Daily Rotten Archives February 27, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 I Dare You WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: doczzz "A 13-year-old Orlando boy was hospitalized this weekend after falling from a roller coaster ride while acting on a dare from a friend, according to a statement from Cypress Gardens Sunday." ... "The Triple Hurricane, a wooden roller coaster that features waves but no loops, has operated since December 2004." ... Also: Student Killed in Stunt to Impress Girlfriend Read article... and This article... Comments (67) Gun! Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Submitted by: oddser5050 The police officer yelled gun! and then the shot rang out, turning a finger on Ben Saks' left hand into hamburger meat." Read article... Comments (39) Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition CNN | Submitted by: Depleted Your Cranium "A man who opened fire with a shotgun during a church service Sunday morning killed a woman and wounded two people before he shot himself a mile away, police said." Read article... and This article... Comments (53) No such thing as a complaint department WFOR-TV 4 Fort Lauderdale | Submitted by: The All Seeing Ear "Most police officers are a credit to the badge, serving the community and the people who pay their salary, getting criminals off the street, making the community safer for everyone. But on occasion..." [more] Read article... Comments (47) A pimp named Arthur South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Submitted by: bologna_nipples "Former escort kingpin Arthur Big Pimpin' Pappy Vanmoor is known for his litigious nature." Read article... Comments (40) Chuck Norris would be proud Brisbane Courier-Mail | Submitted by: WEE MAD "A young Brisbane IT specialist who worked as a part-time nightclub bouncer for extra cash has been jailed for seven years for killing a drunk patron with a single kick." ... "Coddington was overhead to say to Hutchings: I fucked your mother." Read article... Comments (46) Smack! Reuters | Submitted by: anonymous "A Colombian man has been sentenced to four years' house arrest for slapping a woman's bottom as he rode by her on his bicycle, sparking debate on whether the punishment fit the crime. Showing re-enactments of the incident, television news shows were filled on Friday with legal experts offering opinions about the judgment handed down earlier in the week by Bogota's district court." Read article... Comments (38) Moos stabbed in eye, tendons slashed Brisbane Courier-Mail | Submitted by: oddser5050 " AUSTRALIA has banned live cattle exports to Egypt after distressing footage was shown last night of cattle having leg tendons cut by abattoir workers. In a report aired last night, Channel 9's 60 Minutes alleged cattle were being stabbed in eye and had their tendons slashed before being killed. An Egyptian abattoir worker told the program tendons were cut to tame the beast before its throat was slit, but footage showed a similar treatment on a placid cattle." ... Update: Egypt abattoir footage misleading, Livecorp says Read article... and This article... Comments (34) You, sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie Brisbane Courier-Mail | Submitted by: oddser5050 A former spokesman for the Taliban, Rahmatullah Hashemi, has enrolled as a student at America's prestigious Yale University where he has taken a class on terrorism, The New York Times magazine reported today. The ex-Taliban spin doctor and "roving ambassador", who has spent time in the presence of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, is now a Yale "freshman" improving his English through a special non-degree program. Read article... Comments (35) Executed by Brother Officers Toronto Star | Submitted by: Jrew "Plans are in the works to hold a funeral in the Scarborough community near where he was struck and mortally wounded by a hit-and-run driver on Friday." Read article... Comments (18) Out of the pan, into the fire Houston Chronicle | Submitted by: tucan "Ricky Holland had two sets of parents in his short life. His biological parents were accused of neglecting him. His adoptive parents are now charged with killing him." ... "The 7-year-old's decomposed body was recovered from a roadside ditch in late January, nearly seven months after he went missing." ... "A preliminary autopsy shows that Ricky's elbow, shoulder blade, nose and upper jaw were broken at or near the time of his death." Read article... Comments (67) They stink on ice! AP | Submitted by: ZebraBob "North America's tallest mountain is getting crowded - too crowded for safety." ... "The large number of climbers spending so much time on Denali creates another big problem: human waste." Read article... Comments (25) Fixin' to do an R. Kelly San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Hypocrite Prosecutors said they were forced to drop a child annoyance charge against a man accused of trying to accost an 11-year-old girl because a judge wouldn't allow testimony involving rapper R. Kelly. Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully's office said Thursday that Tamiko Carter, 30, approached an 11-year-old girl last September while she was walking to school and asked her how old she was. When she told him she was 11, Carter allegedly asked whether she had a boyfriend, "then told her he was fixing to do an 'R. Kelly,'" Read article... Comments (36)