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Female guests at Silvio Berlusconi’s ‘bunga bunga’ parties wore the shirts of his football team before performing stripteases. They dressed in the red-and-black striped tops of AC Milan – the club owned by the Italian prime minister – according to leaked documents concerning his...

Fans of the inventor of the modern day condom have outraged his home town by celebrating his birthday with a giant sheath over the town's biggest fountain. The gushing tribute to Julius Fromm in Konin, Poland, has angered Town Hall officials who declared it "inappropriate." Fromm - who...

Padma Choling, the Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet, said Monday during a break at the Chinese Parliament meeting that the Dalai Lama, the nation's highest-ranking spiritual leader, would not be allowed to choose his successor. Instead he maintained that Tibetan religious and historical...

A circus dwarf and a man with the 'stretchiest skin in the world' have been banned from appearing at an Oxford University college ball. It seems vertically challenged Demon Dan’s ability to drag a vacuum cleaner using only his genitals cuts no mustard with the dean of St Peter’s College...

A ' sex toy show' at Northwestern University in Chicago featured a woman being brought to orgasm by a machine-powered saw that had a dildo where the blade would normally be. As a group of around 100 students looked on, the naked woman was penetrated by the phallic object in a human...

A feminist group in Ukraine has protested a radio station competition to "win a wife" in the most eye-catching way possible -- by removing clothes. The Femen Movement is angered by a contest organized by a New Zealand radio station that offered a listener the opportunity to travel to Ukraine...

A painting of a large penis on a bridge in Russia's second city St Petersburg has been dropped from the shortlist for an art prize, the organisers said. The painting, which pointed skywards when the bridge was raised, was painted last June by opposition Russian art group Voina, or War, to...

# forwhatitsworth Windows 8 may be on its way in 2012, doubleTwist updates with better wireless syncing for Macs, and Steve Jobs tries to clear up the App Store subscriptions controversy. More*» Source: Yahoo! News

A former Indiana mayor who won four terms in the 1930s and 1950s is proving less popular with modern-day city leaders, who say they probably won't name a new government center for him because of the jokes his moniker could inspire. Harry Baals is the runaway favorite in online voting to name...

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – A controversial iPod and iPad application that makes a game of the perils of sneaking across the U.S.-Mexico border has sparked controversy among activists for immigrant rights. In the game "Smuggle Truck," which is due for release next month, a truck bounces along...

Yves St Laurent perfume ad banned in Britain Britain's advertising watchdog has banned an Yves St Laurent perfume advert, which showed a woman appearing to simulate injecting drugs. A total of 13 viewers complained about the TV commercial for the perfume Belle D'Opium, which shows a...

First Lady Laura Bush (C) and her daughters Jenna and Barbara (L to R) are greeted by Elmo at the 5th annual Sesame Street Workshop gala in New York on May 30, 2007. The event honored the First Lady for her work in promoting early literacy. (UPI File Photo/Ezio Petersen) | Enlarge NEW YORK...

The "Bin Laden Hunter" was arrested in the mountainous regions of Pakistan with a 40 inch sword, a pistol, and night vision goggles. He was deported by Pakistani authorities. His goal: to hunt and capture Osama Bin Laden. Like Bin Laden, he is also on dialysis. Is he insane? Faulkner says...

Father in Indonesia claims he pays $5.00 a day to support the kids habit, says he's perfectly healthy. YouTube - Indonesian baby on 40 cigarettes a day

An elementary school principal's potty-mouthed e-mail has ignited an uproar among some Coconut Grove parents who now want her replaced. Parents at Coconut Grove Elementary School are calling for the ouster of Principal Eva N. Ravelo this week after she told a parent in an e-mail to ``eat...

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