Daily Rotten Archives March 6, 2008 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Small explosion in Times Square Reuters | Submitted by: anonymous "A small explosion damaged a U.S. military recruiting station but caused no injuries in New York's Times Square before dawn on Thursday, triggering a Pentagon alert for other stations across the country." Read article... Comments (1176) So Much Poo Reuters | Submitted by: G.I. Joe "Imagine a vat of liquid cow manure covering the area of five football fields and 33 feet deep." Read article... Comments (67) Unsafe at any altitude CNN | Submitted by: larry The whistle-blowers say FAA managers knew about the lapse in safety at Southwest, but decided to allow the airline to conduct the safety checks on a slower schedule because taking "aircraft out of service would have disrupted Southwest Airlines' flight schedule." Read article... Comments (41) Car Wash Abuse WESH | Submitted by: anonymous Officials said the water shoots out of the hoses with a force of about 1,200 pounds per square inch, powerful enough to create the type of friction and sting from a rug burn. "Your skin gets red and at times it could peel," Diaz said. "That's a pressure washer, that's meant to be used on a car, not on a child," mother Carol Felicicano said. Read article... Comments (80) Baby Stomp San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: anonymous "A San Jose woman who watched as her boyfriend allegedly beat and stomped her 6-year-old son to death was sentenced today to a year in county jail after the defense argued she had been forced into submission by months of physical and emotional abuse." Read article... Comments (69) Acid House Smileys Daily Mail | Submitted by: anonymous "If they are covering the children's faces, what is the point of using the photographs?" Read article... Comments (44) Zero tolerance for mooning Rocky Mountain News | Submitted by: Judge Smails's Stupid Hat After she mooned them for a few seconds, Mueffelmann told police, "Jessica and Cleyfi appeared very startled and alarmed, and she immediately felt bad and felt that she may have crossed the line." Read article... and This article... Comments (56) Shoot Like A Pro WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: Winston Tastesgood III "GA tour golfer Tripp Isenhour has been charged in Orlando with intentionally killing a protected bird with a golf shot from about 75 yards away." Read article... Comments (32) The Long Arm of the DEA Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: Mikeisgreen "Marijuana crusader Marc Emery is blaming a clash of judicial cultures for delays in a plea bargain that would send him to prison briefly in the United States before serving several years in Canada." ... Probably not related: SHINE! Read article... and This article... Comments (29) Cute Little Monkey KREM | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "I thought it was cute until it growled." Read article... Comments (24) Cockroach Hunting Gun Daily Mail | Submitted by: azdollarbill "The stainless steel gun costs £3,000 although the manufacturers also produce extravagant, made-to-order versions made out of 18-carat gold with customised diamond studs which sell for up to £30,000." Read article... Comments (26) Pepper Fuck WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: Flossy666 "A 40-year-old Central Florida woman is accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl with yellow chili peppers." Read article... Comments (53) Mom suspects sex abuse after finding hickey on daughter AZ Central | Submitted by: 480 Clone "A man arrested Monday on suspicion of sexually abusing a girl from the time she was 10 gave her a ring, conducted a fake wedding and said he was in love with her, according to court documents." Read article... Comments (36) Mystery Feet Update KOMO-TV 4 Seattle | Submitted by: Gorg "Left foot wear and right foot wear often tend to wash up at different times at different places because they float differently," he said. "There are beaches that collect mostly rights and other beaches that collect mostly lefts. The winds of the currents sort out left and right foot wear." Read article... Comments (24) The Wire's War on the Drug War Time | Submitted by: anonymous "If asked to serve on a jury deliberating a violation of state or federal drug laws, we will vote to acquit, regardless of the evidence presented. Save for a prosecution in which acts of violence or intended violence are alleged, we will -- to borrow Justice Harry Blackmun's manifesto against the death penalty -- no longer tinker with the machinery of the drug war. No longer can we collaborate with a government that uses nonviolent drug offenses to fill prisons with its poorest, most damaged and most desperate citizens." Read article... Comments (49)