Daily Rotten Archives July 9, 2007 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 90 Tons Wire Services | Submitted by: Sheba Half the Time "Residents have killed more than 2.3 million field mice — or 90 tons of the rodents, Xinhua said." Read article... Comments (70) Dr. Love BBC | Submitted by: Crapola "One model that was available for teaching the students had the rectum in the wrong place, in another the prostate was in the wrong position." ... "The penises that were available were made of styrofoam and they were all the same." Read article... Comments (48) Furry Convention Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Submitted by: sleepingbeauty "Call it an updated Star Trek convention, if you will, for mostly 20-something males, pale of face, black of T-shirt, sporting pony tails, paunches and sketchbooks full of drawings, but also sporting the occasional dog's tail or rabbit ears." Read article... Comments (69) .49 Seacoastonline.com | Submitted by: anonymous "A special education teacher was six times the legal limit for intoxication Friday night when she dropped and dragged her 2-year-old son aboard a harbor cruise ship, allege police." ... "Prosecutor Corey MacDonald told the Herald Spreen’s .49 blood alcohol concentration, which was measured by medical professionals at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, was high enough to induce a coma or cause death." Read article... Comments (51) Is the Fish Fresh? Canoe | Submitted by: ZebraBob "Animal lovers have slammed a Taiwanese chef for serving a gourmet dish that included a deep fried fish with its head still twitching, a newspaper reported Sunday." ... "Animal lovers have criticized the practice, saying deep frying the fish while alive puts it through extreme pain." Read article... Comments (62) Miracle Boobs BBC | Submitted by: zwd26 "Fat from the tummy or bottom could be used to grow new breasts in a treatment which could be carried out in an hour - or a lunch break." Read article... Comments (55) Take it outside, Godboy WFOR-TV 4 Fort Lauderdale | Submitted by: anonymous "A man making a trip from Puerto Rico to South Florida to raise money for his religious education remains hospitalized Monday after he was struck down by a bolt of lightning which flew from clear blue sky on Sunday. He was selling religious materials when he was hit." Read article... Comments (83) "sadly neglected and dying" BBC | Submitted by: GassyPubes "A 70-year-old US woman has been left bruised and bloody after an unexpected clash with police who came to caution her for not watering her lawn." Read article... Comments (83) San Diego's Giant Penis San Diego Union-Tribune | Submitted by: redrubberballs "Sandor Shapery says his design is like a flower. A consultant to the Centre City Development Corp. says it looks like a giant phallus." Read article... Comments (42) Our Redneck Heritage brisbane times | Submitted by: Sly "Belly-flopping in the mud, tossing toilet seats and guzzling beer, average Joes celebrated the unrefined life of the US redneck yesterday at a wacky annual event initially held as a counterpart to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics." Read article... Comments (53) Down at the ol' swimming hole WTAE-TV 4 Pittsburgh | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "Medics say he was impaled on a metal spike in the swimming hole. The victim removed the spike himself, which then left a gaping wound in his abdomen." Read article... Comments (28) Death by Disposable BBQ Daily Mail | Submitted by: PotheadPubes "A mother killed herself and her young son while suffering from psychotic delusions caused by her regular use of cannabis. Anjun Cavanagh, who smoked two or three joints every night, locked herself and five-year-old Dylan in a sealed bedroom where she lit a disposable barbecue." Read article... Comments (95) Scientology Kills Two More Sydney Morning Herald | Submitted by: Xenubarb How do you tell a Scientologist is lying? Their lips are moving. Read article... Comments (44) I like to watch them pee BBC | Submitted by: Sandywoods Also: Shed Man Read article... and This article... Comments (8) Less donuts, more target practice Philadelphia Inquirer | Submitted by: Lester Lipspray "So many shots were fired in the deadly confrontation that crime-lab investigators had to use hand-written markers to locate each spent shell. More than 107 placards marked the trail of spent police ammunition along Tasker Street between Baily and Taney streets, police said." Read article... Comments (30) Fair Trade Wire Services | Submitted by: Smathsonian "Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son." Read article... Comments (40) Electric Pizza Anchorage Daily News | Submitted by: redrubberballs "The delivery man told officers he was taking pizza and sodas to an apartment in the area about 8:30 p.m. when two men approached him and demanded the food and beverages. As one of the men grabbed them, the delivery man felt a shock and pain in his back that officers later determined was from a Taser, according to a police statement recounting the episode." Read article... Comments (13) Brand New Bag news.nky.com | Submitted by: Night Light "Kentucky forensic anthropologist Emily Craig has designed a body bag that's intended to protect medical examiners working in hazardous conditions. The containment unit would be transparent and have pockets with interior gloves so that medical examiners could manipulate the body or body parts to their satisfaction. The idea would be to isolate the body as quickly as possible to contain whatever contaminants it carries inside the bag." Read article... Comments (10) Basement Zoo wgal.com | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "Lancaster County coroner Dr. Gary Kirchner's basement is like a small zoo with iguanas, fish and birds, but it's the guinea pigs that got him in trouble with a Lancaster County humane officer." Read article... Comments (17) Castro says US assassin had little chance News Corporation | Submitted by: anonymous "Convalescing Cuban President Fidel Castro says the man the United States and Mafia contracted to poison him in the early 1960s would not have been able to get close enough to him to be successful." Read article... Comments (22)