Daily Rotten Archives January 3, 2008 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Dinner is Served BBC | Submitted by: anonymous "Only his spine and skull remained." Read article... Comments (387) Smooshed WPLG-TV 10 Fort Lauderdale | Submitted by: Flossy666 "Figueroa was working alone and standing on the side of the truck between the cab and the main part of the truck when the remote arm crushed and severed his body." ... Also: Dead People Stink, Don't kids play in the park anymore? Read article... and This... and This... Comments (50) Keep yer paws off that animal TBO | Submitted by: Julie "Bestiality isn't a crime right now in Florida. So..." Read article... Comments (104) Judge Fantasy Tape Wire Services | Submitted by: texasman1000 "Among the mysteries: Why did he make such a recording? Why is it coming to light just now? And what, exactly, is on the tape?" Read article... Comments (35) CIA Tapes Criminal Probe ABC News | Submitted by: anonymous "The Department's National Security Division has recommended, and I have concluded, that there is a basis for initiating a criminal investigation of this matter, and I have taken steps to begin that investigation," Mukasey said in a statement released Wednesday. Read article... Comments (38) Guard suicides after inmates escape BBC | Submitted by: Issy "Two inmates who escaped in December thanked the guard in a sarcastic note." ... "The two had used pin-ups of girls in bikinis to hide the holes through which they broke out." ... Also, from stebot, more from the NYT. Read article... and This article... Comments (32) Popsicle Boy MSNBC | Submitted by: BlackCat "Dara Lenz found the body of her son, Lucas Boldt, in a snowbank about 10 to 20 feet from her home and called police, who tried to revive him. The temperature was minus 9." Read article... Comments (31) A Death in Edmonds The Stranger | Submitted by: anonymous "Last New Year's Eve, Danielle McCarthy took ecstasy for the first time with some friends. The Puyallup teenager died on New Year's Day. The State of Washington has charged McCarthy's friends in her death. But what if the drugs didn't kill McCarthy?" Read article... Comments (52) Severe Head Injury Columbus Dispatch | Submitted by: DonkeyHotey "Daniel Ferraro, 19, a sophomore at Miami University, was with three others when they detonated the device in a wooden fort-like structure of a play set..." ... Also: Fire Department Burns Down Read article... and This article... Comments (25) Come see the softer side of spyware Ars Technica | Submitted by: anonymous "Sears and Kmart are places you might go when you need a new air conditioner filter or a lawnmower; they're not generally thought of as havens for spyware. But that's what the two stores have become, at least online, where their web sites were found to be installing software to track users' every online move—all without their knowledge." Read article... Comments (44) A Sticky End mdn.mainichi.jp | Submitted by: StickyPubes "Five people died in the Kanto area on Tuesday and Wednesday after choking on sticky mochi rice cake..." ... Also: Death by Glove, Plunderbra Read article... and This... and This... Comments (17) Catch! BBC | Submitted by: Lord Crumb "Two boys had picked up grenades near the school..." Read article... Comments (17) Teenage Speedbump Sydney Morning Herald | Submitted by: idolater "I killed my girlfriend," a man accused of having kept driving after a new year's hit and run until he ran out of petrol, is said to have told police. Read article... Comments (17) Pedomedic Albany Times-Union | Submitted by: dadofautism Well, yeah: "A town of Rotterdam paramedic accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl is expected to be fired from his job..." Read article... Comments (20) Banned from Buffet MSNBC | Submitted by: Protodog69 "Y'all fat, and y'all eat too much!" Read article... Comments (106) Whale of a Tale FOX-11 Tucson | Submitted by: dairyrotten "The researchers said they saw the man chopping away at the mammal’s lower jaw and then running off. The teeth can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars on the black market." Read article... Comments (17) Monkey Whores Fox News | Submitted by: Canoodler "[A study] found that the male monkeys must first groom the female before she will permit sex. The males use grooming as a form of currency to buy sex from the female..." Read article... Comments (40) Sister Bonked UPI | Submitted by: anonymous "A Florida man says he hit his sister in the head with an iron so he could release the demons that he said were inside of her." Read article... Comments (19) Go Speed Racer Go Globe and Mail | Submitted by: anonymous "An 85-year-old man became the oldest person to be charged under provincial street-racing legislation when he was caught allegedly driving at 161 kilometres an hour [about 100MPH]." Read article... Comments (12) Reckless Hamster Tossing BBC | Submitted by: TossmePubes "It is alleged they could have resulted in people being struck and injured." Read article... Comments (18) Next time, steal the photos first Ananova | Submitted by: snoggeramus "But the box was found by a local farmer as he ploughed his land and police who examined it found pictures of the pair on the camera inside and they later confessed to tearing down the device." Read article... Comments (8) Woman demands cash money for good deed Wisconsin State Journal | Submitted by: ShagnWgn79 "Madison police said a man in a wheelchair was robbed by a woman who helped free him from a snowbank on Christmas Eve and then demanded payment for her good deed." Read article... Comments (14) "eventually that bullet has to land somewhere" CBS-4 Denver | Submitted by: Jesse Sarles "A man accused of firing a single bullet into a home that killed two people early on New Year's Day told investigators he had shot at a streetlight with a .44-caliber handgun..." Read article... Comments (28)