big pile of leaves... More »

11th, January 2012 Key Posts 1

Take Me Out sex scandal with filthy carpets and explicit Facebook photos

IN the "TAKE ME OUT SEX PARTY SCANDAL", the Sun uses its front page to tell readers of a "2-day boozy bash"; "Mansion trashed"; "Mob's obscene pics"... More »

10th, January 2012 Key Posts

The Kitten Covers: Tumblr Site of the Day

The Kitten Covers is a fantastic collection of kittens in the mode of classic pop and rocks album covers. This colleciton features: David Bowie, Kiss... More »

10th, January 2012 Reviews

The annual camel festival in Bikaner, India, with Jagmal Singh's Moustache

You can always trust a man who can tie his shoes with his moustaches... More »

10th, January 2012 Celebrities

Revealed: Why Blue Ivy Carter was named Blue Ivy Carter

ALL hail Blue Ivy Carter, the child of Jay-Z and Beyoncé. What's in a name? Well... More »