Daily Rotten Archives January 19, 2007 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 "The 15-year-old McDonald's cashier is next." Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: Mikeisgreen "The younger brother of a man shot dead by his girlfriend's father lashed out Thursday night at the way his sibling has been portrayed in the media as a drug dealer while the father has been held up as a hero." Read article... Comments (57) Spy Coins a Hoax Seattle Times | Submitted by: MonkMonk "Reversing itself, the Defense Department says an espionage report it produced that warned about Canadian coins with tiny radio-frequency transmitters was not true." ... "Experts also warned that hiding tracking technology inside coins would be fraught with risks because the spy's target might inadvertently give away the coin or spend it." Read article... Comments (43) DJ Drama busted by RIAA New York Times | Submitted by: Graehme de Parke, Esq. The police, working with the Recording Industry Association of America, raided [DJ Drama's] office, at 147 Walker Street in Atlanta. The association makes no distinction between counterfeit CDs and unlicensed compilations like those that DJ Drama is known for. So the police confiscated 81,000 discs, four vehicles, recording gear, and "other assets that are proceeds of a pattern of illegal activity," said Chief Jeffrey C. Baker, from the Morrow, Ga., police department, which participated in the raid. Read article... Comments (53) Fun with Dogshit CBS-4 Denver | Submitted by: rslip Invoking Thomas Jefferson and Mr. Hankey from the television series South Park, the lawyer for an ex-professor accused of leaving dog feces at a congresswoman's office said her client's actions qualify as protected speech under the First Amendment." Read article... Comments (52) Speaking of South Park... WRAL-TV 5 Raleigh | Submitted by: ZebraBob "City administrator Kathy House says having a park with the same name as the popular but often controversial cartoon show has become inappropriate." ... Also: Whack her with a rolled-up newspaper, Body found in laundry pile Read article... and This... and This... Comments (32) DEA still at it AP | Submitted by: ZebraBob "Federal drug agents raided nearly a dozen medical marijuana clinics, seizing several thousand pounds of processed marijuana, along with weapons and money, authorities said." ... "The DEA, which does not recognize California laws legalizing medical marijuana use, has recently increased its enforcement." Read article... Comments (46) Stolen GPS devices lead cops to suspects' homes AP | Submitted by: canadian_beaver "Three thieves who allegedly stole 14 global positioning system devices didn't get away with their crime for long. The devices led police right to their home. Town officials said the thieves didn't even know what they had: they thought the GPS devices were cell phones, which they planned to sell." Read article... Comments (29) Blame the Black Dog Townsville Bulletin | Submitted by: Night Light "On Palm Island, hardcore binge drinkers get down to it in front yards and backyards and in the fetid confines of rooms in overcrowded houses. This furious drinking is done in an atmosphere of playing children, bawling babies, and disapproving, matriarchal grandmothers, many of whom see what is happening, but whose voices of reproach are ignored and shouted down." Read article... Comments (45) Just Kidding Arizona Central | Submitted by: SpecialK "After a losing a pile of money at a casino, a man drove directly to the Casino Control Commission and put his name on a list of people banned from the casinos for life. It's a decision he immediately regretted - even more so when he learned that in this case, what happens in Atlantic City does not stay in Atlantic City." Read article... Comments (26) Beer Keg + Fire = Lawsuit News Times Live | Submitted by: Night Light " A collection of 55-gallon drums, ice buckets and beer kegs still occupied the scene of a backyard party in New Milford a day after an explosion from a keg set in a fire killed a 22-year-old and injured several others in the early morning hours of Oct. 22. One man injured in the explosion has filed a lawsuit against the property’s owners." Read article... Comments (21) Gone Phishin' c|Net | Submitted by: anonymous "A California man faces up to 101 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of sending out e-mail scams as well as related crimes." ... "Goodin, who was arrested last year, was found guilty of operating a sophisticated phishing scheme, the prosecutors said in the statement. As part of the scam, he sent e-mails posing as AOL's billing department to trick people into giving up their credit card information, according to the statement." Read article... Comments (26) Sneaker Peeker Wire Services | Submitted by: anonymous Busted for unauthorized upskirt! Read article... Comments (33) If you are claiming to be disabled... BBC | Submitted by: Sinthyia ...don't run marathons. Read article... Comments (434) Friday Lunchtime Free-for-All: The World of Sperm Wire Services | Submitted by: MisterCS "We were delighted to finally be able to uncover the male seahorse's fertilization mechanism, a fascinating area of seahorse reproduction that has been neglected until now." Read article... Comments (576)