Daily Rotten Archives January 29, 2009 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Hobo Popsicle! Detroit News | Submitted by: z0rak187 "He's encased in ice, except his legs, which are sticking out like Popsicle sticks," the caller phoned to tell this reporter... "Why didn't your friend call the police?" "He was trespassing and didn't want to get in trouble," the caller replied. As it happens, the caller's friend is an urban explorer who gets thrills rummaging through and photographing the ruins of Detroit." Read article... Comments (353) Insufferable Child Thrown From Bridge Sydney Morning Herald | Submitted by: BA "The alleged murder occurred at 9.10am -- peak travel time -- on the city-bound side of the bridge, close to the top... He's got straight out of the car and taken the young girl and walked to the edge of the bridge, so that would have happened in a matter of seconds." Read article... Comments (43) Girlfriend Lured Into Ritual Sacrifice Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Submitted by: The Morbid Librarian "Lam's 26-year-old girlfriend arrived at their Queen Anne apartment Sunday to find him lying naked on a couch near a candle-lit altar. The woman told police she was seated on a bed when Lam attacked her from behind, pulling a pillowcase over her head and attempting to suffocate her. Pulling her head back, Lam, 31, allegedly sliced the woman's throat while yelling in an unidentified language." Read article... Comments (28) Now I Kill You Contra Costa Times | Submitted by: Graehme de Parke, Esq. "Kayik said his son had refused to answer questions about why he was always running away from home, so he tried "with his hands" to make the boy answer. As Kayik choked the boy, "quite a bit of blood" spilled from the youth's mouth, and the boy agreed to cooperate... "You had the chance to tell me. Now there is blood coming out of your mouth. So long. Too late. Now, I kill you." Read article... Comments (24) Silicone Recovery Operation Fails Victorville Daily Press | Submitted by: conculcate "As his former girlfriend stepped outside the back door of her mother's house in Hesperia, Rowley stabbed her six times in the head and torso... Rowley's former roommate testified that Rowley wanted to take back Perry's breast implants that he paid for... "I'm gonna cut 'em out and get 'em back." Read article... Comments (24) Dipshit Explodes Self WPXI | Submitted by: azdollarbill "There was a quarter stick of dynamite in the house where he was staying, and he got a hold of it and it blew him up basically"... The boy kept lighting and extinguishing the fuse and when it wouldn't go out, police said he put the M-80 firework between his thighs and covered it with his right hand in hopes of muffling the explosion. He lost his hand, and a leg." Read article... Comments (40) CIA Surveillance Uncovers Rapist London Telegraph | Submitted by: FugglyPubes "The CIA station chief in Algiers is under investigation after claims that he drugged and raped two Algerian women at his official residence, according to a report... Investigators from the Justice Department allegedly found more than a dozen secretly recorded videotapes of Mr Warren performing sex acts with other women. An official said one woman appeared to be in a "semi-conscious state." Read article... Comments (18) I Woke Up And My Ass Was Hurting Boulder Daily Camera | Submitted by: mixermike "He said he felt "funny" after some drinks -- which he later told investigators were drugged -- and went inside and passed out... About a half-hour later, he claims, he awoke with a painful sensation. He said he remembered waking up intermittently with the woman's "hands in him." He said he could not fully wake up or move, and remembered the woman telling him, "it is OK, go back to sleep." Read article... Comments (37) Swayze Stops Treatment Daily Mail | Submitted by: raperoom "Cancer-stricken movie star Patrick Swayze has reportedly given up all medical treatment... The 56-year-old is said to have made the decision after doctors told him there was little they could do to stop the progress of his illness... "His condition is inoperable and they have stopped the chemo. He's still losing weight and he's very weak." Read article... Comments (41) Take Your Science and STFU Stockholm University | Submitted by: Graehme de Parke, Esq. "Francisco Lacerda, a professor of phonetics at Stockholm University, is one of two scientists threatened with legal action after the publication of a scientific article condemning the use of lie detectors. The Israeli company Nemesysco, which manufactures detectors, has written in a letter to the researchers' publishers that the researchers may be sued for libel if they continue to write on this subject in the future." Read article... Comments (20) Commuters Warned: Zombies Ahead KXAN | Submitted by: azdollarbill "Austin drivers making their morning commute were in for a surprise when two road signs on a busy stretch of road were taken over by hackers. The signs near the intersection of Lamar and Martin Luther King boulevards usually warn drivers about upcoming construction, but Monday morning they warned of: ZOMBIES AHEAD." Read article... Comments (21) Google vs. Deer Some Blog | Submitted by: Shtfrbns As you follow Google Street View down Five Points Road, Rush, NY, you can see the deer dart out into the street, into the path of the oncoming Google camera vehicle. Successive shots of the road show the deer being deflected, and landing legs up along the roadside. Google has censored the images. Read article... and This article... Comments (21)