Daily Rotten Archives January 24, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 New EMT convicted in fatal prank Richmond Times-Dispatch | Submitted by: rollo "Joshua Philip Martin was in his fourth day on the job as a rescue-squad worker in Russell County when, in a playful mood, he decided to reach into the front seat of the ambulance and zap one of his co-workers with the defibrillator paddles. The rookie's mistake was fatal." Read article... Comments (141) Roach Sandwich WFAA-TV 8 Dallas | Submitted by: ingenious toad god "A family claimed it ate fast food sandwiches filled with baby roaches." Read article... Comments (90) Infected Body Parts Sacramento Bee | Submitted by: cadmonkey "Patricia Battisti had thought her back surgery in early 2005 was routine. A letter from her hospital nearly a year later made it clear she was wrong. Battisti was informed that the cadaver bone that was implanted in her back may have been infected with various viruses - the result of what investigators say was a large-scale scheme in which corpses were cut up and body parts illegally sold." Read article... Comments (36) Boy Excercises 2nd Amendment at Daycare MSNBC | Submitted by: popo "An 8-year-old boy accidentally shot a 7-year-old girl in the arm Tuesday with a handgun he pulled from his backpack at a day-care center, police in suburban Montgomery County, Maryland, said." Read article... Comments (70) Car Smooshed by Sign San Diego Union-Tribune | Submitted by: hlsvlad "A massive chunk of the 18-ton sign thundered down onto the freeway south of Mesa College Drive, crushing a Hyundai Elantra. A Volkswagen Jetta ran into the sign." [With little picture.] Read article... Comments (37) Just Act Natural MSNBC | Submitted by: Depleted Your Cranium "The suspects, walking around after a scheduled half-day of school, videotaped themselves before the attack as they discussed how they were going to assault a random victim, then took turns holding the camera during the beating." Read article... Comments (52) The New Firewater Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: Wuppy "My name is Phillip. I'm a gas sniffer. I sniff gas with my friends. In wintertime, we steal skidoos and we steal gas...." Read article... Comments (74) Flaming San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Depleted Your Cranium "A woman who killed her ex-husband by dousing him with gasoline and setting him on fire has been sentenced to 25 years in prison." ... Also: It was clearly not his best move Read article... and This article... Comments (46) King of the Zombies BBC | Submitted by: The All Seeing Ear "A 20-year-old American has admitted hijacking thousands of computers and using them to send out spam." ... "He hijacked somewhere in the area of half a million computer systems. This not only affected computers like the one in your home, but it allowed him and others to orchestrate large-scale attacks." Read article... Comments (36)