Daily Rotten Archives January 1, 2008 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Prison for necrophiliac Victorville Daily Press | Submitted by: furpo "Four years after he pleaded guilty to the act, Donald Luis Cooper is now in prison for having sex with the corpse of a 4-year-old girl." Read article... Comments (261) Iraqi Street Cleaners New York Times | Submitted by: Toodles Pookie "If the attack comes while they are off duty, they get roughly $8 extra for cleaning up. Despite the grisly work, and the sadness at the deaths, that is a welcome sum when they are each paid about $6 a day. There were many such bomb bonuses paid in 2007, though markedly fewer than in past years." Read article... Comments (54) Wig Fails Wheeling News-Register | Submitted by: anonymous " A Moundsville fugitive who managed to elude police for nearly two weeks was arrested in a Bellaire home Thursday while attempting to conceal his identity with a wig." ... "He did not attempt to resist arrest, but he did try to hide and tried to conceal his identity by wearing a wig. Obviously, that didn’t work,” Shallcross said. Read article... Comments (48) Tards and Tats Wire Services | Submitted by: texasman1000 "Two men trying to trace a loaded .357-caliber Magnum as a pattern for a tattoo accidentally shot themselves..." Read article... Comments (53) Garbage Strike San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Flossy666 "When we throw something away, what does 'away' mean?" said Derfel. "There's no such thing as 'away.' " ... Also: Flaming Brick Plot Read article... and This article... Comments (141) Mauled by a Buffalo Phoenix East Valley Tribune | Submitted by: Glennskii "An elderly Cave Creek man was mauled by a buffalo Monday as he was attempting to ride it." Read article... Comments (34) Half-Ton Mum Daily Mail | Submitted by: anonymous "When you don't have that thing in your head that tells you you're full, it's disgusting the amount of food you can eat." Read article... Comments (108) Car carrier tumbles into bay San Diego Union-Tribune | Submitted by: anonymous "Recalling an episode of a reality TV show he recently watched, the driver waited for the cab to fill with water before lowering a window and swimming out..." Read article... Comments (21) Beheading by Fire Truck KSAT-TV 12 San Antonio | Submitted by: spacemonkey "When they stopped to check their truck, firefighters found an empty wheelchair under the vehicle. When the crew returned to the scene, police said, they found the victim lying decapitated in the street." Read article... Comments (35) Packed and ready to go WTAE-TV 4 Pittsburgh | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "Adult siblings cleaning out their elderly mother's home in Hempfield Township found an infant's skeleton in a suitcase..." ... Also: Deadbeat Dad Deported, Wrong Way Read article... and This... and This... Comments (25) Search and Die Guardian | Submitted by: kobbo "A helicopter conducting an aerial search for a missing hunter crashed in thick woods early Sunday, killing all three people on board moments after they had found the man." Read article... Comments (28) Cheese Toast Wire Services | Submitted by: Fuck France "Cheese toast" is a derogatory name for East Coast Crips, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin S. Rosenberg said. Read article... Comments (57) Apocalypse Frog London Telegraph | Submitted by: KermitPubes "The biggest initiative will be an amphibian version of Noah’s Ark costing an estimated £30m where the most vulnerable species will be moved into protected areas in zoos, aquariums and other institutions around the world so their future survival can be guaranteed." Read article... Comments (35) Party at the Frost house Wire Services | Submitted by: anonymous "Empty beer bottles and cans, plastic cups, and cellophane apparently used to hold marijuana were also found..." Read article... Comments (26) Valley Fever New York Times | Submitted by: anonymous "In most cases, the infection starts in the lungs and is usually handled by the body without permanent damage. But serious complications can arise, including meningitis; and, at Pleasant Valley, the scope of the outbreak has left some inmates permanently disabled, confined to wheelchairs and interned in expensive long-term hospital stays." Read article... Comments (14) Prehistoric winged reptile wrecks car Everett Herald | Submitted by: anonymous "A 29-year-old Wenatchee man told police a pterodactyl caused him to drive his car into a light pole..." Read article... Comments (46)