Daily Rotten Archives May 11, 2005 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Maybe you weren't pretty enough San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: The Best of Blondie "Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin firmly testified Wednesday that he was never molested by Michael Jackson and told jurors that he and the pop star have a bond based on the shared experience of being children thrust into stardom." Read article... Hide, the ice cream man's coming! Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Submitted by: Jonny Plasma "A Good Humor man was served 18 months' probation Tuesday for losing his cool with a foul-mouthed teenager. Nazzareno Didiano, 44, stopped dishing out peanut butter bars and Blue Bunnies last May 12 and began pummeling a pudgy-faced Bloomfield teen during a meltdown. The teen, now 14, told [the Judge] during a brief trial that Didiano grabbed him by the arm, yanked him from his bike, punched him in the face and slammed him into a wall." Read article... Student pilot freaks out White House a little CNN | Submitted by: YOU'RE KILLING ME BUSTER "A pilot and a student pilot were released without criminal charges Wednesday after their plane flew within three miles of the White House, prompting evacuations throughout the capital, officials said. A Black Hawk helicopter and two F-16 fighter jets forced the Cessna 150 aircraft to land at a small airport in Frederick, Maryland at 12:37 p.m., officials said." Read article... Meanwhile, back at the ranch pulse24.com | Submitted by: Bob Boukie "The physical beauty of the landscape is betrayed by its finer details - they include the rotting carcasses of lambs, sheep, goats, cows, and a donkey - all discovered on a farmhouse in Georgina, north of Toronto on Tuesday. Signs of neglect lay scattered over much of the farm's acreage and authorities confirm more than 50 animals have perished and been left to rot where they fell. Now they’re trying to figure out how they died, and who is responsible." Read article... U.S. Army gives Halliburton $72,000,000 bonus Boston Globe | Submitted by: Frank Castle "Senator Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat who is a vocal critic of Halliburton's performance in Iraq, said Halliburton did not deserve a bonus." ... Said the Senator: "It is outrageous that the Bush Administration would give Halliburton a bonus after we have seen its overcharges, sloppy accounting, and kick-back schemes in Iraq." ... "Giving Halliburton a bonus is like giving your worst employee a raise." Read article... Tom Ridge calls shenanigans on terror alerts USA Today | Submitted by: GRAND FUNK HOLOCAUST "The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge now says. Ridge, who resigned February 1, said Tuesday that he often disagreed with administration officials who wanted to elevate the threat level to orange, or high risk of terrorist attack, but was overruled." Read article... Visit sunny Baghdad Cambridge News | Submitted by: Bawdymonkey "No-frills airline Air Scotland wants to fly tourists directly into the Iraqi capital from Stansted Airport. The company has applied to the Department of Transport for permission to launch its Baghdad service in November, which would be the first direct commercial flights from Britain to Iraq since 1990." Read article... Pastor, accused of booting Democrats, calls it quits Wire Services | Submitted by: Hilter von Popenstien "A Baptist pastor accused of threatening to banish from his church anyone who didn't vote for President Bush has chosen to depart, saying he spoke out on candidates' stances but did not make political endorsements." ... Said a member of the flock: "If we wanted politics, we would stay home and watch it 24 hours a day on TV." Read article... School suspends boy for wearing dress to prom San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: the duck from 2600 adventure "Kerry Lofy had no qualms about wearing a black, spaghetti-strap dress to his high school prom — he thought it would be funny. Turns out, his school didn't. The 18-year-old senior was ticketed $249 for disorderly conduct, suspended from school for three days and told he must miss his last track meet." Read article...