Daily Rotten Archives January 14, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 HALF MAN HALF RABBIT CNN | Submitted by: TJCrowley "British scientists are seeking permission to create hybrid embryos by fusing human cells with rabbit eggs." ... "Legal experts say it is not clear whether the embryos would be regarded in law as rabbit or human." [With picture of what dinner might look like.] Read article... Comments (61) Pellet Gun vs. Real Gun Wire Services | Submitted by: GrandHoohah "It was in an instant, with a SWAT team surrounding him, that Christopher David Penley slipped into an alcove in a school bathroom and raised what officers believed was a black 9 mm Beretta handgun, authorities said. Moments later, a deputy shot him." ... "At a news conference after the shooting, authorities put the weapon side-by-side with a Beretta. It appeared to have black paint covering the red or pink markings on the muzzle that may have indicated to officers that it was a nonlethal weapon." ... Also: More fun with BB guns Read article... and This article... Comments (63) Mom pimps out quadriplegic teen daughter Chicago Sun-Times | Submitted by: melvin69 "A Wilmington woman took $10,000 to cover up the crime of a man who repeatedly raped her disabled teenage daughter for months." ... "[The woman] reportedly retained a twice-convicted sex offender to baby-sit her quadriplegic daughter, who suffers from cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. [The suspect] raped the 14-year-old for the nine months leading up to his arrest Christmas Day, police said." Read article... Comments (94) Iran gets uppity Wire Services | Submitted by: anonymous "Iran threatened Friday to end surprise inspections and other cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program, and the president vowed his country won't be intimidated by sanctions." ... Also: Stop-Loss Continues Read article... and This... and This... Comments (75) Cops hate potheads officer.com | Submitted by: Crazy Quagga "A pro-pot group alleges that an Aurora police officer pulled over one of its members this week because he had a marijuana legalization sticker on the back of his vehicle." ... "The officer, who wasn't identified, allegedly told [the driver] that he wouldn't have been cited if he didn't have the sticker on his vehicle and that he didn't want his children to see such trash." Read article... Comments (73) HOWTO-Drunk-Driving technicianonline.com | Submitted by: WallWart "It's never a good idea to drive drunk, but sometimes there's just no way around it. Sometimes you're drunk, and you need to go somewhere. I have done it many times myself. In fact, I have done so much drunk driving that I consider myself an expert. And so I now give you, ladies and gentlemen, the benefit of all (or some of) my illegal experience, in a handy guide on how not to get screwed over by drunk driving." Read article... Comments (52) Sentenced to Church The Enquirer | Submitted by: anonymous "A judge gave Brett Haines a choice Friday: Go to jail or go to church. The Anderson Township man, convicted of disorderly conduct, immediately chose six weeks of Sunday worship over 30 days in the Hamilton County Justice Center. But there’s a catch. Haines, who was accused of using racial slurs and threatening a black cab driver, must attend services at any one of Cincinnati’s predominantly African-American churches." ... Also: Aunt Jemima Banned Read article... and This article... Comments (64) Red Badge of Asshole Lincoln Journal Star | Submitted by: GTL - all christmas-y "It’s not a scarlet letter. But it is a bunch of letters on a red tag stuck to someone’s house — if the occupants have gotten into trouble with the law for such things as parties, noise or litter." ... "A half-dozen college students attended the meeting to question red-tagging. Sarah Morris asked why party-goers should be identified with a bright red sign, but thieves or murderers are not." Read article... Comments (40) Nothing Like A Good Old Fashioned Bum Beating Belleville News-Democrat | Submitted by: sinister "The beatings started at 1:20 a.m." ... Also: More here Read article... and This article... Comments (28) Would-be eco-terrorists nabbed by FBI Sacramento Bee | Submitted by: Crazy Quagga "FBI agents said they arrested three people Friday who were plotting to blow up unspecified power generation plants, cell phone towers and U.S. Forest Service facilities. The three, who were taken into custody in a shopping center parking lot in north Auburn, planned the attacks on behalf of the Earth Liberation Front, an eco-terrorist group that commits acts of vandalism, the federal agency said." Read article... Comments (21) Chomp chomp chomp WFTV-TV 9 Orlando | Submitted by: I can't believe I ate the whole thing... "A man who bit off part of his girlfriend's face and spit it out on the sidewalk was convicted of assault." Read article... Comments (30) Fly! Be Free! WTAE-TV 4 Pittsburgh | Submitted by: popo "The body of an inmate was found outside the Allegheny County Jail early Thursday morning, Warden Ramon Rustin said." ... "It appears that Sebetich fell 16 stories while trying to escape, Rustin said." ... Quote: "The reason they were 16 stories up is because that height is suppose to be a deterrent. If you get out that window, you face a 187-foot drop." Read article... Comments (26) Friendly Neighborhood Dogfucker Rapes Teen Burlington Free Press | Submitted by: Rockspin "A Lyndonville teenager who pleaded no contest last week to sodomizing a dog in 2004 was arraigned Thursday in Vermont District Court on allegations he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl on New Year's Day." ... "The girl, in an account of the sexual assaults she provided police, said Plourde told her before the assaults that We are going to have sex with you, the affidavit said. When she disagreed, she said Plourde told her to shut up or we are going to rape you. Police said the girl passed out after smoking the marijuana and woke up to find Plourde and Stark sexually assaulting her. She told police when she began to scream Plourde put his hand over her mouth." Read article... Comments (55) "Rats" Florida Sun-Herald | Submitted by: anonymous "Marijuana, cocaine and narcotics began disappearing from the evidence room, and police say they've found the culprit..." [more] Read article... Comments (29) Do Not Peep BBC | Submitted by: anonymous "Two council CCTV camera operators have been jailed for spying on a naked woman in her own home. Mark Summerton and Kevin Judge, from Sefton Council, Merseyside, trained a street camera into the woman's flat. At Liverpool Crown Court, Summerton, 37, of Kirkdale, Liverpool, admitted voyeurism and attempted voyeurism. He was sentenced to four months in prison. Judge, 42, from Waterloo, admitted misconduct in public office and was jailed for two months." Read article... Comments (13) Molestor Strangled Houston Chronicle | Submitted by: anonymous "Jurors saw dramatic video Thursday of prison guards frantically trying to open the cell door of John Geoghan, then dragging another inmate out after he strangled the child-molesting former priest." ... "Druce appeared pleased with himself as he confessed shortly after he was pulled from the cell, said [authorities]." ... Quote: "I killed the child molester. He won't touch any more kids." Read article... Comments (57) Update: Goat-for-Crack Trial Continues Uniontown Herald-Standard | Submitted by: chipmunksforsmack? "A Fayette County prosecutor will recall a witness today to rebut testimony from a father and son from Bullskin Township who are being tried on charges alleging they took part in stealing and killing a neighbor's goat on Christmas Eve 2004 in order to trade the meat for crack cocaine." ... "The three remaining goats were visibly upset for two days following Chloe's disappearance." ... Update: Suspects acquitted Read article... and This article... Comments (8) Webmaster avoids jail time but down goes his website XBiz | Submitted by: anonymous "Adult site owner Chris Wilson, who was facing 301 obscenity charges for posting adult and obscene photos on his website NowThatsFuckedUp.com, has pleaded no contest to a few misdemeanor charges in exchange for dismissal of the felony case and 295 additional misdemeanor charges against him." Read article... Comments (19)