Daily Rotten Archives February 5, 2007 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Babysicle Winnipeg Sun | Submitted by: manitobamadman "Police issued a plea yesterday for a mother to turn herself in after a baby girl, no more than an hour old, was found wrapped in a towel on the back step of a home in -29 C temperatures." Read article... Comments (67) Official pulled "very hard" The Register | Submitted by: Vomit "US immigration officials insisted the sufferer of an anal infection remove a small piece of medical thread which was being used by doctors to treat the condition. The man required treatment under general anaesthetic as a result. The man had an anal fistula, which is a painful channel that can develop deep into the anus, caused by infection or digestive conditions such as Crohn's disease. More details, if absolutely necessary, from NHS Direct here." Read article... Comments (95) For a moment everything went sideways ABC TV affiliates | Submitted by: Flossy666 "On Thursday, Joy Grieger found its severed head returned to her family's Stewartstown property, complete with X's drawn over its eyes." Read article... Comments (43) Pee Thief KETV | Submitted by: TeratoMarty "He was a very friendly person. A little odd, but friendly," she said. [Background here.] Read article... and This article... Comments (33) Flame On! baynews9.com | Submitted by: Night Light "Investigators said 76-year-old Barbara Foisey was smoking a cigarette while using oxygen in her room at the Sunset Villa Retirement Home in Clearwater, causing a small fire to ignite." ... Also: Free Bridge Read article... and This article... Comments (38) Home Improvement: The Outtakes San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Graehme de Parke, Esq. "The San Jose man, who was not identified by fire officials, was trying to repair a fence by digging a stake into the ground when he nicked a gas line six feet underground." Read article... Comments (27) Dook Dook Dook WGRZ-TV 2 Buffalo | Submitted by: anonymous "High school kids who illegally go drinking over the weekend could still find themselves in trouble at school a few days later. A New Jersey school district is adopting a new policy that allows officials to randomly test students. The test they'll use can detect alcohol as much as three days after its consumption." Read article... Comments (44) Drunk on Hand Sanitizer Indianapolis Star | Submitted by: libtechbeer "The 49-year-old Maryland inmate seemed seriously sick after he drank from a gallon container of hand sanitizer. Described as loony, red-eyed and combative, officials whisked him to a nearby hospital for treatment. But they quickly discovered he wasn't ill -- just very, very drunk on Purell." Read article... Comments (42) Eat it! Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: Mikeisgreen "Doctors said she nearly died of a blocked airway." Read article... Comments (24) Scientology Fugitive Arrested 10zenmonkeys.com | Submitted by: anonymous "On Friday, Arizona police arrested a 64-year-old man — a fugitive since 2001 in a bizarre war that mixes free speech, copyright law, and the Church of Scientology." Read article... Comments (54)