Daily Rotten Archives February 11, 2008 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Dying to Ride CNN | Submitted by: warren "The risk of being jolted by 1,500 volts of electricity hasn't scared them off. Neither have fears of falling off the speeding electric trains." Read article... Comments (789) Japan Loves Dolphins CNN | Submitted by: sirmalek "Locals know that they offend Western sensibilities by eating dolphins, but they say it's a tradition hundreds of years old. And they say outsiders have no more right to tell them to stop eating dolphins than they would have to demand that Westerners stop slaughtering chickens or cows." ... Also: Dangerous Little Shitbag Read article... and This article... Comments (183) Rolled Out of the Bar New York Times | Submitted by: PatsyStoneCheers "When the owners of Union Hall — a moody, dark-paneled bar and brunch spot in Park Slope, Brooklyn — recently posted a sign that read Please, No Strollers under another one reading No One Under 21 Admitted, they did not see it as a declaration of war with the neighborhood’s sizable population of young parents." Read article... Comments (133) Bunny Monster Sun | Submitted by: Pontius The Cute Li'l Platypus That Always Makes You Smile "The twice-married 44-year-old thought he was grooming a girl of 14 on a chat website. But..." Read article... Comments (80) Monday mornings are hard enough KUSA-TV 9 Denver | Submitted by: gargoyle1 Chicken Run, Puppy Love, Fried Moo Read article... and This... and This... Comments (38) The Wrong House WFTV-TV 9 Orlando | Submitted by: azdollarbill "That's when the boys, when they were running off, you could hear them. They were like 'oh snap, we got the wrong house.'" Read article... Comments (52) Handshake Assault AZ Central | Submitted by: DS "A lawyer has been charged with assault for shaking a federal prosecutor's hand so hard that it injured her shoulder..." Read article... Comments (40) Sweet Death Wire Services | Submitted by: potheadpaul "Sugar that was still burning three days after a refinery explosion killed at least five people hampered the search Sunday for three other workers missing since the blast leveled portions of the plant." Read article... Comments (32) Kid tries to pull over cop Quad-City Times | Submitted by: anonymous "It was monumentally stupid. You’ll get no argument there. Was it deserving of two felony charges? That depends on where you’re sitting." Read article... Comments (72) Pervert wins $10,000,000 lottery WCVB-TV 5 Boston | Submitted by: kiddie pervert "A convicted Level 3 sex offender has won $10 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery." Read article... Comments (106) Alien War Songs nineMSN | Submitted by: weejimmymcangus "Aliens could misinterpret earth's classic songs as declarations of war if they are recklessly broadcast into space, some scientists say. Last week NASA broadcast a Beatles song, Across the Universe, towards the North Star, in the hope it would be noticed by extra-terrestrial beings." Read article... Comments (116) Weed Science: Cooking with Bongs The Age | Submitted by: Cr0w "Yes, a bong, a water pipe used for smoking marijuana -- usually the domain of addled teenagers and the scourge of the suburban garden hose." Read article... Comments (36)