BuzzFeed - Viral Feed http://buzzfeed.com/viralfeed BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:18:01 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) 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 Palin On Obama: "WTF" http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/palin-on-obama-wtf Palin and an adoring audience chanted “USA, USA” at a couple occupiers trying to mic-check her big keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. This crowd loves her.

11/02/2012: Palin addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Washington, D.C. -- A few protesters mic-checked Sarah Palin's keynote speech at CPAC today but didn't last long. Nothing could touch Palin, who had the crowd on their feet for large portions of her speech.

The protesters in the back of the room yelled "Mic-check!" and were immediately greeted with a standing crowd -- and Palin herself -- chanting "USA, USA." Security quickly whisked them out of the room.

“We just won — see how easy that is," Palin said after they'd gone.

And at least in terms of reception, she did win today. Palin's speech got the biggest reaction of any at CPAC -- much more so than any of the presidential candidates. The audience gave her standing ovation after standing ovation and some even yelled "Run Sarah run!" -- more telling of the GOP field's inability to connect with voters than any poll.

Palin zeroed in on President Obama. The current state of the economy "is not a failure of the American people," she said. "It is the failure of leadership. We know how to change that, oh yes we do. Oh yes we can," she said, echoing Obama's campaign line.

"Hope and change – yeah, you gotta hope things change."

"He says he has a jobs plan to win the future. WTF, I know," Palin said, spelling out W-T-F.

Palin hasn't endorsed any candidates and didn't do so today, telling the crowd that "For the sake of our country we must stand united, whoever our nominee is."

Palin left the stage to an extended ovation, having managed to do what none of the candidates except Santorum could: get social conservatives truly fired up.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/palin-on-obama-wtf Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:37:33 -0500 <b>Palin and an adoring audience chanted "USA, USA" at a couple occupiers trying to mic-check her big keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.</b> This crowd loves her. rosiegray nonadult 11/02/2012: Palin addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) nonadult Washington, D.C. -- A few protesters mic-checked Sarah Palin&#39;s keynote speech at CPAC today but didn&#39;t last long. Nothing could touch Palin, who had the crowd on their feet for large portions of her speech. The protesters in the back of the room yelled "Mic-check!" and were immediately greeted with a standing crowd -- and Palin herself -- chanting "USA, USA." Security quickly whisked them out of the room. &ldquo;We just won &mdash; see how easy that is," Palin said after they&#39;d gone. And at least in terms of reception, she did win today. Palin&#39;s speech got the biggest reaction of any at CPAC -- much more so than any of the presidential candidates. The audience gave her standing ovation after standing ovation and some even yelled "Run Sarah run!" -- more telling of the GOP field&#39;s inability to connect with voters than any poll. Palin zeroed in on President Obama. The current state of the economy "is not a failure of the American people," she said. "It is the failure of leadership. We know how to change that, oh yes we do. Oh yes we can," she said, echoing Obama&#39;s campaign line. "Hope and change &ndash; yeah, you gotta hope things change." "He says he has a jobs plan to win the future. WTF, I know," Palin said, spelling out W-T-F. Palin hasn&#39;t endorsed any candidates and didn&#39;t do so today, telling the crowd that "For the sake of our country we must stand united, whoever our nominee is." Palin left the stage to an extended ovation, having managed to do what none of the candidates except Santorum could: get social conservatives truly fired up. nonadult A Hilarious Moment Of Miscommunication On "Jeopardy!" http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/a-hilarious-moment-of-miscommunication-on-jeopard “Don't say another word!” On tonight's installment of the “Jeopardy!” College Championship, host Alek Trebek interviewed Duke senior Greer Mackebee about his unusual hobby of building concrete canoes. “How do you get into that?” Trebek asked. Mackebee's response—and Trebek's reaction to it—was solid gold.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/a-hilarious-moment-of-miscommunication-on-jeopard Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:28:40 -0500 <strong>"Don&#39;t say another word!"</strong> On tonight&#39;s installment of the "Jeopardy!" College Championship, host Alek Trebek interviewed Duke senior Greer Mackebee about his unusual hobby of building concrete canoes. "How do you get into that?" Trebek asked. Mackebee&#39;s response--and Trebek&#39;s reaction to it--was solid gold. mattcherette nonadult Mitt Romney Heckled Over His Cayman Island Investments http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/heckler-asks-mitt-romney-if-its-patriotic-to-stas At a town hall style meeting in Portland, Maine today a woman confronted Mitt Romney over his foreign investments in the Cayman Islands. Romney responded to the woman by explaining his investments are handled by a blind trustee, and that he pays all the taxes required of him.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/heckler-asks-mitt-romney-if-its-patriotic-to-stas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:48:47 -0500 <b>At a town hall style meeting in Portland, Maine today a woman confronted Mitt Romney over his foreign investments in the Cayman Islands.</b> Romney responded to the woman by explaining his investments are handled by a blind trustee, and that he pays all the taxes required of him. andrewkaczynski 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 The 15 Most Adorable Pictures Of Rabbit Bathtime http://www.buzzfeed.com/animals/pictures-of-rabbit-bathtime Bunny bathtime is the new hot thing. All the bunnies are doing it nowadays because it is very good for their public profile.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/animals/pictures-of-rabbit-bathtime Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:52:46 -0500 <b>Bunny bathtime is the new hot thing.</b> All the bunnies are doing it nowadays because it is very good for their public profile. animals nonadult Will Ferrell Announced The Starting Lineups At Tonight&#39;s Bulls-Hornets Game http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/will-ferrell-announced-the-starting-lineups-at-ton “At forward, No. 9, he collects rare birds and has a pet dolphin named Chachi…” Will Ferrell is in the BIg Easy filming a movie. So naturally, he stopped by tonight's New Orleans Hornets-Chicago Bulls NBA game and spiced up the introductions while announcing each team's starting lineup. (via The Daily What )

Bulls:

Hornets:

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/will-ferrell-announced-the-starting-lineups-at-ton Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:35:20 -0500 <strong>"At forward, No. 9, he collects rare birds and has a pet dolphin named Chachi..."</strong> Will Ferrell is in the BIg Easy filming a movie. So naturally, he stopped by tonight&#39;s New Orleans Hornets-Chicago Bulls NBA game and spiced up the introductions while announcing each team&#39;s starting lineup. (via <a href="http://thedailywh.at/2012/02/08/so-this-also-happened-of-the-day-2/">The Daily What</a>) mattcherette nonadult Jeremy Lin And Landry Fields Have The Nerdiest Handshake In Sports http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/jeremy-lin-and-landry-fields-have-the-nerdiest-han What happens when a Stanford grad and a Harvard grad become teammates in the NBA? This Milhouse of a handshake. (Note: This is a compliment. I love Milhouse.)

Source: youtube.com

Step One
Two quick high fives on opposite hands.

Step Two
Landry Fields presents his hands to Jeremy Lin as though they are a book.

Step Three
Lin "pages" through the book.

Step Four
Fields closes the book.

Step Five
Both Lin and Fields put their hands to their eyes as though they are glasses.

Step Six
Both players "remove" their glasses and put them into an invisible shirt pocket.

And now in GIF form!

And now in GIF form!

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/jeremy-lin-and-landry-fields-have-the-nerdiest-han Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:20:36 -0500 <b>What happens when a Stanford grad and a Harvard grad become teammates in the NBA?</b> This Milhouse of a handshake. (Note: This is a compliment. I love Milhouse.) jpmoore nonadult nonadult <big>Step One</big> Two quick high fives on opposite hands. <big>Step Two</big> Landry Fields presents his hands to Jeremy Lin as though they are a book. <big>Step Three</big> Lin "pages" through the book. <big>Step Four</big> Fields closes the book. <big>Step Five</big> Both Lin and Fields put their hands to their eyes as though they are glasses. <big>Step Six</big> Both players "remove" their glasses and put them into an invisible shirt pocket. nonadult nonadult What The World Will Look Like With Same-Sex Marriage http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/welcome-to-a-world-with-same-sex-marriage MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/welcome-to-a-world-with-same-sex-marriage Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:43:53 -0500 <b>MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!</b> mjs538 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 Sean Hannity Claims Obama Didn&#39;t Really Want To Kill Bin Laden http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/sean-hannity-claims-obama-didnt-really-want-to-ki “It wouldn't have happened if he had his way, and that can be proven, as well, on tape.”

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/sean-hannity-claims-obama-didnt-really-want-to-ki Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:41 -0500 <b>"It wouldn&#39;t have happened if he had his way, and that can be proven, as well, on tape."</b> zekejmiller nonadult Baby Polar Bear Plays In The Snow For The First Time http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/baby-polar-bear-plays-in-the-snow-for-the-first-ti Look at these PAINFULLY CUTE pictures of 73-day-old Siku playing in the snow. I CAN'T EVEN TAKE IT.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/baby-polar-bear-plays-in-the-snow-for-the-first-ti Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:06:47 -0500 <b>Look at these PAINFULLY CUTE pictures of 73-day-old Siku playing in the snow.</b> I CAN&#39;T EVEN TAKE IT. mjs538 nonadult 25 Animals Who Think They&#39;re People http://www.buzzfeed.com/animals/animals-who-think-theyre-people-5685 Thinking that they're people is a very common genotypic trait in animals that can be seen across a wide variety of species and subspecies boundaries. Here is a selection of 25 examples.

1. Rabbits Who Think They Are Uptight Schoolteachers
Rabbits who think they are uptight schoolteachers can be found throughout the northern United States. They are distinguishable by their delicate purple sweater vests and their prim, disapproving facial expressions. If you find one, be sure to tuck in your shirt.

2. Bears Who Think They Are Hailing A Cab
Bears who think they are hailing a cab are common in areas with poor or limited public transportation. They are harmless to most humans except cab drivers.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/animals/animals-who-think-theyre-people-5685 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:15:52 -0500 <b>Thinking that they&#39;re people is a very common genotypic trait in animals that can be seen across a wide variety of species and subspecies boundaries.</b> Here is a selection of 25 examples. animals nonadult <big>1. Rabbits Who Think They Are Uptight Schoolteachers</big> Rabbits who think they are uptight schoolteachers can be found throughout the northern United States. They are distinguishable by their delicate purple sweater vests and their prim, disapproving facial expressions. If you find one, be sure to tuck in your shirt. nonadult nonadult <big>2. Bears Who Think They Are Hailing A Cab</big> Bears who think they are hailing a cab are common in areas with poor or limited public transportation. They are harmless to most humans except cab drivers. nonadult nonadult <big>3. Huskies Who Think They Are Intellectuals</big> Huskies who think they are intellectuals are most commonly seen in quiet reading rooms or alcoves with their furry little noses buried in a book. Once they reach adulthood most huskies who think they are intellectuals begin working on an obscure doctoral thesis that they will tragically never finish to their satisfaction. nonadult nonadult <big>4. Bears Who Think They Are At Some Kind Of A Picnic</big> Bears who think they are at some kind of a picnic can be found wherever there are picnic tables, waiting patiently for potato salad and cold quiche. nonadult nonadult <big>5. Cats Who Think They Are Reckless Drivers</big> If you see a cat who thinks he is a reckless driver, pull over to the side of the road and alert the local veterinary traffic police. nonadult nonadult <big>6. Teacup Pigs Who Think They Are At Prep School</big> Mostly native to New England and surrounding areas, teacup pigs who think they are at prep school are known for their delicate little snouts and their elitist attitudes. nonadult nonadult <big>7. Cats Who Think They Are British Schoolboys From The &#39;50s</big> This one is called Reginald. nonadult nonadult <big>8. Cats Who Think They Are Couch Potatoes</big> Most felines in North America think that they are couch potatoes, but not all of them have such a remarkable affinity for Lifetime Original Movies and Court TV. nonadult nonadult <big>9. Dogs Who Think They Are Your Secretary</big> Their air of competence and official demeanor makes these dogs fit in very naturally in an office setting, but they cannot usually be trusted with things like "tasks" or "work." nonadult nonadult <big>10. Foxes Who Think They Are At An Amusement Park</big> Foxes who think they are at an amusement park are very concerned about your work/life balance. nonadult nonadult <big>11. Cats Who Think They Are At A Drive-Thru</big> These felines are primarily distinguishable by their persistent ordering style and their indifference to condiments. nonadult nonadult <big>12. Polar Bears Who Think They Are Waving Goodbye</big> Something of a tragic animal, polar bears who think they are waving goodbye are forever in a state of flux. In a very real sense, they are achingly aware of the passing of all things. You should definitely wave back at them. nonadult nonadult <big>13. Cats Who Think They Have Seen A Ghost</big> Cats who think they have seen a ghost are by nature superstitious animals, but they also have a direct line to the <i>other side</i>, so they should be taken very seriously indeed. nonadult nonadult <big>14. Dogs Who Think They Are, Like, Super Chill Bros</big> Dogs who think they are, like, super chill bros should be approached with caution and, for good measure, a six pack. nonadult nonadult <big>15. Rats Who Think They Are Early 19th Century Housewives</big> It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single rodent in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. nonadult nonadult <big>16. Chinchillas Who Think They Are At A Birthday Party</big> The distinguishing characteristics of these crepuscular rodents, of the family Chinchillidae, is that the little hats they wear are simply too precious for words. nonadult nonadult <big>17. Cats Who Think They Are Going For An Afternoon Stroll</big> Mostly native to the British Isles, these cats are generally domestic shorthairs and their strolls are generally post-prandial. nonadult nonadult <big>18. Owls Who Think They Are Picnicking In The Rain</big> Owls who think they are picnicking in the rain also think that they are hilarious. nonadult nonadult <big>19. Cats Who Think They Are Extremely Disappointed In You</big> For as long as these animals have been known, naturalists have been at a loss to explain the scientific reasons behind their severe facial expressions and implacable body language. The prevailing theory is that these idiosyncratic physical features are a result of the fact that you have let them down <i>for the last time</i>. nonadult nonadult <big>20. Cats Who Think They Are At Some Kind Of A Holiday Camp</big> While all domesticated cats think, on one level, that they are at some kind of a holiday camp, this sub-species is determined to damn-well make the most of it. nonadult nonadult <big>21. Cats Who Think They Are Getting Dressed For Work</big> Cats who think they are getting dressed for work can generally be found listening halfheartedly to morning radio and promising themselves that they are going to start going to bed earlier in future. nonadult nonadult <big>22. Squirrels Who Think They Are Having A Nice Day At The Beach</big> Most people don&#39;t know that squirrels are rodents and that these squirrels in particular are rodents with a very strong relaxation drive. nonadult nonadult <big>23. Cats Who Think They Are Angrily Demanding Service At A Restaurant</big> These felines are known for their sharp retractable claws and their paltry, insulting tips. nonadult nonadult <big>24. Bulldogs Who Think They Are Barflies</big> These domestic dogs are distinguished by the thick folds of skin on their brows, which are the result of worrying about whether they should have ordered that third pint on a school night. nonadult nonadult <big>25. Cats Who Think They Are Extremely Successful Businessmen</big> Only about 1% of cats fall into this category. nonadult nonadult Doug Funnie Is Always Successful http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/doug-funnie-is-always-successful For a guy who always was writing in his journal about being down on his luck, Nickelodeon's “Doug” always seemed to finish the episode with a happy ending. So when the 90s Are All That asked fans to contribute on the “Success Doug” meme train, it was almost too easy of a challenge.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/doug-funnie-is-always-successful Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:37:14 -0500 <b>For a guy who always was writing in his journal about being down on his luck, Nickelodeon&#39;s "Doug" always seemed to finish the episode with a happy ending.</b> So when the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/90sAreAllThat?sk=photos">90s Are All That</a> asked fans to contribute on the "Success Doug" meme train, it was almost too easy of a challenge. whitneyjefferson nonadult The Single Most Powerful Quote From California&#39;s Prop 8 Ruling http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-single-most-powerful-quote-from-californias-p Every anti-gay person and politician needs to see this! I have chills.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-single-most-powerful-quote-from-californias-p Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:58:14 -0500 <b>Every anti-gay person and politician needs to see this!</b> I have chills. mjs538 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 Ellen DeGeneres Responds To Anti-Gay "One Million Moms" Group http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/ellen-degeneres-responds-to-anti-gay-one-million Go Ellen! Last week, a Christian group called One Million Moms called on JC Penney to fire new spokesperson Ellen DeGeneres because she's gay. JC Penney then released a statement saying it stands by DeGeneres. Now, in a clip that will air on her show Wednesday, DeGeneres gives her two cents.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattcherette/ellen-degeneres-responds-to-anti-gay-one-million Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:13:27 -0500 <strong>Go Ellen!</strong> Last week, a Christian group called One Million Moms <a href="http://onemillionmoms.com/IssueDetail.asp?id=436">called on</a> JC Penney to fire new spokesperson Ellen DeGeneres because she&#39;s gay. JC Penney then <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/jcpenney_hires_ellen_degeneres_gets/291254">released a statement</a> saying it stands by DeGeneres. Now, in a clip that will air on her show Wednesday, <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/ellen_degeneres_talks_prop_8_fires_back/292503">DeGeneres gives</a> her two cents. mattcherette 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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]]> 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 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 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