Daily Rotten Archives January 31, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 A major victory for equality in the workplace CNN | Submitted by: Arch "A former postal worker shot five people to death at a huge mail-processing center and then killed herself in what was believed to be the nation's deadliest workplace shooting ever carried out by a woman." ... Pop, pop, pop: "I heard something that sounded like a pop, and then I heard a couple seconds later, another pop, pop, pop." Read article... Comments (117) Dog poo and ham BBC | Submitted by: mad cow 2 "A man has been arrested by police investigating how dog poo came to be listed on the ingredients of a packet of sliced ham. Detectives were called after reports that the words were found on the label of a 300g packet of the cooked meat, bought in Wakefield, West Yorkshire." Read article... Comments (54) Block Party WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: xxxtinct species-reader57 "Two men and two teens were charged in connection with a weeklong vandalism spree during which cinder blocks were thrown into at least 114 vehicles in Palm Bay and Melbourne." ... Say aloud like Marge from Fargo: "Their little game is turning out to be not such a fun game, and they're going to find that out the hard way." Read article... Comments (44) AT&T Sued Over NSA Eavesdropping Wired | Submitted by: anonymous The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T on Tuesday, accusing the telecom company of violating federal laws by collaborating with the government's secret, warrantless wiretapping of American citizens' phone and internet usage." Read article... Comments (70) Angry Little Birdy WFTV-TV 9 Orlando | Submitted by: azdollarbill "A half-ton bull named Pajarito, or Little Birdy, jumped into the stands during a bullfight, injuring several spectators before it was killed." Read article... Comments (53) Do Not Porn & Drive: Part 1 of 2 Murfreesboro Daily News Journal | Submitted by: this1guy "A man glancing at pornography while he was driving Friday on state Route 840 was arrested for allegedly forcing other motorists off the highway, a sheriff's deputy reported." ... What the police say: "When I made contact with the [driver], there were several pornographic magazines on the seat next to him." Read article... Comments (22) Do Not Porn & Drive: Part 2 of 2 The Eagle | Submitted by: xxxtinct species-reader57 "A woman got a little more than what she ordered at a [fast-food] drive-through Saturday night. While parked and waiting in line at McDonald's, she and her passengers - a 9-year-old and a 92-year-old - got an eyeful as a pornographic movie played on a TV screen inside the car in front of them." Read article... Comments (51) Vampire candidate arrested UPI | Submitted by: melvin69 "Self-described vampire and Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jonathan The Impaler Sharkey has been arrested on Indiana charges of stalking and escape." Read article... Comments (40) No More Leprechauns RTE Ireland | Submitted by: Vomit "[Ireland] has decided to ban the sale and possession of magic mushrooms. Up until this afternoon it had been legal to sell the psycho-active mushrooms as long as they had not been dried or processed. The ban is to be effective immediately and it is understood that some of the 50 shops across Ireland which had been selling the mushrooms have now begun removing them from their shelves." Read article... Comments (37) No Fucking New York Times | Submitted by: Rooney Eats It "A federal trial opened here Monday over whether a Kansas law prohibiting virtually all sexual activity by people under age 16 means health care professionals and educators must report such behavior to state authorities, which some say would stop many teenagers from seeking contraception or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases." Read article... Comments (101) Crappy Weed WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: anonymous "Two people in Orange County, Fla., were arrested after an 18-month-old was found with marijuana in his diaper, according to a Local 6 News report." Read article... Comments (32) Teen rabbit-punched for snowboarding like a goddamned delinquent KUSA-TV 9 Denver | Submitted by: Jonny Plasma "A 52-year-old man assaulted a teenage girl after a collision between the girl and the man's daughter, according to police. Randal Berg of Littleton was arrested Sunday for the assault in which he reportedly punched the 16-year-old in the back and head." Read article... Comments (35) County Requests Residents Not Recycle Guns, Ammunition WFTV-TV 9 Orlando | Submitted by: azdollarbill ['nuff said.] Read article... Comments (17) Beating the (online) bushes looking for recruits c|Net | Submitted by: cmu sucks "Longtime virtual gamer Sara Andrews didn't know she would cause much of a ruckus when she began recruiting new members of her World of Warcraft virtual gaming guild, which mostly caters to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender players. In recruitment messages she posted on WoW, she wrote that the guild was not glbt only but we are glbt friendly. To WoW publisher Blizzard Entertainment, however, Andrews' message was out of bounds." Read article... Comments (49) Surf's up! Aftenposten | Submitted by: Depleted Your Cranium "A fully grown moose was spotted surfing down a rain-swollen river in Norway early this week, riding on a large chunk of ice." Read article... Comments (29)