Daily Rotten Archives January 27, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Biting the dong that feeds you Cambridge News | Submitted by: anonymous "She bit hard. She bit very hard. This caused what Mr O'Leary described as indescribable pain." ... "The jury heard Mr O'Leary tried to prise open Jowett's mouth with his hands while she made sounds like an animal. He pleaded with her and he begged her to let go while hitting her to try to get her off. Mr McNiff said there was a lot of blood while Mr O'Leary screamed and then ran to call 999." Read article... Comments (81) Durp! WTSP-TV 10 St. Petersburg | Submitted by: anonymous "Manatee County School Officials say the girl made the whole story up, and her girlfriends helped her." Read article... Comments (70) Sooo-eeee! BREITBART | Submitted by: Jonny Plasma "Authorities arrested five men for setting up fights between dogs and wild boars at an Indian reservation in South Florida." ... "Twenty-one dogs and at least 14 wild boars were involved." ... "Hog-dog fights typically match a pit bull terrier or bulldog against a wild boar in a pen for 60-second bouts." Read article... Comments (37) A Cop and His Lolita KSBW-TV 8 Salinas | Submitted by: popo "A San Jose police officer entered a plea of not guilty Thursday to charges he encouraged a 16-year-old Scotts Valley girl to take dozens of nude pictures of herself and then turn them over to him." ... "Police said two laptop hard drives and at least one digital memory card were found in a trash bag at Williams' home. A forensic examiner with the San Jose Police Department also discovered that Williams tried to delete photographs from his computer before police confiscated it." Read article... Comments (36) Get-R-Done: 104 counts of child rape WSET-TV 13 Lynchburg | Submitted by: OtisTheCat "Marshals believe they could be traveling in a red Dodge pickup with a Get-R-Done bug shield and a sticker on the rear glass that reads 100 percent Cowboy." ... Also: An open letter to Larry The Cable Guy Read article... and This article... Comments (35) Snap Crack Pop Spokane Spokesman-Review | Submitted by: spokanimal "A little boy was returned to foster care today after police detectives found crack cocaine in a Rice Chex cereal box at his mother’s West Spokane Valley apartment during a search." [Submitter adds: Here in Spokane, when not engaged in sex scandals, we love a good hearty breakfast.] Read article... Comments (22) Duhhhhhhhhhhh KMBC-TV 9 Kansas City | Submitted by: OtisTheCat "Some women in Springfield are regretting their decision last week to get a tattoo from a door-to-door tattoo salesman." Read article... Comments (76) No More Sex Tours Tacoma News Tribune | Submitted by: oddser5050 "Travel agents wouldn’t be able to book or sell “sex tours” under a measure Washington lawmakers are considering. Hawaii approved a similar law two years ago." ... Quote: “If I sell a ticket to Bangkok and the guy solicits kids into his condo, am I liable?” Read article... Comments (28) Life in prison Daytona Beach News-Journal | Submitted by: oddser5050 "I loved my mother," Bruce Neal said in court Wednesday. "What I did to my mom was a horrible crime." Read article... Comments (20) Illegal Grills Akron Beacon-Journal | Submitted by: oddser5050 "Health authorities are clamping down on a Thai teen fashion fad - wearing fake orthodontic braces." ... "Girls flashing multicolored metallic grins are regularly featured in teen magazines as braces have become more common in Thailand, transforming the dental gear into a fashion statement. Rather than getting fitted for the real and expensive option, teens have been buying do-it-yourself kits in stores and selecting colored rubber bands to match their outfits or moods." ... From the same source: Tango and Cash Read article... and This article... Comments (29) Shake what your mama gave you Columbus Dispatch | Submitted by: oddser5050 "The girls in a nursing class at Vern Riffe Career Technology Center in Piketon were taken individually to a bathroom by their teacher on Friday and made to drop their pants, remove their shirts and unfasten their bras and shake them out." Read article... Comments (34) Fake Anthrax Santa Cruz Sentinel | Submitted by: Incubus "Federal prosecutors charged a Santa Cruz man Tuesday with threatening to launch a chemical attack and sending letters containing fake anthrax to authorities." ... "Authorities allege [his] longtime interest in actress Drew Barrymore might have prompted the three threatening letters, one of which contained photos of the actress along with a white powdery substance, in an attempt to win the celebrity's attention." ... "His listed occupation was pizza delivery man." Read article... Comments (15) Tennessee crack tax WBIR-TV 10 Knoxville | Submitted by: Doctor Dickum "Basically, drug dealers are supposed to pay taxes on illegal drugs and alcohol. They pay confidentially, and when they do, they get a stamp. If they're caught without the stamp, they'll be prosecuted for not only selling drugs, but for not paying their taxes too." Read article... Comments (37) Let's all mess with Texas GameSpot | Submitted by: anonymous "Though incumbent Governor Rick Perry is almost assured to win the Republican nomination for this year's gubernatorial election in Texas, he does face three long-shot challengers. One of them, Corpus Christi rancher Star Locke, has proposed eliminating property taxes in the Lone Star State with revenue from taxing three things he finds undesirable. Specifically, Locke is proposing a $10,000 per-abortion tax on medical clinics that perform abortions and a 50 percent tax on all soda that contains added glucose, fructose, sucrose to the beverage for sale to humans." ... "However, gamers will be especially alarmed by the third part of Locke's property-tax-relief proposal -- a 100 percent tax on violent video games." ... Also: YAGTAL (YET ANOTHER GRAND THEFT AUTO LAWSUIT) Read article... and This article... Comments (44) French murder was from a different era Wire Services | Submitted by: Mephistopheles "French police who spent two years trying to identify a woman who was murdered by a blow to the head were relieved to discover the reason their efforts were failing: the woman died half a millennium ago." ... Actual quote: "We are satisfied because at least we know the date now. We reckon it was pirates." Read article... Comments (32) It was twenty years ago today... MSNBC | Submitted by: Space Jew "Twenty years ago, millions of television viewers were horrified to witness the live broadcast of the space shuttle Challenger exploding 73 seconds into flight, ending the lives of the seven astronauts on board." Read article... Comments (80)