[The Guinness World Record holder for the longest ice bath, Wim "Iceman" Hof of the Netherlands, took a dip in an ice bath in Hong Kong today to raise awareness of global warming. Image via AP]

[Children play in the slums of Lahore, Pakistan. Image via AP]

Passengers at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport have been stranded for days thanks to an ice storm. So they did what any reasonable person trapped in an airport for days would do: They "attacked several employees." [RIA Novosti]

[A crew shovels off the Q train track in Coney Island today. Plenty of New Yorkers are pissed that two days after the snow started their roads haven't been plowed and public transport is a mess. Image via AP]

[A young boy pisses off a tiger (behind glass) with his paper horn at the Malabon Zoo in the Philippines today. Image via AP]

The NYT's City Room blog has a handy, steadily updated guide to mass transit delays around the city, and while things are getting better, taking public transportation is going to suck today. Have fun out there! [City Room; AP]

Some 500 people on a subway in New York City were stuck on the tracks for seven hours on Sunday night after snow on the third rail shorted out the train's power. Meaning they had no heat.

Scientists have discovered bits of cooked plants in the teeth of Neanderthals, contradicting the conventional wisdom that they only ate meat, and proving that the hominids hadn't yet developed sophisticated toothpick technology.

Where has the honorable Governor Sandwiches of New Jersey, Chris Christie, been during this snowpocalypse? In Disney World, eating sandwiches. And the lieutenant governor literally fled to Mexico! So a Democratic acting governor is running things, and probably raising taxes.

Republicans will only control one chamber of Congress next year, giving them little means of dismantling the "Obama Agenda." But after wading through Congress' history of old rules, they may have discovered a way to stifle the executive branch's power.

Radically transparent man of mystery Julian Assange says one of his sexual assault accusers took a "trophy photo" of him lying naked next to her in bed. He says this means she's lying about being raped. Which rape, you ask?

Tea Party Rep.-elect Joe Walsh is so not hypocritical that he'll turn down his "cushy" government health insurance next year. This sucks for his wife, who "has a pre-existing medical condition and is now forced to hunt for a plan."

Earlier this month, a train carrying watches, television sets and other luxury items for North Korea's heir apparent Kim Jong-un was derailed in what some speculate was an act of sabotage. No Desperate Housewives in HD for you, Little Kim!

[While the U.S. Northeast handles "Snowpocalypse," North India is dealing with "A-fog-alypse"—thick fog disrupting flight and train schedules and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Image via AP]

East Haven, Conn., is a quiet suburb of New Haven with a "peaceful, small-town setting and thriving businesses." Unless you are Latino, in which case it's the place where you're targeted with "traffic stops, false arrests and even jailhouse beatings."

[A monitor at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, shows canceled flights today as the East Coast gets hammered by a snowstorm. Image via AP]

Gareth Williams, the MI6 codebreaker who was found dead and stuffed in a locked duffle bag, was most definitely not gay, a friend says. Rather, he was practicing for an undercover assignment by hanging out in gay clubs.

It's finally here: The snow is falling all along the East Coast and people are losing their minds! How will you survive the Snowpocalypse? Let us know in the comments.

Yoko Ono, in an interview with the Daily Mail, said for the millionth time that no, she didn't break up the Beatles. She also said John Lennon would "love" Facebook, Twitter and Lady Gaga. Oh, Yoko.

[Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin beats up some guy at a sports center in St. Petersburg. Image via AP]