Daily Rotten Archives January 10, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Blazing geezer sets fire to house AZ Central | Submitted by: azdollarbill "An elderly man apparently upset about a parking dispute died in his burning house after trying to set fire to two of his neighbors' homes using homemade bombs, authorities said." ... "Police received a call about an explosion early Sunday and found the man standing in the street holding two handguns. One of his arm was in flames. When police told him to drop the guns, he fled into his house. Minutes later, flames and smoke came from the home, followed by several explosions, the city said in a statement." Read article... Comments (79) Do Not Annoy c|Net | Submitted by: anonymous "It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small favors, I guess." ... "Criminal penalties include stiff fines and two years in prison." Read article... Comments (241) Close enough just don't cut it CNN | Submitted by: Ms. Crappy Pants "Fifteen Cubans who fled their homeland and landed on an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys were returned to their homeland Monday after U.S. officials concluded that the piling did not constitute dry land, authorities said. Under the U.S. government's wet-foot, dry-foot policy, Cubans who reach dry land in the United States are usually allowed to remain in the country, while those caught at sea are sent back." Read article... Comments (58) Milosevic lives next door Los Angeles Times | Submitted by: anonymous "Catherine Sara Cass suspected that her garden was being poisoned by the couple next door. So she planted protest signs in her frontyard, spicing them up with her own brand of sarcasm: Milosevic lives next door — a reference to the former Yugoslav president now charged with genocide. Jim Wallace and his wife were not amused, but they let things slide. Finally, after years of putting up with the signs, they asked Cass to please stop, or, they warned, they would sue. And that's what happened." [Requires registration, use BugMeNot.] Read article... and This article... Comments (39) Warm Beer Law proposed KCTV-TV 5 Kansas City | Submitted by: chappy "A state senator wants to force Missouri stores to sell warm beer. Under a bill by Sen. Bill Alter, grocery and convenience stores would risk losing their liquor licenses if they sold beer colder than 60 degrees. The intent is to cut down on drunken driving by making it less tempting to pop open a beer after leaving the store." Read article... Comments (85) How you know the relationship is over Newsday | Submitted by: xxxtinct species reader57 "A Long Island woman and her son were charged with savagely attacking the woman's boyfriend with a hammer and a 3-foot-long sword and leaving him near death, authorities said." ... "[Mom] got in an argument with her boyfriend, Sedrick Terry, 37, with whom she had been drinking, police said. She allegedly grabbed a hammer and struck him repeatedly in the head. [The son] then went to his mother's assistance, picking up a large sword and slashing Terry repeatedly on the arms and abdomen, police said." Read article... Comments (38) Nicely Toasted WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: anonymous "A mother in New York is suing an Applebee's restaurant after her 5-year-old son was allegedly served a Long Island Iced Tea instead of apple juice." ... Quote: "When you're looking at your 5-year-old and you're asking him, quiet down Seth, sit still and you see that mentally and physically he cannot comply with what you're asking him to do because he is under the influence." Read article... Comments (57) Who still hates Starbucks anyway (Fight Club is _so_ 1999) Wire Services | Submitted by: anonymous "Police defused an explosive device found in the bathroom of a Starbucks on Monday. No one was injured." ... "This was a good device. If it had exploded, it would have caused injuries or damage," said [police], who would not describe its size. [Venti?] ... Update: Arrest made Read article... and This article... Comments (48) Just Say Dunno Editor & Publisher | Submitted by: Buddy List "In the wake of the Sago mine tragedy, perhaps a new category of Pulitzer Prize should be created to honor the journalists or news managers who caution that a story is not ready for prime time or publication. Unfortunately, the winning reporter or editor would likely soon be out of a job at a big time network or newsroom." Read article... Comments (16) Bacon Delivery Wire Services | Submitted by: Depleted Your Cranium "The sow panicked and was completely disoriented after being chased in the morning by hunters," a police spokesman said. "It ran into a village and broke through a cellar window into a house. It fell asleep on a bed in the guest room." ... "They called in a neighbour, also a hunter, who shot and killed the animal." Read article... Comments (27) Desperate for clues, a psychic is brought in Sun | Submitted by: anonymous "If people can use psychics to reunite family with deceased loved ones then it is quite conceivable we can use a psychic to track down ..." [more] Read article... Comments (32) Awwwww Wire Services | Submitted by: Dante Shaw "Cy, short for Cyclopes, a kitten born with only one eye and no nose, is shown in this photo provided by its owner in Redmond, Oregon, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. The kitten, a ragdoll breed, which died after living for one day, was one of two in the litter. Its sibling was born normal and healthy." Read article... Comments (91)