BuzzFeed - OMG Feed http://buzzfeed.com/omg BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:04:24 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Luckiest Cameraman In The History Of Time http://www.buzzfeed.com/svoip/4x4-rolls-over-lucky-cameraman-4y59 Though he may not be the smartest.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/svoip/4x4-rolls-over-lucky-cameraman-4y59 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:03:33 -0500 <b>Though he may not be the smartest.</b> svoip nonadult Whitney Houston Left Hollywood Club Thursday Belligerent, Bleeding http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/whitney-houston-left-hollywood-club-thursday-belli Houston was photographed outside Tru Hollywood Nightclub in Los Angeles on Thursday. She was cursing people out with a cut on her wrist and blood dripping down her leg.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/whitney-houston-left-hollywood-club-thursday-belli Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:56:18 -0500 <b>Houston was photographed outside Tru Hollywood Nightclub in Los Angeles on Thursday.</b> She was cursing people out with a cut on her wrist and blood dripping down her leg. abrams nonadult Whitney Houston Is Dead http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/whitney-houston-is-dead Publicist Kristen Foster told the Associated Press on Saturday afternoon that Whitney Houston has died. She was 48. Circumstances have not yet been reported. Check back here for updates.

In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, musician Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.

At her peak, Houston the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.

Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale."

She had the he perfect voice, and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise.

She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston.

But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had during her prime.

In this Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, Whitney Houston performs at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles.

"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her side.

It was a tragic fall for a superstar who was one of the top-selling artists in pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States alone.

She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin.

Houston first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, she sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. It was around that time when music mogul Clive Davis first heard Houston perform.

"The time that I first saw her singing in her mother's act in a club ... it was such a stunning impact," Davis told "Good Morning America."

"To hear this young girl breathe such fire into this song. I mean, it really sent the proverbial tingles up my spine," he added.

Before long, the rest of the country would feel it, too. Houston made her album debut in 1985 with "Whitney Houston," which sold millions and spawned hit after hit. "Saving All My Love for You" brought her her first Grammy, for best female pop vocal. "How Will I Know," ''You Give Good Love" and "The Greatest Love of All" also became hit singles.

Another multiplatinum album, "Whitney," came out in 1987 and included hits like "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."

The New York Times wrote that Houston "possesses one of her generation's most powerful gospel-trained voices, but she eschews many of the churchier mannerisms of her forerunners. She uses ornamental gospel phrasing only sparingly, and instead of projecting an earthy, tearful vulnerability, communicates cool self-assurance and strength, building pop ballads to majestic, sustained peaks of intensity."

Her decision not to follow the more soulful inflections of singers like Franklin drew criticism by some who saw her as playing down her black roots to go pop and reach white audiences. The criticism would become a constant refrain through much of her career. She was even booed during the "Soul Train Awards" in 1989.

"Sometimes it gets down to that, you know?" she told Katie Couric in 1996. "You're not black enough for them. I don't know. You're not R&B enough. You're very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them."

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/whitney-houston-is-dead Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:03:00 -0500 <b>Publicist Kristen Foster told the Associated Press on Saturday afternoon that Whitney Houston has died.</b> She was 48. Circumstances have not yet been reported. Check back here for updates. abrams nonadult In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, musician Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) nonadult LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music&#39;s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown. At her peak, Houston the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world&#39;s best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen. Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale." She had the he perfect voice, and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise. She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston. But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had during her prime. nonadult In this Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, Whitney Houston performs at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. nonadult "The biggest devil is me. I&#39;m either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC&#39;s Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her side. It was a tragic fall for a superstar who was one of the top-selling artists in pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States alone. She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin. Houston first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, she sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. It was around that time when music mogul Clive Davis first heard Houston perform. "The time that I first saw her singing in her mother&#39;s act in a club ... it was such a stunning impact," Davis told "Good Morning America." "To hear this young girl breathe such fire into this song. I mean, it really sent the proverbial tingles up my spine," he added. Before long, the rest of the country would feel it, too. Houston made her album debut in 1985 with "Whitney Houston," which sold millions and spawned hit after hit. "Saving All My Love for You" brought her her first Grammy, for best female pop vocal. "How Will I Know," &#39;&#39;You Give Good Love" and "The Greatest Love of All" also became hit singles. Another multiplatinum album, "Whitney," came out in 1987 and included hits like "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." The New York Times wrote that Houston "possesses one of her generation&#39;s most powerful gospel-trained voices, but she eschews many of the churchier mannerisms of her forerunners. She uses ornamental gospel phrasing only sparingly, and instead of projecting an earthy, tearful vulnerability, communicates cool self-assurance and strength, building pop ballads to majestic, sustained peaks of intensity." Her decision not to follow the more soulful inflections of singers like Franklin drew criticism by some who saw her as playing down her black roots to go pop and reach white audiences. The criticism would become a constant refrain through much of her career. She was even booed during the "Soul Train Awards" in 1989. "Sometimes it gets down to that, you know?" she told Katie Couric in 1996. "You&#39;re not black enough for them. I don&#39;t know. You&#39;re not R&amp;B enough. You&#39;re very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them." nonadult In this May 23, 2003 file photo, Whitney Houston, right, and her husband, Bobby Brown, perform during the "VH1 Divas" duets show in Las Vegas. nonadult Some saw her 1992 marriage to former New Edition member and soul crooner Bobby Brown as an attempt to refute those critics. It seemed to be an odd union; she was seen as pop&#39;s pure princess while he had a bad-boy image, and already had children of his own. (The couple had a daughter, Bobbi Kristina, in 1993.) Over the years, he would be arrested several times, on charges ranging from DUI to failure to pay child support. But Houston said their true personalities were not as far apart as people may have believed. "When you love, you love. I mean, do you stop loving somebody because you have different images? You know, Bobby and I basically come from the same place," she told Rolling Stone in 1993. "You see somebody, and you deal with their image, that&#39;s their image. It&#39;s part of them, it&#39;s not the whole picture. I am not always in a sequined gown. I am nobody&#39;s angel. I can get down and dirty. I can get raunchy." It would take several years, however, for the public to see that side of Houston. Her moving 1991 rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl, amid the first Gulf War, set a new standard and once again reaffirmed her as America&#39;s sweetheart. In 1992, she became a star in the acting world with "The Bodyguard." Despite mixed reviews, the story of a singer (Houston) guarded by a former Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) was an international success. It also gave her perhaps her most memorable hit: a searing, stunning rendition of Dolly Parton&#39;s "I Will Always Love You," which sat atop the charts for weeks. It was Grammy&#39;s record of the year and best female pop vocal, and the "Bodyguard" soundtrack was named album of the year. She returned to the big screen in 1995-96 with "Waiting to Exhale" and "The Preacher&#39;s Wife." Both spawned soundtrack albums, and another hit studio album, "My Love Is Your Love," in 1998, brought her a Grammy for best female R&amp;B vocal for the cut "It&#39;s Not Right But It&#39;s Okay." But during these career and personal highs, Houston was using drugs. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2010, she said by the time "The Preacher&#39;s Wife" was released, "(doing drugs) was an everyday thing. ... I would do my work, but after I did my work, for a whole year or two, it was every day. ... I wasn&#39;t happy by that point in time. I was losing myself." In the interview, Houston blamed her rocky marriage to Brown, which included a charge of domestic abuse against Brown in 1993. They divorced in 2007. Houston would go to rehab twice before she would declare herself drug-free to Winfrey in 2010. But in the interim, there were missed concert dates, a stop at an airport due to drugs, and public meltdowns. She was so startlingly thin during a 2001 Michael Jackson tribute concert that rumors spread she had died the next day. Her crude behavior and jittery appearance on Brown&#39;s reality show, "Being Bobby Brown," was an example of her sad decline. Her Sawyer interview, where she declared "crack is whack," was often parodied. She dropped out of the spotlight for a few years. Houston staged what seemed to be a successful comeback with the 2009 album "I Look To You." The album debuted on the top of the charts, and would eventually go platinum. Things soon fell apart. A concert to promote the album on "Good Morning America" went awry as Houston&#39;s voice sounded ragged and off-key. She blamed an interview with Winfrey for straining her voice. A world tour launched overseas, however, only confirmed suspicions that Houston had lost her treasured gift, as she failed to hit notes and left many fans unimpressed; some walked out. Canceled concert dates raised speculation that she may have been abusing drugs, but she denied those claims and said she was in great shape, blaming illness for cancellations. Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP music writer nonadult nonadult Sources close to TMZ report that Houston died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The police crime lab vehicle above was photographed outside the Beverly Hills resort Saturday afternoon. nonadult <b>UPDATE, 10:07 P.M. EST --</b> Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. PST at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Saturday afternoon, the <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/whitney-houston-death-no-signs-of-foul-play-police-say.html">L.A. Times reports</a>. Paramedics arrived immediately to the scene after the Beverly Hills Fire Department was called at 3:30 p.m. They performed CPR for approximately 20 minutes. "Nothing obvious at this time," Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said. "No signs of foul play." nonadult <b>UPDATE, 12:28 A.M. EST --</b> Beverly Hilton employees <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/11/whitney-houston-dead-bathtub/#.TzdNxuNWrZA">told TMZ</a> that a member of Houston&#39;s entourage found her dead in the hotel room bathtub. nonadult This Is What 15 Tons Of Meth Looks Like http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/this-is-what-15-tons-of-meth-looks-like It's a veritable “Breaking Bad” buffet. Okay, technically, these are probably the raw ingredients from which those 15 tons of meth were made. Still…wow.

A soldier stands in a room full of barrels containing white and yellow powder after a seizure of a small ranch in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. According to the Mexican army, 15 tons of pure methamphetamine were seized at the ranch, an amount equivalent to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009.

(AP / Bruno Gonzalez)

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/this-is-what-15-tons-of-meth-looks-like Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:26 -0500 <b>It&#39;s a veritable "Breaking Bad" buffet.</b> Okay, technically, these are probably the raw ingredients from which those 15 tons of meth were made. Still...wow. gavon nonadult Every World Press Photo Winner From 1955-2011 http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/every-world-press-photo-winner-from-1955-2011 Every year since the World Press Association gathers in Amsterdam to pick a picture of the year. Here's every photo that's won from the past 55 years or so. Powerful stuff.

1955

1955

A competitor tumbles off his motorcycle during the Motorcross World Championship at the Volk Mølle race course. (Mogens von Haven)

1956

1956

A German World War II prisoner, released by the Soviet Union, is reunited with his daughter. The child had not seen her father since she was one-year-old. (Helmuth Pirath)

1957

1957

Dorothy Counts, one of the first black students to enter the newly desegregated Harry Harding High School is mocked by whites on her first day of school. (Douglas Martin)

1958

1958

National Football Championships between Prague and Bratislava. (Stanislav Tereba)

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/every-world-press-photo-winner-from-1955-2011 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:47:28 -0500 <b>Every year since the World Press Association gathers in Amsterdam to pick a picture of the year.</b> Here&#39;s every photo that&#39;s won from the past 55 years or so. Powerful stuff. mjs538 nonadult A competitor tumbles off his motorcycle during the Motorcross World Championship at the Volk M&oslash;lle race course. (Mogens von Haven) nonadult A German World War II prisoner, released by the Soviet Union, is reunited with his daughter. The child had not seen her father since she was one-year-old. (Helmuth Pirath) nonadult Dorothy Counts, one of the first black students to enter the newly desegregated Harry Harding High School is mocked by whites on her first day of school. (Douglas Martin) nonadult National Football Championships between Prague and Bratislava. (Stanislav Tereba) nonadult <big>1959: No contest held</big> nonadult A right-wing student in Japan assassinates Inejiro Asanuma, Socialist Party Chairman, during his speech at the Hibiya Hall. (Yasushi Nagao) nonadult <big>1961: No contest held</big> nonadult Priest Luis Padillo offers last rites to a loyalist soldier who is mortally wounded by a sniper during military rebellion against President B&eacute;tancourt at Puerto Cabello naval base in Venezuela. (H&eacute;ctor Rond&oacute;n Lovera) nonadult Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc sets himself ablaze in protest against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. (Malcolm W. Browne) nonadult A Turkish woman mourns her dead husband, a victim of the Greek-Turkish civil war. (Don McCullin) nonadult A mother and her children wade across a river to escape US bombing. The US Air Force had evacuated their village because it was suspected of being used as a base camp by the Vietcong. (Kyoichi Sawada) nonadult The body of a Vietcong soldier is dragged behind an American armored vehicle en route to a burial site after fierce fighting. (Kyoichi Sawada) nonadult The commander of an M48 tankgunner of the US 7th regiment in Vietnam&#39;s &#39;Iron Triangle&#39;. (Co Rentmeester) nonadult South Vietnam national police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a suspected Viet Cong member. (Eddie Adams) nonadult A young Catholic wears a gasmask during clashes with British troops. People had been fleeing from teargas after a night of street fighting. (Hanns-J&ouml;rg Anders) nonadult <big>1970: No contest held</big> nonadult During negotiations on the safe-conduct of a group of criminals on the run, police superintendent Gross suddenly shoots down gang leader Kurt Vicenik. The gang, who had disappeared after a bank-robbery in Cologne, re-emerged near Saarbr&uuml;cken, carrying a hostage with them. A chase followed and the police and the robbers met at Baltersweiler. The two other men were captured in a wild fight. The men running away from the bullets are policemen. (Wolfgang Peter Geller) nonadult Phan Thi Kim Phuc (center) flees with other children after South Vietnamese planes mistakenly dropped napalm on South Vietnamese troops and civilians. (Nick Ut) nonadult Democratically elected President Salvador Allende moments away from death during military coup at Moneda presidential palace in CHile. (Orlando Lagos) nonadult The Faces of Hunger. A mother comforts her child, both victims of drought. (Ovie Carter) nonadult A mother and her daughter are hurled off a collapsing fire-escape in an apartment house fire in Boston. (Stanley Forman) nonadult Palestinian refugees in district La Quarantaine. (Fran&ccedil;oise Demulder) nonadult Police throw tear-gas at a group of chanting residents of the Modderdam squatter camp protesting against the demolition of their homes outside Cape Town. (Leslie Hammond) nonadult A demonstrator is engulfed in flames of the molotov cocktail he was about to throw at the police during protests against the construction of the New Tokyo International Airport. The original Narita Airport plan was unveiled in 1966. To acquire the initial land, the government had to evict protesting landowners. Violent clashes between the opponents and authorities resulted in 13 deaths, including five police officers. The new airport opened in May 1978. (Sadayuki Mikami) nonadult A Cambodian woman cradles her child while waiting for food to be distributed at a refugee camp. (David Burnett) nonadult A starving boy and a missionary in Uganda. (Mike Wells) nonadult Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero Molina orders everyone to remain seated and be quiet after armed Guardia Civil soldiers stormed the Assembly Hall of the Spanish Parliament. Three hundred deputies and cabinet members were in session to vote upon the succession of premier Suarez. They were released next morning after having been held hostage for almost 18 hours; the coup was a failure. (Manuel P&eacute;rez Barriopedro) nonadult The war in Lebanon: The aftermath of the massacre of Palestinians by Christian Phalangists in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. (Robin Moyer) nonadult Kezban &Ouml;zer (37) finds her five children buried alive after a devastating earthquake. At five o&#39;clock in the morning she and her husband were milking the cows as their children slept. A few minutes later, 147 villages in the region were destroyed by an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale; 1,336 people died. (Mustafa Bozdemir) nonadult A child killed by the poisonous gas leak in the Union Carbide chemical plant disaster. (Pablo Bartholomew) nonadult Omaira Sanchez (12) is trapped in the debris caused by the eruption of Nevado del Ru&iacute;z volcano. After sixty hours she eventually lost consciousness and died of a heart attack. (Frank Fournier) nonadult Ken Meeks&#39; (42) skin is marked with lesions caused by Aids-related Kaposi&#39;s Sarcoma. (Alon Reininger) nonadult A mother clings to a riot policeman&#39;s shield at a polling station. Her son was one of thousands of demonstrators arrested because they tried to prove that the presidential election on December 15, which was won by the government candidate, had been rigged. (Anthony Suau) nonadult Boris Abgarzian grieves for his 17-year-old son, victim of the Armenian earthquake. (David Turnley) nonadult A demonstrator confronts a line of People&#39;s Liberation Army tanks during protests for democratic reform. (Charlie Cole) nonadult Family and neighbors mourn the death of Elshani Nashim (27), killed during a protest against the Yugoslavian government&#39;s decision to abolish the autonomy of Kosovo. (Georges Merillon) nonadult US Sergeant Ken Kozakiewicz (23), gives vent to his grief as he learns that the body bag at his feet contains the remains of his friend Andy Alaniz. &#39;Friendly fire&#39; claimed Alaniz&#39;s life and injured Kozakiewicz. On the last day of the Gulf War they were taken away from the war zone by a MASH unit evacuation helicopter. (David Turnley) nonadult A mother carries her dead child to the grave, after wrapping it in a shroud according to local custom. A bad drought coupled with the effects of civil war caused a terrible famine in Somalia which claimed the lives of between one and two million people over a period of two years, more than 200 a day in the worst affected areas. The international airlift of relief supplies which started in July was hampered by heavily armed gangs of clansmen who looted food storage centers and slowed down the distribution of the supplies by aid organizations. (James Nachtwey) nonadult Boys raise toy guns in a gesture of defiance. The Palestinian uprising, which began in December 1987, strengthened the Arab population in their determination to fight the occupying force. In March Israel closed its border with Gaza, causing a massive rise in unemployment. With more than 800,000 people contained in the Israeli-patrolled, eight-km-wide strip of land, bloodshed increased sharply. The peace agreement signed in Washington on September 13 promised limited authority for the Gaza Strip and a withdrawal of the Israeli army. (Larry Towell) nonadult A Hutu man at a Red Cross hospital, his face mutilated by the Hutu &#39;Interahamwe&#39; militia, who suspected him of sympathizing with the Tutsi rebels. (James Nachtwey) nonadult A bus on the road leading to Grozny during fighting between Chechen independence fighters and Russian troops. The civil war which erupted when President Yeltsin sent troops to the rebellious province in December 1994 was still dragging on months later. When the Chechen fighters fled Grozny, the capital, where the war had claimed a horrendous human and material toll, Russian troops pursued them into the countryside to the south and east. (Lucian Perkins) nonadult Landmine victims in Kuito, a town where many people were killed and traumatized during the civil war. (Francesco Zizola) nonadult A woman cries outside the Zmirli Hospital, where the dead and wounded were taken after a massacre in Bentalha. (Hocine) nonadult A woman is comforted by relatives and friends at the funeral of her husband. The man was a soldier with the ethnic Albanian rebels of the Kosovo Liberation Army, fighting for independence from Serbia. He had been shot the previous day while on patrol. (Dayna Smith) nonadult A man walks the streets in one of the largest gathering points for ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing violence in Kosovo. (Claus Bj&oslash;rn Larsen) nonadult The mother of a Mexican immigrant family makes pi&ntilde;atas to support herself and her children. The family numbers among the millions of &#39;uncounted&#39; Americans, people who for one reason or another have been missed by the national census and so don&#39;t exist in population records. (Lara Jo Regan) nonadult The body of a one-year-old boy who died of dehydration is prepared for burial at Jalozai refugee camp. The child&#39;s family, originally from North Afghanistan, had sought refuge in Pakistan from political instability and the consequences of drought. The family gave the photographer permission to attend as they washed and wrapped his body in a white funeral shroud, according to Muslim tradition. In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endured squalid conditions. (Erik Refner) nonadult A boy holds his dead father&#39;s trousers as he squats beside the spot where his father is to be buried, surrounded by soldiers and villagers digging graves for victims of an earthquake in Armenia. (Eric Grigorian) nonadult An Iraqi man comforts his four-year-old son at a holding center for prisoners of war, in the base camp of the US Army 101st Airborne Division near An Najaf. The boy had become terrified when, according to orders, his father was hooded and handcuffed. A soldier later severed the plastic handcuffs so that the man could comfort his child. Hoods were placed over detainees&#39; heads because they were quicker to apply than blindfolds. The military said the bags were used to disorient prisoners and protect their identities. It is not known what happened to the man or the boy. (Jean-Marc Bouju) nonadult A woman mourns a relative killed in the tsunami. On December 26, a 9.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of deadly waves that traveled across the Indian Ocean, wreaking havoc in nine Asian countries, and causing fatalities as far away as Somalia and Tanzania. (Arko Datta) nonadult The fingers of malnourished Alassa Galisou (1) are pressed against the lips of his mother Fatou Ousseini at an emergency feeding center. One of the worst droughts in recent times, together with a particularly heavy plague of locusts that had destroyed the previous year&#39;s harvest, left millions of people severely short of food. (Finbarr O&#39;Reilly) nonadult Young Lebanese drive down a street in Haret Hreik, a bombed neighborhood in southern Beirut. (Spencer Platt) nonadult A soldier of Second Platoon, Battle Company of the Second Battalion of the US 503rd Infantry Regiment sinks onto an embankment in the Restrepo bunker at the end of the day. (Tim Hetherington) nonadult Detective Robert Kole of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff&#39;s Office enters a home, following mortgage foreclosure and eviction. He needs to check that the owners have vacated the premises, and that no weapons have been left lying around. (Anthony Suau) nonadult Women shout their dissent from a Tehran rooftop on 24 June, following Iran&#39;s disputed presidential election. (Pietro Masturzo) nonadult Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, fled back to her family home from her husband&#39;s house, complaining of violent treatment. The Taliban arrived one night, demanding Bibi be handed over to face justice. After a Taliban commander pronounced his verdict, Bibi&#39;s brother-in-law held her down and her husband sliced off her ears and then cut off her nose. Bibi was abandoned, but later rescued by aid workers and the U.S. military. (Jodi Bieber) nonadult A veiled woman holds a wounded relative "inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen. (Samuel Aranda) nonadult Man Murders Couple Over Facebook Unfriending http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/man-murders-couple-over-facebook-unfriending Though, to be honest, is there anything as crushing as being unfriended on Facebook?

Pictured here is Marvin Potter and his friend Jamie Curd, both charged with First-Degree Murder.

From The NY Daily News:

A father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in the shooting deaths of the couple, authorities said Wednesday.

"It's a senseless thing," the sheriff said.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/man-murders-couple-over-facebook-unfriending Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:23:07 -0500 <b>Though, to be honest, is there anything as crushing as being unfriended on Facebook?</b> daves4 nonadult Pictured here is Marvin Potter and his friend Jamie Curd, both charged with First-Degree Murder. nonadult From The NY Daily News: nonadult <blockquote>A father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in the shooting deaths of the couple, authorities said Wednesday. "It&#39;s a senseless thing," the sheriff said.</blockquote> nonadult Chimp Prodigy Can Solve Memory Puzzle In 60 Milliseconds http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/chimp-prodigy-can-solve-memory-puzzle-in-60-millis Ayumu the chimp can remember both the location and order of a set of numbers in less time than it takes for most people to even process what we're seeing.

The 11-year-old chimpanzee in no stranger to the spotlight. Back in 2007 he was featured on MSNBC's Are you smarter than a chimp? segment where scientists had two young adults compete against Ayumu and another chimp in a series of short-term memory tests. Guess who won? Yup, the chimps.

So how does he do it exactly? Scientists aren't entirely sure but there are a couple theories. The first is something called "eidetic imagery" which, in poor latent terms, means Ayumu is able to commit to memory a complete picture of intricate pattern or scene.

The second theory is called subatizing which means you can look at a small number of items and automatically know how many of each are present. For example, if you glimpse at the stars, you can see that there are two red stars. Or three blue stars. Or what have you. And chimps retain this information better than humans, especially Ayumu, because as humans evolved and acquired new skills-like speech-we lost others such as super awesome visual memorization.

Source: io9.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/hgrant/chimp-prodigy-can-solve-memory-puzzle-in-60-millis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:56:45 -0500 <b>Ayumu the chimp can remember both the location <i>and</i> order of a set of numbers in less time than it takes for most people to even process what we&#39;re seeing.</b> hgrant nonadult The 11-year-old chimpanzee in no stranger to the spotlight. Back in 2007 he was featured on MSNBC&#39;s <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22080399/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/are-you-smarter--year-old-chimp/#.TzQ8KePOyc9">Are you smarter than a chimp?</a> segment where scientists had two young adults compete against Ayumu and another chimp in a series of short-term memory tests. Guess who won? Yup, the chimps. nonadult So how does he do it exactly? Scientists aren&#39;t entirely sure but there are a couple theories. The first is something called "eidetic imagery" which, in poor latent terms, means Ayumu is able to commit to memory a complete picture of intricate pattern or scene. nonadult The second theory is called subatizing which means you can look at a small number of items and automatically know how many of each are present. For example, if you glimpse at the stars, you can see that there are two red stars. Or three blue stars. Or what have you. And chimps retain this information better than humans, especially Ayumu, because as humans evolved and acquired new skills-like speech-we lost others such as super awesome visual memorization. nonadult The Drive-Through Funeral Parlor http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/the-drive-through-funeral-parlor Despite the slightly absurd business model, these photos are very beautiful and moving. Here are images from the funeral of Robert Sanders, held at California's only drive-through funeral home.

The Robert L. Adams drive-through funeral parlor is seen in Compton, Los Angeles, February 8, 2012. The funeral parlor has been in business since 1974 and is thought to be the only drive-through funeral home in southern California, according to office manager Denise Knowles-Bragg. Knowles-Bragg said the parlor offers a convenient alternative to older people who find it hard to walk, those who want to make a quick stop during the lunch hour, and the families of well-known deceased people who expect many visitors.

(Reuters / Lucy Nicholson)

The body of the late Robert Sanders, 58, lies at the Robert L. Adams drive-through funeral parlor in Compton.

(Reuters / Lucy Nicholson)

People view the body of Robert Sanders.

(Reuters / Lucy Nicholson)

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/the-drive-through-funeral-parlor Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:05:01 -0500 <b>Despite the slightly absurd business model, these photos are very beautiful and moving.</b> Here are images from the funeral of Robert Sanders, held at California&#39;s only drive-through funeral home. gavon nonadult 17 Beautiful Photos From "Game Of Thrones" Season 2 http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/17-beautiful-photos-of-game-of-thrones-season-2 Winter is coming. Well, it's February so I guess winter is actually already here. But the second season of “Game Of Thrones” is coming, and that's way more exciting than winter anyway.

Arya Stark

Arya Stark

Balon Greyjoy

Balon Greyjoy

Bran Stark and Hodor

Bran Stark and Hodor

Brienne of Tarth

Brienne of Tarth

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/17-beautiful-photos-of-game-of-thrones-season-2 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:53:16 -0500 <b>Winter is coming.</b> Well, it&#39;s February so I guess winter is actually already here. But the second season of "Game Of Thrones" is coming, and that&#39;s way more exciting than winter anyway. jpmoore nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult <small>All photos courtesy: (HBO/Helen Sloan)</small> nonadult Rescued Dog Bites News Anchor In The Face http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/rescue-dog-bites-news-anchor-in-the-face Denver 9News's Kyle Dyer was doing a story Wednesday morning on an 85-pound Argentine mastiff that was rescued from an icy pond. That's when she learned why you shouldn't put your face right up to a strange (and probably stressed) dog's mouth. UPDATE: Footage of news segment below.

"All we know for sure is that he got her on the lip," Dyer's co-host, Gary Shapiro, wrote on his Facebook page. "We think she's going to be OK, she was talking when she left."

Source: blogs.westword.com  /  via: myfoxny.com

Footage of segment:

Via: sayomg.com

Footage of dog being rescued:

Via: denverpost.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/rescue-dog-bites-news-anchor-in-the-face Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:25 -0500 <b>Denver 9News&#39;s Kyle Dyer was doing a story Wednesday morning on an 85-pound Argentine mastiff that was rescued from an icy pond.</b> That&#39;s when she learned why you shouldn&#39;t put your face right up to a strange (and probably stressed) dog&#39;s mouth. <b>UPDATE:</b> Footage of news segment below. abrams nonadult "All we know for sure is that he got her on the lip," Dyer&#39;s co-host, Gary Shapiro, wrote on his Facebook page. "We think she&#39;s going to be OK, she was talking when she left." nonadult nonadult nonadult Macauley Culkin Doesn&#39;t Look So Hot http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/macauley-culkin-doesnt-look-so-hot

I hope nothing's wrong with the guy. He's only 31, and 31-year-olds don't get to looking like that just from drinking Red Bull. See Culkin here.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/macauley-culkin-doesnt-look-so-hot Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:20:00 -0500 <b>I hope nothing&#39;s wrong with the guy.</b> He&#39;s only 31, and 31-year-olds don&#39;t get to looking like that just from drinking Red Bull. <a href="http://www.etonline.com/news/118844_Exclusive_Macaulay_Culkin_s_Gaunt_Photo/index.html">See Culkin here.</a> abrams nonadult Mid-Nineteenth-Century Condom http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/mid-nineteenth-century-condom-1opu Historical societies collect and preserve a number of strange items, but Ohio Historical Society owns one of the more shocking objects: a reusable condom made circa 1860.

The condom above, discovered in an account book, presumably belonged to the Muskingum River steamboat captain, Monroe Ayers. This particular condom was made around 1860 from either sheep skin or sheep intestine, but rubber condoms were also commercially available at the time. Why did Ayers save it? Many condoms at the time were designed to be reused.

Should you want to see the condom in person, it's part of an exhibit at Ohio Historical Society entitled "Controversy," consisting unsurprisingly of a selection of controversial items from U.S. history.

Source: ohsweb.ohiohistory.org  /  via: boingboing.net

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/mid-nineteenth-century-condom-1opu Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:48:30 -0500 <b>Historical societies collect and preserve a number of strange items, but <a href="http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/index.shtml">Ohio Historical Society</a> owns one of the more shocking objects: a reusable condom made circa 1860.</b> babymantis nonadult 25 Powerful Photos Of Earthquake Devastation In The Philippines http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/25-powerful-photos-of-earthquake-devastation-in-th These range from jaw-dropping to heart-breaking. The Philippines was struck by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake on Monday, flattening villages and triggering landslides. At least 29 are dead and dozens more are missing.

A vehicle transporting the body of an earthquake victim tries to pass through a destroyed road in La Libertad, Negros Oriental in central Philippines February 7, 2012. Local media reports say 29 were killed and 71 are still missing as a result of the 6.7 magnitude quake that severely hit Negros island on Monday.

(Reuters / ERIK DE CASTRO)

Residents carry their belongings across a damaged road in the vilage of Tuway.

(Getty Images / TED ALJIBE)

A resident stands next to a destroyed house in La Libertad.

(Getty Images / TED ALJIBE)

Motorcyclists ride past an ambulance on its side in La Libertad.

(Getty Images / TED ALJIBE)

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/25-powerful-photos-of-earthquake-devastation-in-th Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:01:35 -0500 <b>These range from jaw-dropping to heart-breaking.</b> The Philippines was struck by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake on Monday, flattening villages and triggering landslides. At least 29 are dead and dozens more are missing. gavon nonadult Woman Who Always Cut The McDonald&#39;s Drive-Thru Line Finally Gets Tased http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/woman-who-always-cut-the-mcdonalds-drive-thru-lin But seriously, this lady totally had it coming to her.

Evangeline Marrero Lucca used to always cut the McDonald's drive-thru line until an employee decided she wasn't having it anymore...

According to the Fay Observer:

Staff at the restaurant reported that Lucca drove her Ford Taurus to the pickup window, bypassing the order screen and payment window, and tried to order her food there, she said.

"She did not want to wait in line," a spokesperson for the Sheriff said. "They told her she had to go around and wait like everybody else did and place her order that way, that they weren't set up at that window to take her order or take her money. ... She wasn't having any of that."

The woman refused to move her vehicle and became confrontational with the employees.

"When we (the police) arrived, she really got mad."

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/woman-who-always-cut-the-mcdonalds-drive-thru-lin Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:22:50 -0500 <b>But seriously, this lady totally had it coming to her.</b> mjs538 nonadult <b>Evangeline Marrero Lucca used to always cut the McDonald&#39;s drive-thru line until an employee decided she wasn&#39;t having it anymore...</b> nonadult nonadult According to the <a href="http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2012/02/03/1155055?sac=fo.local">Fay Observer</a>: nonadult <blockquote>Staff at the restaurant reported that Lucca drove her Ford Taurus to the pickup window, bypassing the order screen and payment window, and tried to order her food there, she said. "She did not want to wait in line," a spokesperson for the Sheriff said. "They told her she had to go around and wait like everybody else did and place her order that way, that they weren&#39;t set up at that window to take her order or take her money. ... She wasn&#39;t having any of that." The woman refused to move her vehicle and became confrontational with the employees. "When we (the police) arrived, she really got mad."</blockquote> nonadult nonadult Two or three officers tried to drag her out of the car but she wouldn&#39;t comply. They tased her twice and she just flopped out of the car like a fish. The lady was charged with second-degree trespassing and social workers took custody of her 3-year-old child who was in the car. nonadult Purple Squirrel Found In Pennsylvania http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/purple-squirrel-found-in-pennsylvania A couple in Pennsylvania has found a purple squirrel in their backyard. The last time the world saw a purple squirrel was in the UK in 2008. No one knows why the squirrels are this way.

According to Accuweather, the couple who found the squirrel said:

"We have bird feeders out in our yard, and the squirrels are constantly into them," said Jersey Shore resident Connie Emert. "My husband traps them and then sets them free elsewhere so they don't get into your bird feeders."

Connie plans to release the squirrel back into the wild in the next few days.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/purple-squirrel-found-in-pennsylvania Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:12:12 -0500 <b>A couple in Pennsylvania has found a purple squirrel in their backyard.</b> The last time the world saw a purple squirrel <a href="%20http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3884420/Purple-squirrel-baffles-experts.html">was in the UK</a> in 2008. No one knows why the squirrels are this way. mjs538 nonadult nonadult nonadult According to <a href="http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/purple-squirrel-found-in-penns/61308">Accuweather</a>, the couple who found the squirrel said: nonadult <blockquote>"We have bird feeders out in our yard, and the squirrels are constantly into them," said Jersey Shore resident Connie Emert. "My husband traps them and then sets them free elsewhere so they don&#39;t get into your bird feeders." Connie plans to release the squirrel back into the wild in the next few days. </blockquote> nonadult 40-Foot Shark Reeled In By Construction Cranes http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/40-foot-shark-reeled-in-by-construction-cranes We're gonna need a bigger boat. This is the carcass of a whale shark, the world's largest fish, being removed from a port in Karachi, Pakistan. The whale shark is endangered, but don't worry…it was already dead when they found it.

(Reuters / AKHTAR SOOMRO)

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(Getty Images / Asif Hassan)

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/40-foot-shark-reeled-in-by-construction-cranes Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:54:15 -0500 <b>We&#39;re gonna need a bigger boat.</b> This is the carcass of a whale shark, the world&#39;s largest fish, being removed from a port in Karachi, Pakistan. The whale shark is endangered, but don&#39;t worry...it was already dead when they found it. gavon nonadult Romanian Model&#39;s Disturbing 20-Inch Waist http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/romanian-models-disturbing-20-inch-waist She looks like she should snap in half. With a Victorian eye for beauty and a dedication to corset training, you too could look like Ioana Spangenberg.

Source: youtube.com

Via: dailymail.co.uk

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/romanian-models-disturbing-20-inch-waist Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:36:05 -0500 <b>She looks like she should snap in half.</b> With a Victorian eye for beauty and a dedication to corset training, you too could look like Ioana Spangenberg. donnad nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult Meat Leggings http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathieus/meat-leggings-8q4 Black Milk Clothing is going to sell these very graphic new leggings. Ewww or sexy?

Source: a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net

Source: a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net

LINK: Buy 'em here, if you feel so inclined.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathieus/meat-leggings-8q4 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:10:21 -0500 <b><a href="http://www.blackmilkclothing.com/">Black Milk Clothing</a> is going to sell these very graphic new leggings.</b> Ewww or sexy? mathieus nonadult nonadult nonadult nonadult Joan Rivers Has Had 739 Plastic Surgeries http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/joan-rivers-has-had-739-plastic-surgeries How does a person even have the time to get plastic surgery 739 times in their life? 739 times! At least now we know exactly how far to take a plastic surgery obsession before looking like Joan does without any makeup on.

(Getty Images / Neilson Barnard)

She spoke to the Daily Telegraph about her longtime habit of going under the knife:

"Every weekend I just go in and I do something new. I get a 10th one free. It’s a little like coffee you just keep going."

On her concerned friends:

"They all said, 'You shouldn’t do it, you shouldn’t do it.' And I said, 'What if I pay for everybody in this room? What would you do?' Every single person (accepted)."

On her decision not to get a tattoo for her 78th birthday:

"I ended up not getting it because they put you in a room with mirrors and I was putting it on my ass and I took a look and I just got so depressed. I said, 'Cover this right up,' but my friend got a tattoo. I’m very proud of her. Maybe my 79th, I’ll put a recipe on, at this age what do you put on? You put a recipe!"

Via: dailytelegraph.com.au

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/joan-rivers-has-had-739-plastic-surgeries Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:09:08 -0500 <b>How does a person even have the time to get plastic surgery 739 times in their life?</b> 739 times! At least now we know exactly how far to take a plastic surgery obsession before looking like <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/joan-rivers-without-make-up">Joan does</a> without any makeup on. whitneyjefferson nonadult nonadult She spoke to the <a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/tv-host-joan-rivers-reveals-she-has-had-739-surgical-procedures-but-is-yet-to-have-a-tattoo/story-e6frewyr-1226264026647">Daily Telegraph</a> about her longtime habit of going under the knife: <blockquote>"Every weekend I just go in and I do something new. I get a 10th one free. It&rsquo;s a little like coffee you just keep going."</blockquote> On her concerned friends: <blockquote>"They all said, &#39;You shouldn&rsquo;t do it, you shouldn&rsquo;t do it.&#39; And I said, &#39;What if I pay for everybody in this room? What would you do?&#39; Every single person (accepted)."</blockquote> On her decision not to get a tattoo for her 78th birthday: <blockquote>"I ended up not getting it because they put you in a room with mirrors and I was putting it on my ass and I took a look and I just got so depressed. I said, &#39;Cover this right up,&#39; but my friend got a tattoo. I&rsquo;m very proud of her. Maybe my 79th, I&rsquo;ll put a recipe on, at this age what do you put on? You put a recipe!"</blockquote> nonadult 18 Jaw Dropping Photos Of Europe&#39;s Deadly Winter http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/jaw-dropping-photos-of-europes-deadly-winter Hey y'all, I found Winter. While the U.S. continues to bask in the warmth of an unusually mild winter, Mother Nature has claimed almost 300 lives from Switzerland to Rome as temperatures plumet up to -22 Fahrenheit across Europe.

A man walks past an ice covered waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in the city Versoix on early February 5, 2012.

(Getty Images / FABRICE COFFRINI)

A man walks past an ice covered car on the frozen waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in the city Versoix, near Geneva on early February 5, 2012.

(Getty Images / FABRICE COFFRINI)

Seagulls fly past the frozen waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in the city Versoix on early February 5, 2012.

(Getty Images / FABRICE COFFRINI)

A child plays in front of the frozen shore in the Black Sea harbour of Constanta, 250 km (155 miles) east of Bucharest February 4, 2012.

(Reuters / RADU SIGHETI)

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/jaw-dropping-photos-of-europes-deadly-winter Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:23 -0500 <b>Hey y&#39;all, I found Winter.</b> While the U.S. continues to bask in the warmth of an unusually mild winter, Mother Nature has claimed almost 300 lives from Switzerland to Rome as temperatures plumet up to -22 Fahrenheit across Europe. donnad nonadult