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A convenience store in Raleigh, N.C., advertises the "essentials" as a winter storm threatens to dump the first big snow of the season on Jan. 21, 2016.(Photo: Allen G. Breed, AP)
[h=2]Grab the toilet paper, an epic blizzard is coming East[/h]We're not sure the state of your pantry, but<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a huge nor'easter or blizzard or just a lot of snow (depending on where you live) is forecast to cripple<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the South, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast beginning Friday, likely halting road and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>air travel<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and causing widespread power outages.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A few things: 1) The Weather Channel wants<span style="color: Red;">*</span>us to call the storm Jonas. Yes, really.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>2) Cable news is rotating through ominous weather modifiers. 3) Grocery stores are filled with people who have never shopped for groceries before,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and oh my god the lines. 4) It's become<span style="color: Red;">*</span>apparent who will not be able to handle the weather.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>We're looking at you, D.C.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>region.
[h=2]You can stop freaking out about your 401(k)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h]Phew! Stocks’ scary ride is over! (Until tomorrow maybe?) Wall Street investors had a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>good day Thursday, gathering their collective breath after Wednesday’s drama — a 565-point plunge, then a bungee-cord bounce to recoup half those losses.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Dow ended<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Thursday higher, by 116 <span style="color: Red;">*</span>points. Stocks got a boost from such factors as the European Central Bank saying it will review its monetary policy stance plus oil prices finding a floor (for now?) and climbing about 5%.
[h=2]Putin 'probably' ordered ex-spy's murder by poison[/h]You remember<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Alexander<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Litvinenko. The former KGB agent and expert in organized crime<span style="color: Red;">*</span>defected to Britain in 2001 and was highly critical of Russian intelligence services and President Vladimir<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Putin. He died after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>drinking<span style="color: Red;">*</span>tea laced with<span style="color: Red;">*</span>polonium-210, a highly toxic<span style="color: Red;">*</span>radioactive material. Welp. (That was in 2006.) Fast-forward to Thursday, and a formal British inquiry into Litvinenko's murder found the killing was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"probably" approved personally by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Putin.<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>Two suspects,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Russian agents<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, are said to have given him the tea, and Britain says it<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will freeze their assets.
[h=2]There is one power couple you won't see at the Oscars this year[/h]Will and Jada are sitting this ceremony out. Jada Pinkett Smith earlier this week called for a boycott of the Academy Awards over diversity concerns, and now her husband Will Smith said he's following her lead. Why are they upset? No actors or actresses of color were nominated in acting categories this year. That would be #OscarsSoWhite. Will Smith starred in last year's Concussion, and some critics predicted he'd nab an Oscar nomination. Spike Lee is also skipping this year's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>awards.
[h=2]#MustRead: FBI operates online porn website 'Playpen'<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h]For two weeks last year, the FBI operated one of the Internet’s largest child pornography websites to catch users who officials said would otherwise remain hidden behind an encrypted and anonymous computer network. It's a significant departure from the government’s past tactics for battling online child porn, where agents were told not to allow images of children being sexually assaulted to become public. More than 100,000 users visited the Playpen<span style="color: Red;">*</span>site while it was under the FBI’s control.
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There's a scientific reason why you can't stop<span style="color: Red;">*</span>watching cute animal videos. We explain in the video below. Which also happens to be a cute animal video.
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Science is to blame for all your time wasted watching cute animal videos! Experts say is all comes down to survival. Keleigh Nealon (@keleighnealon) Buzz60
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