Daily Rotten Archives February 16, 2008 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 The Threat of a Toxic Cloud Wired | Submitted by: anonymous Experts Scoff at Satellite Shoot-Down Rationale Read article... Comments (390) Secret papers reveal threats from Saudi prince Guardian | Submitted by: anonymous "Saudi Arabia's rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted, according to court documents revealed yesterday." Read article... Comments (66) And the lesson today is, 'how to die' Daily Mail | Submitted by: Munchkin "His form, 10K, had returned to the classroom after the lunch break for registration before being dismissed for afternoon lessons. But, without warning, he fell from his chair clutching his chest and passed-out." Read article... Comments (32) Severed Feet Mystery Wire Services | Submitted by: furpo "The cases all involved right feet, and the decomposing remains were still wearing sneakers." Read article... Comments (32) Penis Murder News Corporation | Submitted by: Flossy666 He told the court the victim "was still provoking by shoving his genitalia into my face. I'm sorry. I cut it off, his penis.'' Read article... Comments (35) Hooked On Shopping WBBM-TV 2 Chicago | Submitted by: acetylene "That hook went boom, right into her eye." Read article... Comments (33) Corkscrew lodged in his head ABC TV affiliates | Submitted by: Don -Chan "'Mommy, daddy got stabbed.'" Read article... Comments (27) Dead in car in garage WISN | Submitted by: anonymous "A relative discovered a 23-year-old man dead in the front seat of a car Friday still embracing a dead 17-year-old girl. Their nude bodies were inside a closed garage in the front seat of a 1978 Cutlass. They had apparently been having sex when they were overcome by carbon monoxide." Read article... Comments (60) Judge busted for DUI certainly dressed with style Union Leader | Submitted by: Antonin Scalia, (sniggering with glee!) "A Boston-based federal judge wore a black cocktail dress, fish-net stockings and high heels when police arrested him for drunk driving after he rear-ended a pickup truck last week, sources said." Read article... Comments (34) WWII vet sends armed burglar suspect to hospital WFAA-TV 8 Dallas | Submitted by: anonymous "He just come through that door stabbing and beating." Read article... Comments (26) Man suspected of calling 911 over 27,000 times San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: cmu sucks "The caller would make various noises, including grunts and other bodily noises, minimal conversation in a disguised voice, beeps from the touch pad, etc." Read article... Comments (15) Equine Horror Double-Header San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Neutron Alley "Authorities have determined that two horses recently found dead at a Solano County ranch died after they collided, breaking their spinal cords - not as a result of foul play, as police originally suspected." Read article... Comments (31) Brain Dead Los Angeles Times | Submitted by: anonymous "He would come to school in high-heeled boots, makeup, jewelry and painted nails -- the whole thing," said Michael Sweeney, 13, an eighth-grader. "That was freaking the guys out." Read article... Comments (46) Going down for murder plot Boston Globe | Submitted by: anonymous "A Plymouth Superior Court judge wasted no time rendering a decision yesterday morning against Joseph Nee, a former Marshfield High student accused of plotting a Columbine-style ambush on the school." Read article... Comments (15) Vacation in Paradise MSNBC | Submitted by: ravensinger13 Baby detained, dies in Honolulu Airport Read article... Comments (31) Head stuck in steering wheel turnto23.com | Submitted by: gargoyle1 Also: Dad Shoots Son in Face, Monster under the Bed Read article... and This... and This... Comments (13) Custody battles and bridges Baltimore Sun | Submitted by: Mencken Man emerges from coma, faces first-degree murder charge Read article... Comments (17) I'm your Venus, I'm your fire Canoe | Submitted by: ZebraBob Subway-goers freaked out: "The painting depicts a golden-haired, milky-skinned woman cocking her hips behind a transparent veil." Read article... Comments (20) It just keeps going on like a bad weed Sympatico MSN | Submitted by: Fort McMurray Choking Coach "Signs include bloodshot eyes and marks on the neck, frequent and severe headaches or the unexplained presence of items like dog leashes, choke collars, bungee cords or ropes, scarves and belts tied to bedroom furniture." Read article... Comments (29)