Pounded Ink – News

Crooked I Gets Misspelled ‘Slaughterhouse’ Tattoo
By Latifah Muhammad
Published : July 28, 2009
Rapper Crooked I loves his new group Slaughterhouse so much that he decided to get the group’s name tattooed on his arm. Unfortunately, the tattoo artist misspelled “Slaughterhouse.” The ink, which is located on his forearm, is spelled ‘Slaugter.’ The artist attempted to rectify [...]

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Man Freed Thanks To Penis Lizard Tattoo
By Desta Bishu
Published : July 24, 2009
HARTLEPOOL, UK – A man who appeared in court accused of flashing his penis at a female train guard has walked free, thanks to a tattoo on his manhood.
Hartlepool magistrates court had been told how 28-year-old Barry Kenny had drunkenly displayed his willy [...]

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Event : Learn About Tattoos At The Portland Art Museum
By D.K. Row
Published : July 22, 2009
PORTLAND, OR – You’ll get to learn all about body ink this weekend at the Portland Art Museum.
For more than a month, “Marking Portland: The Art of Tattoo” has been on view at the museum, offering a kind of short [...]

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Dallas Police Department To Require That Officers Cover Tattoos
By Tanya Eiserer
Published : July 22, 2009
DALLAS, TX – The next time you see a Dallas police officer wearing a long-sleeved shirt when it’s hotter than a furnace outside, it may be because he or she is hiding something.
The department is planning to require police officers to [...]

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Lawmaker Aims To Tighten Body Piercing Rules
By Dawn Hasbrouck
Published : July 19. 2009
BOSTON, MA – A Massachusetts lawmaker wants the human body piercing industry to be better regulated statewide.
State Rep. Bruce Ayers, a Democrat who covers Quincy and Randolph, is proposing legislation that would, among other things, have the State Department of Public Health make [...]

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Rapper 50 Cent Removes Tattoos For Film Career
By Isha “Ice” Cole
Published : July 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA – 50 Cent’s prominent tattoos were a part of his image in the public eye. Now, it seems 50 Cent is trying to clean up that image by removing some of tha tattoos from his body.
In a recent [...]

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Cocoa Beach Take Step Toward Tattoo Shop Ordinance
By Michelle Spitzer
Published : July 17, 2009
COCOA BEACH, FL – City commissioners took a step Thursday to approve a measure that would regulate the locations of tattoo studios and body-piercing salons and prohibit them in clusters.
After being “introduced” to the ordinance, commissioners said they would approve it. There [...]

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Oetzi Iceman’s Tattoos Came From Fireplace
By Jennifer Viegas
Published : July 17, 2009
The 57 tattoos sported by Oetzi, the 5300-year-old Tyrolean iceman mummy, were made from fireplace soot that contained glittering, colorful precious stone crystals, according to an upcoming study in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
The determination supports prior research that the tattoos were associated with [...]

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Local Businessman Offers Free Tattoo Removal
By Barbara Smith
Published : July 15, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Law enforcement officials say gang tattoos are a symbol of belonging. Gang members say it marks them for “who they claim” and it marks them for life. Lives do change and some of those changes occur behind [...]

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Law Won’t Let Man Get Tattoo Of City Seal
By Susanne Cervenka
Published : July 14, 2009
MELBOURNE, FL – Lifelong resident Eric Ellebracht wanted to get a tattoo of the city seal, but a 2000 law won’t allow the trademark sailboat to be inked on his arm.
“It’s like the people who have the ‘I’m a Melbourne resident [...]

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