Daily Rotten Archives July 31, 2007 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Wisconsin Author Wins Worst Prose Award Tacoma News Tribune | Submitted by: Jack D. Ripper "Gerald began - but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten percent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it mattered much because for them 'permanently' meant the next ten minutes or so until buried by searing lava or suffocated by choking ash - to pee." Read article... Comments (114) Look Ma, No Balls! Wire Services | Submitted by: Dog Boy "An inmate who castrated herself with a disposable razor blade after prison officials refused to treat her for gender identity disorder should have female hormone therapy paid for by the state, a federal judge said." Read article... Comments (131) Man 'sexually assaulted statue' BBC | Submitted by: Andrew The Great "Police in Blackpool are hunting a man who sexually assaulted a woman who was performing as a living statue." ... Also: Crybaby Rapist Read article... and This article... Comments (70) Mommy, Daughter find severed kangaroo heads on beach News Corporation | Submitted by: aussiechick "Girl wanted mother to phone for ambulance" Read article... Comments (56) Ohio ponders sex offender laws CentralOhio.com | Submitted by: furpo "It seems like a common-sense precaution to protect children: Prohibit sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school." Read article... Comments (72) Messy room leads to gunplay The Enquirer | Submitted by: TeratoMarty "The bullet went through his cheek and remains lodged in his neck." Read article... Comments (49) Toddler killed by land yacht WLWT | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "I saw the policemen looking under the car and I just knew what had happened," said neighbor Ronda Schmid. ... Also: She felt something Read article... and This article... Comments (55) Exorcism ends in death AZ Central | Submitted by: azdollarbill "A 48-year-old Phoenix man whom authorities say was choking his 3-year-old granddaughter during an exorcism early Saturday died after struggling with police officers who went into the home to investigate, Phoenix police said." Read article... Comments (70) So Many Dead Babies Sydney Morning Herald | Submitted by: Samantha Taylor "The remains of four premature babies have been found hidden in garbage bags and a blanket at a woman's home in the US state of Maryland, police said." Read article... Comments (61) Now do you believe me? Wire Services | Submitted by: LadyAmethyst "Despite her constant pleas, Staten said it wasn't until she gave birth, the baby fell on the cell floor and she held her child up to the cell bars that she finally got the attention of a guard, who cut the umbilical cord with her fingernails." Read article... Comments (89) Operation "Clockwork Orange" WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: Fescue "Transit workers are installing speakers this week to pump classical music from Seattle's KING-FM into the Tacoma Mall Transit Center. The tactic is designed to disperse young criminals who make drug deals at the bus stop or use public transportation to circulate between the mall and other trouble-prone places." Read article... Comments (65) Over my dead body Los Angeles Times | Submitted by: dadofautism "A San Francisco transplant surgeon was criminally charged Monday with excessively prescribing drugs to a 25-year-old disabled man last year in order to hasten his death and harvest his organs sooner." Read article... Comments (41) Setting up Mom and Dad WISN-TV 12 Milwaukee | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "I've been traumatized, and I don't want to think it was my own flesh and blood that did it," Stacy Schulz's father, Joe, said Monday. Read article... Comments (39) Rape trial jurors investigate on their own London Telegraph | Submitted by: ElasticPubes "Much of the case centred on the alleged victim's torn underwear, and it emerged yesterday that the jury had bought five pairs of similar knickers and tested them in the jury room to see how easily they would tear." Read article... Comments (34) Sticker Shock MSNBC | Submitted by: ZebraBob "The owner of a car dealership has been accused of killing two employees because they kept asking for pay raises." ... Also: Will fondle for fistfight Read article... and This article... Comments (44) Sucked into a Sand Hopper WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: Rio "I'm alive. My legs are working, and everything is just fine," Tabscott said. "Everything seems to be in working order." Tabscott was given the rest of the day off. Read article... Comments (357) Marine poser busted AP | Submitted by: ikthool "A man who posed as a decorated Marine Corps captain for two years will tend graves at a military cemetery as part his sentence to serve 500 hours of community service, a federal judge ruled." ... Also: Nothing says I Love You like Panda Poop Read article... and This article... Comments (29) Jumpers San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: anonymous "Conventional wisdom has it that people who commit suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge travel from around the globe to end their lives in San Francisco Bay, but a new study of death leaps shows that the average jumper is a 41-year-old white man from the Bay Area." Read article... Comments (46) Stoned young rats fail memory tests Australian Broadcasting | Submitted by: JJ "Researchers at the University of Sydney have found that adolescent rats are more vulnerable to adverse effects of cannabis than adult rats." Read article... Comments (69)