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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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