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20th, February 2013
Oscar Pistorus murder trial: His affidavit in full

“I was scared and didn’t switch on the light. I got my gun and moved towards the bathroom. I screamed at the intruder because I did not have my legs on I felt vulnerable…” More »
Royal Family
19th, February 2013
Duchess Kate Middleton: ‘Mantel more like No bloody Man and tell’

Award-winning author Hilary Mantel says the Royal Family pick a brood mare the same way a Scientology star picks a wife… More »
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19th, February 2013
‘Nude Men from 1800 to Today’: phots of naked men looking at naked men at the Leopold Museum

Lots of naked men were at the Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria, for the “Nude Men from 1800 to Today” show…. Read More »
The Consumer
19th, February 2013
Cardinal Peter Turkson: because only gay priest rape children

Will Cardinal Peter Turkson be the next Pope? Read More »
4 News
19th, February 2013
Oscar Pistorius murder trial: ‘My legs were off, she was doing yoga’

“There are no burglar bars across the bathroom window and I knew that contractors who worked at my house had left the ladders outside. Although I did not have my prosthetic legs on I have mobility on my stumps… “ Read More »
4 News
19th, February 2013
Anya Hindmarch does it with dominoes at London Fashion Week 2013

So. Can catwalk models be replaced by slivers of plastic stood in rows? Yep… Read More »
Fashion
19th, February 2013
Man literally blows up after winning lottery

Welcome to the two brothers who bagged $75,000 as a Kansas lottery prize who ended up blowing themselves up in all the giddiness… Read More »
Strange But True
19th, February 2013
Whinging about salaries at tech companies is plain stupid

Pay isn’t determined by how much the company itself is making. Nor is it determined by the marginal productivity… Read More »
Money
19th, February 2013
Eating fast food in hospital is one of the ill’s rare joys, don’t ban it

One of the few joys of staying in hospital is being able to nip out – or send a friend – and buy fast food… Read More »
The Consumer
19th, February 2013
Demonising Tewkesbury mum-of-11 Heather Frost

Heather Frost, mother to 11 at just 36-years young – she started at 14 – is moving into a £400,000, 6-bedroom council house. The Sun says it’s a “PALACE FIT FOR A DOLE QUEEN”… Read More »
6 Money
19th, February 2013
At Washington’s Forward On Climate rally with the comedic genius of Mimi

Well …. it was icy cold, very windy and I admit it, I almost didn’t go…. Read More »
Global Warming
19th, February 2013
The ordeal of Jean-Claude Mbédé: Africa’s anti-gay bigots in action

Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé is serving a 3-year prison sentence for sending another man this SMS text: “I’m very much in love w/u.”… Read More »
News
19th, February 2013
Meteors blamed for Somerset slime at RSPB’s Ham Wall base

To the RSPB’s Ham Wall base in Somerset. Jelly-like goo has been appearing on the grass… Read More »
3 Strange But True
19th, February 2013
Cow mates with mortorcycle (video)

Ever put the wrong fuel into an engine, unleaded into the diesel?.. Read More »
1 Cars
News
19th, February 2013
Pamela Anderson has changed: Baywatch revisited

Pamela Anderson shows off her acting range by playing an older black man who wants to save lives… More »
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19th, February 2013
Oscar Pistorius murder trial: the curious case of Kevin Lerena’s toe.

Every moment of the runner’s life is being reviewed in light of the fatal shooting of his lover Reeva Steenkamp… Read More »
Sports
19th, February 2013
Driving in Russia: Dash-cam captured madness

Russian driving is nuts. It’s not just about insurance. It’s about capturing those magick moments for posterity… Read More »
Cars
18th, February 2013
Oscar Pistorius murder trial: Reeva Steenkamp’s death is a comic strip

Tasteful stuff… Read More »
Sports
News
18th, February 2013
Children walk on burning embers and get piercings at Myanmar Hindu Festival (photos)

They bring up tough over there… More »
18th, February 2013
The trade in human hair at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in India

Every day at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in India, about 10,000 people sit cross-legged on the floor of the tonsuring room and let one of the 500 temple barbers shave off their hair…. Read More »
The Consumer
Fashion
18th, February 2013
The fashionistas of London Fashion Week 2013 – photos of fashion’s forwards

We’ve been photographing the fashionistas seen outside Somerset House…. More »
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18th, February 2013
Dell does go private – but why?

Dell and his new investors obviously think they will be successful. Thus they think the company is worth more than the market does… Read More »
Money
18th, February 2013
Testing the condom ice-cream in Japan (video)

Snip and stand well forward… Read More »
The Consumer

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