Daily Rotten Archives July 14, 2007 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 When GTA is not enough Australian Broadcasting | Submitted by: matt_rug "A Sydney man has been refused bail on charges of using a restored army tank to destroy an number of mobile phone towers in the city's west." Read article... Comments (51) Perfecto Wire Services | Submitted by: anonymous "I will start a chain of terrorism in the world," a 15-year-old suspected of planning the assault allegedly wrote in the journal, which led to his arrest. "This will go down in history. Take out everyone there. Perfecto." Read article... Comments (40) Ow Ow Ow Wire Services | Submitted by: ZebraBob More here. Read article... and This article... Comments (94) Get on the bus Anchorage Daily News | Submitted by: redrubberballs "An Anchorage bus driver appeared in court Wednesday to hear himself accused of sexually abusing a disabled passenger with the mental capacity of a 7-year-old." ... Also: Goddamn Gingers Read article... and This article... Comments (87) Torture Monk BBC | Submitted by: 100Pubevolts "As well as Brother Benedict's electric shocks, the pupils were whipped with knotted laces and made to eat their own vomit. One boy's arm was broken when the monk lost his temper over a cheeky comment." Read article... Comments (39) Bro and Sis charged in bank robberies Cleveland Plain Dealer | Submitted by: anonymous "The FBI says bank teller Kimberly Duncan left out a key detail this month when giving police a description of the man who twice robbed the bank where she worked: That the gun-wielding robber looked a lot like her older brother Joshua Duncan." Read article... Comments (433) Potheads = Terrorists REDDING.com | Submitted by: anonymous "The nation's top anti-drug official said people need to overcome their reefer blindness and see that illicit marijuana gardens are a terrorist threat to the public's health and safety, as well as to the environment." Read article... Comments (116) Judge rules Canada's pot laws unconstitutional Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: SheeDevil "The government told the public not to worry about access to marijuana," said Judge Howard Borenstein. "They have a policy but not law.… In my view that is unconstitutional." Read article... Comments (40) Florida politician performs exorcism on "possessed" daughter WSB-TV 2 Atlanta | Submitted by: furpo "Investigators said the couple admitted they tried to exorcise the demons out of their daughter by pouring olive oil on her while they held her hands behind her back on June 27." ... "This time police found the teen's clothes torn off in the struggle and she had bruises on her arm and knees." Read article... Comments (44) Happy Birthday Granddaughter MSNBC | Submitted by: DS "Sen. Dave Hansen said he was leaving to attend a meeting when his granddaughter ran out of the house and got behind his car. Hansen said neither he nor his wife knew the girl had run outside." Read article... Comments (28) Plague of Flies WGAL | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "It's horrible, absolutely horrible. You can't go out on your deck. You go out to sit in the sun and you're covered with flies," Little said. "If I'm cooking in here and have the door open, that door will literally be covered in flies because of the smell of the food." Read article... Comments (44) Giant Chimps Guardian | Submitted by: DummyMore "Deep in the Congolese jungle is a band of apes that, according to local legend, kill lions, catch fish and even howl at the moon. Local hunters speak of massive creatures that seem to be some sort of hybrid between a chimp and a gorilla." Read article... Comments (46) Judge halts bail for slave owners WBZ-TV | Submitted by: redrubberballs "A federal judge has put the brakes -- again -- on bail for a wealthy couple accused of forcing two Indonesian housekeepers to serve as their slaves." ... "Prosecutors have said the couple held the housekeepers from 2002 to 2007 as virtual slaves, denying them freedom of movement, subjecting them to serious physical abuse and paying them no wages except for $100 a month sent to relatives abroad." Read article... Comments (21) Flag Hag KMGH-TV 7 Denver | Submitted by: Flossy666 The federal flag code states: "The flag should never be displayed with union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property." ... Also: 16 years for punching wifey in face Read article... and This article... Comments (58) Life is good off the grid Post-Tribune | Submitted by: merrillvillain "It doesn't take much to live. People think they have to have this big house ..." the self-taught tinkerer said. Read article... Comments (35) What Happens in a knife fight torrentlounge.com | Submitted by: anonymous ['Nuff said.] Read article... Comments (34) Nostalgic Pan-Asian Kink Wotten | Submitted by: Ed [New Rotten exhibit.] Read article... Comments (415)