Daily Rotten Archives April 10, 2009 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Colorado DMV Hates Tofu Denver Post | Submitted by: aging disgracefully "The 38-year-old mother of three asked the DMV to approve a special plate emblazoned with ILVTOFU for her Suzuki SL-7... My whole family is vegan, so tofu is like a staple for us. I was just going to have a cool license plate, and the DMV misinterpreted my message, the Centennial resident said." Read article... Comments (1174) Medieval Times in Indianapolis The Indy Channel | Submitted by: Sir merrillvillain "A woman was killed when she tried to break up a swordfight between her brother-in-law and a grandson in her home on Indianapolis' far-northwest side early Sunday morning... We'll have to do some testing on the swords and figure out who had which sword, whose blood is on which sword." Read article... Comments (79) Dunkin' Donuts Robber Returns Money Chicago Sun-Times | Submitted by: cyran0 "A teenage gunman returned to the Hinsdale Dunkin' Donuts he had robbed a day earlier and gave back the $167 he stole -- then wrote a note apologizing for the holdup, police said... Alex Holmes, 17, was arrested Wednesday as he rode his bike in the western suburb. He was charged with felony aggravated robbery and remains jailed on $75,000 bond." Read article... Comments (35) You Shot The Wrong Man's Dog Houston Chronicle | Submitted by: screeb "Luttrell stayed on the line with a 911 emergency operator as he tried to catch the car, which was just a bit too fast for his four-door truck to overtake. I told them, You need to get somebody out here because if I catch them I'm going to kill them, Luttrell recalled telling the operator." Read article... Comments (35) Fiber Optic Sabotage in SF Bay Area San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: pharoah "Police are hunting for vandals who chopped fiber-optic cables and killed landlines, cell phones and Internet service for tens of thousands of people in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties on Thursday... Ten fiber-optic cables carrying were cut at four locations in the predawn darkness." Read article... Comments (33) Oregon Bill Fails To Outlaw Semen Throwing Oregon Live | Submitted by: furpo The bill reads, "For the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of the person or another person, intentionally propels any dangerous substance at a victim who does not consent thereto. As used in this section, dangerous substance means blood, urine, semen or feces." The clause extends from an incident at a Target store in which a man threw his semen at a shopper as part of a gang ritual. This law doesn't cover that, since gang initiation is a ritual that is not by any stretch "sexual gratification." Doh! Read article... and This article... Comments (43) Little Sympathy For Hajibless Childbeater Southtown Star | Submitted by: inhalien "Orland Park police detectives say the 26-year-old Muslim woman was treated as any other suspect in a murder probe would be, and they did not intend to humiliate her when they photographed her Sunday without her headscarf and wearing only a skimpy top... Nour Hadid is accused of beating her 2-year-old niece Bhia Hadid to death over four days at her home on the 9000 block of West 140th Street. The child had 55 separate bruises and was beaten from head to toe, according to prosecutors, who say Hadid confessed." Read article... Comments (51) Suicide Jumper Lands on Teen, Interrupts Massage NY Daily News | Submitted by: luvluv "A distraught woman jumped 60 feet to her death at the crowded Queens Center Mall Wednesday, landing on a teenager relaxing in a massage chair... Lovelace fell onto 17-year-old Derrik Munoz, who was chatting with his girlfriend on a reclining, dollar bill-operated massage chair on the ground floor." Read article... Comments (29) Crucifiers At It Again ABC-CBN | Submitted by: I'm_Nailed_Right_In "In the small village of Cutud in Angeles City in Pampanga, about 50 miles north of Manila, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was re-enacted in a colorful street play with dozens of men carrying wooden crosses as heavy as 110 pounds and scores whipping their backs to a bloody pulp... After walking barefoot for more than a kilometer around the village in scorching heat, the drama ended at a man-made hill where 11 men were nailed to crosses with three-inch nails driven into their hands and feet." Read article... Comments (32) Jesus Christ, He Went Thataway Daily Mail | Submitted by: OnewayPubes "A respected archaeologist claims that pilgrims have been starting from the wrong end of Jerusalem and that the locations of two of the holiest sites on the route are completely wrong. Shimon Gibson, a Holy Land specialist, said the traditional start of the Via Dolorosa, north of the Old City, should be at the other end of the city." Read article... Comments (23) Pet Shop Boys Under Fire From PETA Wire Services | Submitted by: Jean "Dear Neil and Chris, You have many loyal fans of the Pet Shop Boys here at PETA. Will you please consider changing your name from the Pet Shop Boys to the Rescue Shelter Boys?" The Pet Shop Boys were unable to comply with PETA's silly request. Read article... Comments (28) Mans Farts, Gets Stabbed Baylor Lariat | Submitted by: aging disgracefully "While eating in the hotel room with another man, Castellano passed gas. The flatulent act enraged the man, who threw a large kitchen knife across the room, Waco police said. The hurled knife cut Castellano on his leg. The man then walked across the hotel room, picked up the kitchen knife and stabbed Castellano in the left side of his chest, the Waco police said." Read article... Comments (21) When In Turkey, Don't Drink The Wodka The Local | Submitted by: Darrel Echt "One of the young men, a 21-year-old, died of apparent methanol poisoning in his Turkey hotel room and was buried on Friday in Lübeck, while the others were flown back to Germany on Thursday. They two young men sustained irreversable brain damage and were in a coma for nine days before they died." Read article... Comments (21) Greece Near Bankruptcy Business Week | Submitted by: Flag Hag "Together with a number of other hospital suppliers he drove up in front of the General Hospital of Attica, which has the largest orthopedic department in Athens. But instead of delivering new supplies, he removed existing stocks from the clinic's storerooms. We're only repossessing what belongs to us, he said. They were just on loan. Sargentis and his fellow hospital suppliers are hoping that the Greek government will get the message and finally pay up." Read article... Comments (24) Is Costume Shop Owner Batshit Insane? YouTube | Submitted by: WFern Attempt by Channel 10 to interview a very large bunny. Read article... Comments (75)