Daily Rotten Archives May 29, 2005 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Open wide, swallow, don't spit apnews.excite.com | Submitted by: captain mal "A former dentist accused of using syringes to squirt his semen into the mouths of female patients was sentenced to probation on seven assault charges Wednesday though he refused to say he was guilty." ... "The state Board of Dental Examiners revoked [the spurty dentist's] license in August after the six former patients said he made them swallow what they now believe was his semen." Read article... Court gives A-OK to fuck tha police Indianapolis Star | Submitted by: Titty(o)!(o)Fuck Champion "A 15-year-old boy who shouted profanities at a police officer during an investigation was exercising his right to free speech, the Indiana Court of Appeals has found." ... "Legal experts say that while free speech does not permit someone to obstruct police or sway others to violence, protection does extend to someone whose words merely offend. An expert in constitutional law said the appeals court decision was consistent with other interpretations of free speech." Read article... Baby girl fine after second head removed WJLA-TV 8 Atlanta | Submitted by: pen15man "A baby girl who underwent surgery to remove a second head that was sharing a blood vessel with her brain has been released from the hospital, her doctors said Saturday. Manar Maged was born March 30, 2004, with a rare birth defect, craniopagus parasiticus, that occurs when an embryo begins to split into identical twins but fails to complete the process, leaving an undeveloped conjoined twin in the womb. Manar also has a healthy twin sister." Read article... Ex-Cop gets jail for flashing toy banana KNSD-TV 7 San Diego | Submitted by: davey "A former police officer is going to jail for flashing a toy banana. Arthur Bertana has been sentenced to 20 days in jail for lewd conduct involving the toy." ... "One officer said the banana in question was a yellow, plush child's toy, with a smiley face on it." Read article... Man allegedly (attempts) burning tracking device off leg WNBC-TV 4 New York | Submitted by: brainwreck "A man on house arrest suffered burns on 60 percent of his body Thursday after the tracking device on his ankle caught fire." ... "McClaskey had lighter fluid on his leg and although he told officials he was trying to light his grill, that didn't seem likely since there was no charcoal on it, [the Police Chief] said." Read article... PETA jerks around little kids kvia.com | Submitted by: HotTexas "Students at a [Texas Middle School were] subjected to the ugly side of eating fish and parents are upset. PETA targeted the school Wednesday morning for getting their anti-fish eating message out." ... "PETA is using the trading cards, with cartoon characters such as ill Bill and wicked Wanda, to get the message to kids that eating fish is hazardous, unhealthy and cruel." ... "A PETA member, dressed in a giant fish costume, carried a sign saying fish are friends, not food." Read article... A motorcycle mecca stirs up questions of race Christian Science Monitor | Submitted by: Mongo "For the two weeks leading up to Memorial Day in this kitschy beach town, bikers rule. Motorcyclists burn rubber, throw smoke shows, and flaunt their American choppers and Japanese rice rockets, all with the Atlantic's thrumming breakers in the background, washing away the last of winter's spell." ... "Myrtle Beach has a reputation for allowing tourists to let loose. In the 1950s, cops wore bright bathing shorts on patrol and, as part of one summer festival, jokingly arrested tourists whose trousers they deemed too long." Read article... Woman killed in drive-by stoning KGTV-TV 10 San Diego | Submitted by: Lady Despair "A 23-year-old woman on her way home after a late-night shift at a Burger King was killed Friday when a softball-sized rock crashed through a car window and struck her in the head in Linda Vista, police said. Someone in a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction just after 2 a.m. apparently threw the rock that struck Yadira Guzman, who was riding in a car with her husband." Read article... Stun gun ends crane standoff San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: MOUSTACHE POWER A 56-hour standoff with a homicide suspect perched on a construction crane ended peacefully early Saturday when police shocked him with a stun gun as he reached for a cup of water, authorities said. "Apparently, he was thirsty," police spokesman Sgt. John Quigley said. Read article... Illinois bans violent games from kids Wired News | Submitted by: Space Jew "Lawmakers voted Saturday to ban the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors in Illinois, a move other states and cities have tried but federal courts have repeatedly struck down. The measure now goes to Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who proposed the ban late last year after hearing about the video game JFK Reloaded, which puts the player in the role of President Kennedy's assassin." ... "The legislation leaves it to stores to determine which games are too violent or sexually explicit for minors, and retailers have argued it turns them into violence and sensitivity police." Read article... An effort worthy of Daffy Duck AP Wire | Submitted by: beanpies "A man was accidentally killed by a sledgehammer his son-in-law was swinging at a bat that had flown into the home they shared. Francis V. Mercier, 66, of East Mead Township, was hit in the head Friday by the three-pound hammer as his son-in-law, D. J. Delancey, was trying to kill the animal with it." Read article...