Daily Rotten Archives February 21, 2007 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Clowns Assassinated BBC | Submitted by: anonymous "Two circus clowns have been shot dead during a performance in the eastern Colombian city of Cucuta, police say." Read article... Comments (98) Man accused of car exhaust rape News Corporation | Submitted by: Night Light (Actual headline) Read article... Comments (737) This is the Zodiac speaking San Jose Mercury News | Submitted by: anonymous "To this day, Bay Area residents of the time immediately recognize the hooded police sketch of the Zodiac, a name he coined in letters, signed with his distinctive, bulls-eye-like insignia." Read article... Comments (34) A bit of the old Ultra-Violence CNN | Submitted by: Raygunyouth "All Nathan Moore says he wanted to do was smoke pot and get drunk with his friends." Read article... Comments (64) ACLU backing student over preachy teacher CNN | Submitted by: anonymous "The American Civil Liberties Union is supporting a high school student who objected when his teacher made religious statements, including allegedly telling students that those who do not believe Jesus died for their sins belong in hell." Read article... Comments (38) FART BOMB New Zealand Herald | Submitted by: ben tino FART BOMB Read article... Comments (38) I'll save you! MSNBC | Submitted by: unsheathed "A man said he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but..." Read article... Comments (63) Heil Sugar! Stuff NZ | Submitted by: ZebraBob "Small packets of sugar bearing the likeness of Adolf Hitler and carrying Holocaust jokes have been found in some cafes in Croatia, prompting an investigation, the office of the state prosecutor said on Monday." Read article... Comments (42) "denied the right to sexual freedom" BBC | Submitted by: Sinthyia "A German brother and sister who live as a couple and have four children are going to Germany's highest court to try to legalise their relationship." ... Also: Woof! Read article... and This article... Comments (55) Death by Acid Fox News | Submitted by: anonymous "A former lab assistant convicted of murdering his boss' husband was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday, despite several jurors' pleas that a judge grant him a more lenient sentence." Read article... Comments (581) Man 'lucky' he can't remember 16-story fall MSNBC | Submitted by: Ligeia "I probably would have some pretty serious nightmares," he says Read article... Comments (32) RIAA targeting colleges Boston Herald | Submitted by: anonymous "Cracking down on college students, the music industry is sending thousands more complaints to top universities this school year than it did last year as it targets music illegally downloaded over campus computer networks." ... "We have to let people know that if they engage in this activity, they are not anonymous." Read article... Comments (25) I'll take the shrunken head and the chupacabra El Paso Times | Submitted by: anonymous "Within a span of about six or seven city blocks, you can find Pancho Villa's alleged trigger finger, one of Tejano singer Selena's bustiers and buildings where celebrities once and still lay their heads." Read article... Comments (11) Mooned! Columbus Dispatch | Submitted by: DonkeyHotey "Mickey Meyer rode his stick like a horse, dropped his bulky pants, mooned the crowd and slapped his buttocks during a game against Brigham Young University, police said." Read article... Comments (15) The Midas Touch in reverse TwinCities.com | Submitted by: QnTease "A mechanic grew suspicious Monday when he saw a modified gas tank and fresh weld marks." Read article... Comments (28) Gropey Cop Baltimore Sun | Submitted by: Jethro Bodine "A rookie Anne Arundel County police officer has been charged with taking a cell phone picture of himself groping a teenager during a traffic stop, after threatening to jail her for drunken driving if she didn't cooperate." ... Also: Revenge of the Spam Read article... and This article... Comments (17) Mom pissed about son's slingshot arrest WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: sk8terboy "The arrest of a sixth-grader in Tavares, Fla., accused of using a balloon and milk carton top to make a small deadly weapon slingshot and fire a pellet at a classmate was uncalled for and overblown by authorities, according to the boy's mother." Read article... Comments (34) Specter Moose Lewiston Sun-Journal | Submitted by: kurespooky He's white or dirty gray, twice normal size and typically just a bit too far from any gun's reach or so swift he disappears in a blink. (The director at the online Museum of Hoaxes called it "a moose version of Moby Dick.") Read article... Comments (23)