Daily Rotten Archives January 21, 2004 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 0.078% of humanity on America's enemies list Canoe | Submitted by: Liddell "U.S. security agents have a master list of five million people worldwide thought to be potential terrorists or criminals, officials say. 'The U.S. lookout index contains some five million names of known terrorists and other persons representing a potential problem,' Brian Davis, a senior Canadian immigration official in Paris, said in a confidential document obtained by the Sun... The master list was revealed by U.S. embassy officials to a Canadian standing immigration committee in April 2002... Davis said Canadian visa officers abroad do not keep an extensive list like the U.S. because terrorists can use bogus documents and change their identities." Read article... Giant tumor coming to Discovery Channel WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: Mel E. Nomah "A medical team led by a renowned American plastic surgeon began a marathon operation in Bucharest on Wednesday to remove an 176-pound benign tumor from a Romanian woman. The 46-year-old patient, Lucica Bunghez, suffers from neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on the body. Her tumor, which covers much of her back and runs halfway down her thighs, weighs twice as much as she would weigh without it - 88 pounds, doctors said... The medical team said it was the second-largest tumor ever to be surgically removed - an operation the Romanian medical establishment was unable to handle without outside expertise and equipment... The Discovery Health channel was filming the operation, which was taking place at Bucharest's Emergency Hospital." Read article... and This article... Accused murderer allegedly shopped for body bags Fayetteville Observer | Submitted by: Dusik "Michelle Theer's lawyer argued Wednesday that information seized from her computers - which includes 40 eBay searches for body bags - should be suppressed from her murder trial. Theer is accused of killing her husband, Air Force Capt. Marty Theer, in 2000... Assistant District Attorney Greg Butler said the computers contain about 13,000 e-mail files, an interview between Theer and Diamond, and more than 330 eBay files, including the searches for body bags." Read article... Pissed-off Canadian gunning for Ashcroft Wire Services | Submitted by: Omega "Maher Arar, a 33-year-old computer engineer who lives in Ottawa, will seek damages from Attorney General John Ashcroft in a suit to be filed Thursday, said Stephen Watt, a lawyer with the American Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, was detained by American authorities in New York in the fall of 2002 while on his way home from a visit to Tunisia after intelligence officials raised suspicions that he had links to al-Qaida. He was deported to Syria, where he says he was tortured... Arar has vehemently denied being a terrorist and has not been charged with any crime." Read article... Dubious gizmo designed to assfuck 4th amendment EE Times | Submitted by: memory.of.earth "A U.S. company using technology developed in Israel is pitching a lie detector small enough to fit in the eyeglasses of law enforcement officers, and its inventors say it can tell whether a passenger is a terrorist by analyzing his answer to that simple question in real-time... The system used green, yellow and red color codes to indicate a 'true,' 'maybe' or 'false' response. At its CES booth, V Entertainment analyzed the voices of celebrities like Michael Jackson to determine whether they were lying. Besides lie detection, Watson said, the technology 'can also measure for other emotions like anxiety, fear or even love.'" Read article... Farmer allegedly attempts to choke vet with animal feces BBC | Submitted by: sTabby "An angry Cornish farmer threatened to kill an animal health inspector and held a female vet's face under inches of slurry where she could not breathe, a court heard on Wednesday. Roger Baker, 61, ran at inspector Jonathan McCulloch and government vet Susan Potter during a visit to his farm at Ventongimps, near Truro in Cornwall, last year... He first grabbed Mr McCulloch, who works for Cornwall County Council, dragged him across the yard by his overalls into the slurry pit, the jury of eight men and four women were told." Read article... Art Garfunkel caught with chronic ABC News | Submitted by: DocJen "Art Garfunkel, part of the folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel, was charged with having marijuana after police pulled over his limousine for speeding in upstate New York. Garfunkel, 62, of Manhattan, was caught with a small amount of marijuana in his jacket pocket and was charged with possession of marijuana... Police said Garfunkel was riding alone when a state trooper stopped the limo around 12:20 p.m. Saturday in Hurley, 55 miles southwest of Albany. The trooper smelled marijuana after approaching the vehicle." Read article... Bird flu poised to destroy humanity Sydney Morning Herald | Submitted by: Gorg "The World Health Organisation said today it was concerned the H5N1 strain of bird flu was spreading across Asia and providing 'mounting opportunities' for the virus to change into a far more lethal form... At least five people have died from the H5N1 virus in Vietnam, while 17 others suspected of contracting it remain hospitalised... The WHO says the five victims in Vietnam were infected after coming into contact with droppings from sick birds. But Dietz warned that human-to-human transmission was 'a possible next step' if the virus keeps spreading." Read article... Hiking magazine contains dangerous misprint CNN | Submitted by: BroccoliBoy "The February edition of Trail magazine gives advice to walkers caught in bad weather on Ben Nevis in Scotland about how to make a safe descent. But the magazine's directions would instead lead readers off the north face of the 4,406-foot mountain, which is notorious for its changeable weather and has claimed the lives of several climbers. Guy Procter, the editor of Trail, acknowledged the magazine had inadvertently erased the first of two crucial bearings needed to get off the summit... Trail was criticized by mountain rescue teams last year for claiming three popular hiking routes were snow-free in winter." Read article... Microsoft geeks suddenly overtaken by Pon Farr Seattle Times | Submitted by: 90.3 KEXP Seattle rocks , corporate radio fucking sucks "Just after 9:45 p.m. Friday night, Bellevue police received several 911 calls from people inside the Tap House Grill at the Bellevue Galleria Shopping Center... A 25-year-old Bothell man was bleeding from a stab wound to the femoral artery in his upper left thigh, Chiu said. The man was taken to Bellevue's Overlake Hospital Medical Center, where he underwent surgery... The other man, a 33-year-old from Snohomish, was arrested on suspicion of assault and booked into the King County Jail... The stabbing occurred after the two men, both Microsoft employees, fought over a woman, Chiu said. The three were at the restaurant with co-workers, many of whom witnessed the fight and called police." Read article...