Daily Rotten Archives February 3, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 "He used a hacksaw to cut off her face and then ate her eyes" Detroit Free Press | Submitted by: anonymous "State psychiatrists say a Troy man who bludgeoned and mutilated his mother to death in 2000 should be released from an institution, placed in a group home and eventually returned to the community because his mental illness is in remission." Read article... Comments (131) No Toking BREITBART | Submitted by: anonymous "The City of Amsterdam has begun selling recently introduced no toking signs to prevent the official ones from being stolen as collector's items, a spokesman said Friday." Read article... Comments (48) Fight Club on Wheels MSNBC | Submitted by: Gelal, Multiple Miggs "A school bus driver faces child endangerment charges for masterminding a bullying system among middle school students that included a pecking order of abuse, authorities said. Michael Cianci allegedly encouraged students in his Death Cheese Club — named for the yellow school bus — to use headlocks on other students and push them around." ... Also: Tard Slap Read article... and This article... Comments (43) Disneyland or Bust WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: shwa "Angry families stormed fences at Hong Kong Disneyland and tossed their children over gates Thursday after the theme park sold out for an eighth consecutive day, according to a Local 6 News report." Read article... Comments (35) Bringing a geezer to a bear fight WGAL | Submitted by: Rockspin (HouseMuiscAllDayBaby) "An 80-year-old worker at a shuttered southern Illinois petting zoo has died at an Indiana hospital after being mauled by one of the zoo's black bears." ... "Deb Phillips said her father-in-law was trying to corral an escaped black bear Wednesday night with a bag of dog food when the bear attacked." ... [Good book about what happens when you feed bears: Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen.] Read article... Comments (40) California nuclear lab brings out the big guns CNN | Submitted by: Bitter Cynic "Officials at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have added a new weapon to their armory: a high-powered machine gun that can fire more than 50 rounds per second. The weapon, unveiled Thursday, is a six-barrel Gatling gun called the Dillon Aero M134D. An undisclosed number of the guns will be mounted on vehicles and elsewhere at the lab." Read article... Comments (47) Teen horror writer committed him to a psychiatric ward Court TV | Submitted by: anonymous "David, I am offended by this piece. If this needs to be your subject matter, you're going to have to find another teacher," Ann Mershon's critique began. The 17-year-old's satirical fable concerned a boy who awoke from a wet dream, slipped rear-end first onto a toy cone, and then had his head crushed in a misty red explosion under the tires of a school bus. "I'm actually a little concerned about your obsessive focus on sex and potty language. Make a change — today!" ... Also: Essays, Teacher's Statement Read article... and This... and This... Comments (78) Man offered crack to officer in uniform Orlando Sentinel | Submitted by: oddser5050 "Thinking the tall, 340-pound man was joking, Johnson said, yes, he wanted to buy some dope. That's when Garibay pulled out a plastic bag containing several pieces of flat white rocks substances and asked for cash, records show." ... Update: TSG Mugshot Read article... and This article... Comments (27) Cartoon draws howls of protest from Joint Chiefs E&P | Submitted by: anonymous Aravosis from AmericaBlog told E&P: "Now that the Joint Chiefs have addressed the insidious threat cartoons pose to our troops, perhaps they can move on to less pressing issues like getting them their damn body armor." ... [Here is the toon in question.] ... Also: Newspaper defends Mohammed cartoon decision Read article... and This article... Comments (64) A fine line where there should be a fence eWeek | Submitted by: No More Mister Nice Bong " Lawmakers remain at loggerheads in attempting to renew 16 controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act, voting late Feb. 2 to give the provisions a second five-week extension to continue negotiations." ... "The provisions now will expire March 10." Read article... Comments (15) Go to Church, Go to Jail WBIR-TV 10 Knoxville | Submitted by: anonymous "Every religion has rules its members are supposed to live by, but how far would religious officials go to enforce those rules? One Knoxville woman found out when she got a letter from her church telling her not to come back on church property or risk arrest for criminal trespass." ... Quote: "I step foot on that property of that church, I risk incarceration." Read article... Comments (43) Giant owl with a taste for dogs London Telegraph | Submitted by: anonymous "A giant owl was captured yesterday after terrorising a tranquil village in a spate of attacks on dogs." Read article... Comments (29) Can you hear me now? WLEX-TV 18 Lexington | Submitted by: backuptheholler "Her arm was found near the accident still clutching a cell phone." Read article... Comments (48)