Daily Rotten Archives January 28, 2009 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Leering Infant Refused Incest Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Submitted by: furpo "One of her thought distortions was that she perceived him to 'want me in a sexual way,'" based on how he looked at her when she changed his diaper. "I had in my mind that I need to hit him. He was trying to control me..." She said she slapped him, choked him and shoved the handle of a hairbrush down his throat." Read article... Comments (452) Railsman Survives Locomotive Bisection ABC News | Submitted by: DemiPubes "I just fell. At that point I started running backwards, you know, obviously fast as I could, and I tried to outrun it. I didn't make it." Duncan was pulled under the rail car, its wheels grinding steadily underneath... By the time the rail car came to a stop, Duncan had been dragged 75 feet. His lower body was still entangled in the wheels of the train, and he was cut nearly in half at the waist, with one leg attached by a single muscle." Read article... Comments (34) "Cello Scrotum" All A Hoax Wire Services | Submitted by: dingstersdie "A top doctor who is also a member of Britain's House of Lords has admitted to a prank 34 years ago -- inventing an oddball medical condition called "cello scrotum". Their letter was in response to a doctor's missive about a condition called "guitar nipple"... The affair has been light-heartedly dubbed "Scrotumgate" by the BMJ." Read article... Comments (27) Neurotoxin Lurks In Blowfish Balls News Corporation | Submitted by: FishyPubes Seven Japanese have fallen ill with one in a critical condition after eating the testes of blowfish... The group ate raw meat and baked testes of blowfish -- known in Japan as fugu -- at an upscale restaurant late on Monday in Tsuruoka, an old castle town by the Sea of Japan (East Sea), 350km north of Tokyo." Read article... Comments (35) Stalking Tanning Salons Via Google Earth Michigan Live | Submitted by: furpo "The 48-year-old Wyoming man allegedly placed about 60 threatening calls to tanning salons and restaurants in 10 states, warning female employees that he had a gun trained on them and ordering them to perform perverse acts to themselves or on others... The investigation shows Minch never left Wyoming, but it wasn't immediately clear how he was able to strike fear in the victims by noting items such as trash containers during talks on a pre-paid cellular phone." Read article... Comments (22) Social Niceties Lost On Toddler The Scotsman | Submitted by: furpo "Ziegler then picked up the toddler by her hair and hurled her across a room, causing her head to slam into the tiled floor, Trenor's arrest affidavit claims. After the girl had stopped breathing, they bought bleach, rubber gloves, concrete mix, a shovel, a plastic container and padlocks. Her body was stored for up to two months before it was hurled into Galveston Bay." Read article... Comments (30) Maggots Crash Memorial Service Treasure Coast Newspapers | Submitted by: anonymous "Relatvies reported the woman had maggots on her face during her December viewing at the funeral home. Funeral home owner Lisa Speights "removed the maggots by hand on two separate occasions and sprayed the decedent's face with disinfectant... This was done in full view of the complaining family members and caused them understandable distress." Read article... Comments (44) Army Taught How To Wipe BBC | Submitted by: Diamonion "A New Zealand man says he found confidential data about US military personnel on an MP3 player he bought from a thrift shop in Oklahoma... As well as personal details of US soldiers, such as social security numbers, the files also listed pregnant female troops and apparent mission briefings in Afghanistan." Read article... Comments (20) Shitty Lawyer Told So San Diego 6 | Submitted by: corporal smeary "At the mid-morning break, McGowan produced a plastic baggie filled with fecal matter and spread it on Martin's hair and face, then flung the excrement toward the jury box, hitting the briefcase of juror No. 9 but missing the juror himself." Read article... Comments (26) Double The Pressure, Double The Fun The Ottawa Sun | Submitted by: Mike_Is_Glowing_A_Sickly_Green "A radioactive spill has occurred at the aging Chalk River nuclear reactor west of the capital after the facility was recently cranked up to double its normal output of medical isotopes, used in diagnosing and treating cancer... Meanwhile, another part of the reactor has sprung a water leak from a 2.4-inch crack in a weld. That leak has not been repaired since it was first reported more than six weeks ago." Read article... Comments (13) Recession Informs Family Murder-Suicide New York Times | Submitted by: cainmarko "Mr. Lupoe and his wife had worked as medical technicians at a Kaiser Permanente hospital in West Los Angeles, but recently lost their jobs after a dispute with an administrator. The administrator had asked them on an unspecified day why they had come to work, and then added, "You should have blown your brains out." Two days after the confrontation, the letter said, the Lupoes lost their jobs and began planning their deaths and those of their children." Read article... Comments (30) Drug-Money Laundering Saves Banks Wire Services | Submitted by: Ignacious "UN Drug Czar Antonio Maria Costa said in an interview released by Austrian weekly Profil that drug money often became the only available capital when the crisis spiralled out of control last year... In the second half of 2008, liquidity was the banking system's main problem and hence liquid capital became an important factor... Interbank loans were funded by money that originated from drug trade and other illegal activities." Read article... Comments (9) Keep It Classy, Sunshine Promotions Treasure Coast Newspapers | Submitted by: anonymous "After coming under intense criticism, a Jacksonville-based promotions company that says it specializes in creating gifts from current news stories has suspended plans to sell a singing Caylee Anthony doll, inspired by slain toddler Caylee Marie Anthony... Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, is accused of killing her daughter, who would have turned 3 in August, and the 22-year-old mother remains at the Orange County Jail on first-degree murder and other charges." Read article... Comments (13) Crack Pipe Hid In Tailpipe Hernando Today | Submitted by: anonymous "En route to the jail, the deputy noticed that Schenck was sweating profusely and appeared to be "in a lot of discomfort"... As the deputy removed Schenck from the car, he reportedly noticed an eight-inch long glass pipe protruding from Schenck's waistband that was covered in what looked like fecal matter and blood." Read article... Comments (19) Bicycle Massacre Attempted News Corporation | Submitted by: SuspiciousPubes "The pack of cyclists was travelling two abreast at about 40km/h when Mr Bakr's car swerved into their lane and came to a stop, causing them to crash. "I heard a lot of shouting and I saw the car right in front of me, and I fell into other riders that had crashed... I just saw bodies." Read article... Comments (17) It's Raining Starlings New Jersey Online | Submitted by: won hung-lo "Now, the USDA is acknowledging making a few mistakes of its own by not more fully warning people around a Princeton Township farm, where it applied a pesticide on Friday to kill 3,000 to 5,000 starlings that have been plaguing a livestock farmer..." The mayor exclaims: "It was raining dead birds. People were concerned. They were wondering why there were so many dead birds lying around" Read article... Comments (13) Bong County Overrun With Caterpillars CNN | Submitted by: uggh "Tens of millions of the worm-like larvae have appeared in the northern part of the country, where they are destroying green crops like cabbage and collard greens and contaminating the water supply... The plague is being described as Liberia's worst in 30 years... There are also indications the bugs have spread to neighboring Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast." Read article... Comments (10) UK Outlaws 'Extreme' Porn London Telegraph | Submitted by: Cheekylittlepubes "The Government defines an 'extreme image' as any 'grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise obscene' moving or still depiction of someone any "reasonable person" would think real being sexually injured or engaging in sexual activity with an animal or corpse..." As usual, corporate movies get a pass: "Films given an official classification are exempt from the new law, meaning portrayals of such extreme activity by actors will be allowed on screen." Read article... Comments (13) Slowest Escape Attempt Ever St. Louis Today | Submitted by: souldesqueeze "Beginning earlier this month, Johnson, 25, of St. Louis, sent bodily fluids in at least four letters to the circuit clerk. The first contained what appeared to be blood and semen. Urine was in others. 'He's mailing himself out of jail, one envelope at a time,' quipped Circuit Clerk Mariano Favazza." Read article... Comments (8) Jihadi Rehabilitation Camp Time | Submitted by: VLADIMIR NABOKOV "At the Care Rehabilitation Center, jihadis are put through a 12-step program that includes psychological counseling, art therapy, sports and lessons in Islam... Detainees learn to create healthy relationships which can act as a supportive safety net during the program... Residents sleep in a communal bedroom. Lockers are provided so that each one has a space they can call their own." Read article... Comments (29)