Daily Rotten Archives April 1, 2008 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Head on the Beach BBC | Submitted by: video boy "Two young sisters made the grim discovery at 1030 BST. They ran home and their mother called the police." Read article... Comments (579) 3rd Grade Revolution Thwarted Jacksonville First Coast News | Submitted by: Rick Police say the students were hatching a plan to harm their teacher Friday morning. They even brought items from home to carry out the plan. "They had a broken steak knife, a crystal paper weight, toy handcuffs, several items and tape and stuff," says Lt. Caswell. Read article... Comments (85) Grandpa Leatherneck San Jose Mercury News | Submitted by: Stewart Larkin "A boy in his mid-teens learned Wednesday afternoon that it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, even if the former Marine is 84 years old, police said today." Read article... Comments (57) Packing Heat CNN | Submitted by: sirmalek "Police would not comment on what kind of guns they were." Read article... Comments (24) Abused by Monster WCPO-TV 9 Cincinatti | Submitted by: frath0 "A Paint Township woman is behind bars accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy." Read article... Comments (71) Prison Riot Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: Miekisgreen "They managed to gain access to a variety of drugs — methadone, to just over-the-counter prescription-type drugs would be housed in there." On Sunday, prison officials said convicted child sex-offender Michael Gibbon was beaten to death during the riot, which was the third disturbance at the Mountain Institution this year. Read article... Comments (30) Love in a War Zone CNN | Submitted by: shots "In a historic but little-noticed change in policy, the Army is allowing scores of husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone -- a move aimed at preserving marriages, boosting morale and perhaps bolstering re-enlistment rates at a time when the military is struggling to fill its ranks five years into the fighting." Read article... Comments (42) The Burning Bed KCTV-TV 5 Kansas City | Submitted by: gargoyle1 Also: Rocks on the Road Read article... and This article... Comments (11) Prank Pulled Anyway Daily News | Submitted by: Flossy666 "More than 75 students used toilet paper, shaving cream, contraceptives and, reportedly, a flounder, to decorate the high school last night in defiance of the administration's warning on the traditional April Fool's Day senior class prank." Read article... Comments (21) Some homes worth less than their pipes MSNBC | Submitted by: dw573 Thieves now stealing valuable metals from foreclosed homes Read article... Comments (30) Croc Theft World News AU | Submitted by: anonymous "We have offered a reward of 25,000 Norwegian crowns ($A5,350) to anyone who can give us a tip that leads to finding the crocodile." Read article... Comments (8) Doomsday Cult wants a cow Reuters | Submitted by: anonymous "...so that they can have fresh, boiled milk that is not processed." Read article... Comments (25) Second try at EMU slaying trial Michigan Live | Submitted by: ferret "The attorney said Taylor's DNA was present because he masturbated over her partially clothed body." Read article... Comments (28) Craigslist post covered up theft Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Submitted by: anonymous "It wasn't a hoax or revenge that cost a Southern Oregon man many of his belongings when people responded to a Craigslist posting and nearly emptied his rural home, officers say: It was a pair of thieves covering their tracks." Read article... Comments (17) Wifey runs down hubby in church parking lot KGW-TV 8 Portland | Submitted by: pdxNEWS "A 20-year-old woman was released for lack of evidence after police said she ran down her husband with her car in a church parking lot as service let out." Read article... Comments (24)