Daily Rotten Archives January 21, 2009 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 British Soldiers Bite Heads Off Live Chickens News of the World | Submitted by: anonymous "Shamefully the senior lieutenant serving in Iraq then KICKS its wildly-flailing body, spits out the head, and shouts fucker at the dying bird. In the exclusive video footage obtained by the News of the World, the pathetic creature is seen seconds later still flapping pitifully in its death throes." Read article... Comments (414) Beardo Chains Fatty To Bedpost Fox 5 Vegas | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "A Valley father allegedly chained his daughter to her bed. Police said Robert Blue shackled his daughter because he felt she was overweight...Blue said he was upset because his daughter weighs around 165 pounds, and Blue wanted her to weigh between 140 and 145 pounds, explaining that was her fighting weight in mixed martial arts." Read article... Comments (36) Murdered and Buried, But With Love WFTV-TV 9 Orlando | Submitted by: Lord Wastrel 33rd. "The documents show Caylee's body was ditched with her Winnie the Pooh blanket and a heart-shaped sticker was intentionally stuck to the duct tape that was found over Caylee's mouth area. Both ends of the duct tape were stuck to Caylee's hair and her hair had to be cut to separate the duct tape, according to documents released Wednesday. Investigators also found a heart-shaped sticker at the scene." Read article... Comments (29) Flaming Squirrel Starts Grass Fire KOCO Oklahoma City | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "A squirrel caught fire, sparking a blaze Wednesday morning that resulted in the evacuation of an elementary school in Jones, fire officials said... Investigators said the squirrel touched two power lines at the same time and fell to the ground near Britton and Hiawassee roads." Read article... Comments (22) Inflight Sqabbles Become Terrorism Convictions Los Angeles Times | Submitted by: Nuggetts Of Nuggies "A flight attendant confronted Freeman, who responded by hurling a few profanities and throwing what remained of a can of tomato juice on the floor. The incident aboard the Frontier flight ultimately led to Freeman's arrest and conviction for a federal felony defined as an act of terrorism under the Patriot Act, the controversial federal law enacted after the 2001 attacks in New York and Washington." Read article... Comments (23) Campus Police Chief Is Comically Corrupt Rocky Mountain Collegian | Submitted by: anonymous "So if a police officer gives an informant 10 rocks of crack, and they end up in the hospital, are they responsible for it at that point? Because I could just say the police gave it to me? To the student's question, Yarbrough responded: Let me tell you what I would do: You give it to them, but you let them know that, hey, if you get caught with this, you know, don't say my name. Or if they get sick or something, I never gave them those (drugs)." Read article... Comments (15) Iceland Is Burning Huffington Post | Submitted by: ManusPubessonn "One year ago, Iceland was named the most desirable country in the world. Today, its economy has been devastated by the catastrophic collapse of its three largest banks. Unemployment rose 45% between November and December, and a recent survey indicated that 40% of households and 70% of businesses were technically bankrupt. Since the fall of the banks in October, there have been no resignations from the government, the boards of the now nationalized banks have remained substantially the same, and weekly gatherings calling for new elections have been ignored." Read article... Comments (25) Chirac Mauled By Poodle Daily Mail | Submitted by: ZutAlorsPubes "Former French president Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital after being mauled by his own clinically depressed pet dog. The 76-year-old statesman was savaged by his white Maltese dog -- which suffers from frenzied fits and is being treated with anti-depressants." A full recovery is expected, with the possible exception of the former president's dignity. Read article... Comments (31) Dung Beetles Turning Carnivore London Telegraph | Submitted by: DungyPubes "Humble dung beetles are evolving into carnivores, according to a study which found them attacking and eating millipedes 10 times their length... This is a remarkable transition. Despite its close relationships with dung feeding species, D. valgum has entirely abandoned its ball-rolling behaviour. This is the first known case of an obligate predatory dung beetle species." Read article... Comments (14) Baby's 911 Call Busts Dad's Grow Operation Toronto Star | Submitted by: Hope_Britton "The gentleman was quite surprised, said White Rock RCMP Const. Janelle Canning. She said the 29-year-old male, startled by the sudden sight of police, insisted he hadn't made the call. When it was suggested a child might have dialled, the father objected and said his son was far too young." Unfortunately the gentleman was raising 500 marijuana plants. Read article... Comments (15) Africa's Flying Toilets IPP Media | Submitted by: BA "Open defecation is widespread, and flying toilets, where people defecate in plastic bags and throw them away at night are the rule rather than the exception in many informal settlements. This is the way we live. We do not have toilets, and no place to safely dispose of our waste, said Nicholas Ambeyo. Because of this, and the lack of sufficient water, and the open sewers that run through our houses, we are at a risk of contracting diseases." Read article... Comments (27) Exporting the Dead SF Weekly | Submitted by: kahn "For Lopez' family, the process of sending his body back to Mexico is yet one more irony of a country that lives on immigrant labor while refusing to give some 12 million such workers legal status. Lopez ducked authorities to get into the United States, yet his posthumous return couldn't be more official. While his existence in the United States was never legitimized by documentation, his corpse is sent back with a packet of certified state records sealed with a Hague Convention Apostille." Read article... Comments (17) More Fringe Benefits For Catholic Priests Wire Services | Submitted by: Cardinal Mahoney (still recovering from a beating...) "He and the Rev. Francis Guinan had been charged with stealing to fund lavish lifestyles in what authorities say could be one of the biggest embezzlement cases to hit the U.S. Catholic Church. Prosecutors say the priests plucked cash from the offering plate and spent it on upscale homes, gambling trips to Las Vegas with a mistress, even a $275,000 rare coin collection." Read article... Comments (14) The Autopornographers MSNBC | Submitted by: Graehme de Parke, Esq. "Six Pennsylvania high school students are facing child pornography charges after three teenage girls allegedly took nude or semi-nude photos of themselves and shared them with male classmates via their cell phones. The female students at Greensburg Salem High School in Greensburg, Pa., all 14- or 15-years-old, face charges of manufacturing, disseminating or possessing child pornography while the boys, who are 16 and 17, face charges of possession." Read article... Comments (31) Earless Boy Shows Off His Wounds Daily Mail | Submitted by: StabbyPubes "Joseph Wardley, then 18, had 10 separate wounds to his face including a huge wound down the side of his head after he was mutilated with a three inch craft knife. He needed 150 stitches and 15 staples in his face and scalp following the assault. Doctors were unable to save his ear and have told him he will be scarred for life." Read article... Comments (19)