Daily Rotten Archives February 8, 2008 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 To Live and Die in LA BBC | Submitted by: teggyname "There was mass pandemonium, people running," said Sgt Kelly. "One officer -- the first into the classroom -- told me he could still smell gunpowder." Read article... Comments (1171) Shoot the mayor! BREITBART | Submitted by: spanker "A gunman with a history of acrimony against civic leaders stormed City Hall during a council meeting Thursday night, killing two police officers and three city officials before law enforcers fatally shot him, authorities said. The mayor was critically injured in the rampage." Read article... Comments (71) First Amendment protects trolls too Ars Technica | Submitted by: anonymous "Anonymous trolls on the Internet are allowed to remain anonymous, a judge in a California appeals court ruled yesterday. Not only that, but they're allowed to exercise their First Amendment rights and speak their minds, no matter how scathing their comments may be." Read article... Comments (139) Death by Brick Daily Mail | Submitted by: sp00k Boy, 15, jailed for just three years after killing lorry driver by dropping breeze block from a bridge Read article... Comments (51) Rape Training Canoe | Submitted by: Fort McMoney Free Trainer Robert Mayer choked back tears in court yesterday as he apologized for the bizarre 2006 attack. "I know what I did was wrong," said Mayer, 39. "I can't express the guilt I have about what happened." Read article... Comments (41) Hair's your clue San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Bunker7 "We're taking a leap that the person it belongs to probably is not alive." Read article... Comments (31) Video games "normalize" killing KETV | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "Just like any new media, it gets attacked. When any new genre of music comes out, it gets attacked. TV will, of course, get attacked. I'm sure, way back when, books got attacked." ... Also: Happy Birthday, Go-Kart of Death Read article... and This... and This... Comments (45) Zero Tolerance Daily Mail | Submitted by: sp00k "A father-of-three who was found with a microscopic speck of cannabis stuck to the bottom of one of his shoes has been sentenced to four years in a Dubai prison." Read article... Comments (54) 3-month-old baby raped WTNH-TV 8 New Haven | Submitted by: Jill Awf "Two New Britain men face multiple counts of sexual assault after police say they sexually assaulted a 3-month old baby girl." Read article... Comments (45) $300/day hanging out in front of Wal-Mart KOMO-TV 4 Seattle | Submitted by: anonymous "A police survey says panhandlers outside Wal-Mart in Coos Bay can make $300 a day. Inside, it takes a clerk a week to make that much." Read article... Comments (48) Wifey runs over Hubby Jacksonville First Coast News | Submitted by: ta2d dude "It didn't appear to be alcohol related, obviously she was not paying attention, she was distracted by something, obviously driving carelessly." Read article... Comments (33) Man grew weed to cure itchy balls BBC | Submitted by: Sumproduct "He realises this perhaps wasn't the cleverest thing to do, but in his eyes it was worth a try." Read article... Comments (41) Animal lover dies saving skunk Pasadena Star-News | Submitted by: non-believer "Wykofka's Ford SUV was pulled from the reservoir about 4:20 p.m. and his body was found inside, said [police]." Read article... Comments (27) Cross-dressing traffic hazard sought news.mainetoday.com | Submitted by: Dummanios "The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a mustachioed man in women’s underwear, a garter belt and black high-heel boots." Read article... Comments (18) Thousands demand Wikipedia remove image of Muhammad valleywag.com | Submitted by: anonymous "At last count, 107,000 protesters have signed an online petition demanding that Wikipedia take down this medieval image of the prophet Muhammad." Read article... Comments (132)