Mars To Downsize Chocolate In 2013
Ready to say goodbye to a sliver of your Snickers? And how about a slightly slimmer Mars bar? By the end of 2013, chocolate-maker Mars says all of its chocolate bars will be under — or right at — the 250-calorie mark. The 2-ounce Snickers currently sold in our NPR vending machine has 280 calories, and with the downsize it will lose about 11 percent More...
Around the world this week
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN Artist Stefan Bohnenberger has been awarded thousands in compensation, after a gallery lost two of his four potato chips that formed part of an exhibit that had featured in the 1990 work More...
Brothel For The Homeless
Homeless people are queueing up for free rooms in an Austrian brothel after owner Peter Laskaris said it would be unfair not to do everything he could during the current cold spell. Laskaris, owner of the Red Rooms More...
Would you like to swing on a star?
Well, maybe not a star, but you never know your luck! Swingers Date Club is giving members the unique opportunity to book a seat on a complete swingers round trip flight from Germany to France on June 6th. There More...
Nothing promotes life better than…
Discount Gun Sales has teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to offer a pink version of its popular Walther P-22 handgun in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Komen Foundation, which sponsors More...
Q: HOW DO WE COMBAT THE CRISIS?
A: With strippers and mud wrestlers, of course! That, at least, is the solution that the La Campana restaurant in Ribarroja has found, offering special ‘Sexy Shows’ on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, along with More...
Final call for owner of lost Euros to come forward
Southampton Airport is putting out a final call to a passenger who lost a considerable sum of Euros at the airport last year. A bundle of several thousand Euros were found at the airport by staff and have been kept More...
Swansea’s seafront observatory for sale
A five-storey observatory on Swansea’s seafront has been put on the market. The city council, which currently owns it, says it is looking for “imaginative” proposals for the future of the building More...
French firm sorry for naked man photo
A French fashion retailer has apologised for a photo in which a naked man appeared behind a group of children advertising beachwear – but the image has gone viral on the internet. In a tweet La Redoute said More...
Babies Show Spanish Immigration Picture
As the first births of the New Year are recorded, many people feel that it is showing an insight into the real picture of Spain, in so much as 75% of the first births recorded in the country are from immigrant families. Fatima More...