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Crosby's goal in OT lifts Penguins over Panthers

Sidney Crosby scored on a power play at 3:07 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 Monday night. Complete Story...

Skoula scores 2 goals in Pens' win over Thrashers

Defenseman Martin Skoula scored two goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins held off the Atlanta Thrashers in a 3-2 victory on Saturday night.

Phillips leads Senators past Penguins

Chris Phillips scored twice in his 800th regular-season game and Pascal Leclaire made 25 saves, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

Guerin's goal, fight help Pens past Ducks 5-2

Bill Guerin ended Pittsburgh's eight-game streak without a power-play goal by scoring in the first period, Jordan Staal scored short-handed and the Penguins wrapped up Anaheim's winless four-game road trip by beating the Ducks 5-2 on Monday night.

Penguins snap 4-game skid, beat Bruins in OT

Pascal Dupuis scored his second goal of the game 1:24 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed back star forward Evgeni Malkin by snapping their four-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.

Devils near road streak record, beat Pens 4-1

Niclas Bergfors had a goal and two assists and the New Jersey Devils closed within a victory of tying the NHL record of 10 consecutive road victories to start a season, beating the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Thursday night.

Bruins shut out slumping Penguins 3-0

Tim Thomas stopped 27 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Sidney Crosby was held without a point for the fifth straight game as the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Penguins president recovering after heart attack

Pittsburgh Penguins president David Morehouse is recovering from a heart attack in San Jose, Calif., where the team played its last game.

Pavelski leads Sharks over Penguins 5-0

Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist in his first game back from the injured list and Evgeni Nabokov made 27 saves and the San Jose Sharks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins for the seventh straight time at home, 5-0 Saturday night.

Stoll, Kopitar lead Kings' late rally past Pens

Jarrett Stoll scored the go-ahead goal with 7:51 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings roared from behind with a four-goal third period in a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

Penguins hold off Ducks, win 7th straight on road

Pascal Dupuis scored the go-ahead goal with 10:47 to play, and the Pittsburgh Penguins tied an NHL record with their seventh straight road victory to open the season, 4-3 over the last-place Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.

Backstrom makes 34 saves in 2-1 win over Penguins

Niklas Backstrom made 34 saves and the Minnesota Wild won on the road for the first time this season, beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night.

Crosby lifts Pens past Blue Jackets in shootout

Pittsburgh scored twice in the final 3 minutes of regulation to tie it and Sidney Crosby had the only goal in the shootout to lead the Penguins to a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night.

Penguins' Malkin sidelined with shoulder injury

NHL scoring champion Evgeni Malkin will be lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins for two to three weeks because of a strained right shoulder.

Crosby's hat trick leads Pens past Habs

Superstitious Sindey Crosby didn't want to jinx his shot at a hat trick after his first two goals. Perhaps for the same reason, he isn't willing to acknowledge he's morphing into a top pure goal-scorer.

Devils end Penguins' 7-game winning streak

Nicklas Bergfors, Travis Zajac and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist and the New Jersey Devils snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' winning streak at seven with a 4-1 victory Saturday night.

Crosby scores twice, adds SO winner

Sidney Crosby found a lot of ways to score in his 300th career NHL regular-season game.

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Sidney Crosby scored twice in the third period and had the only goal in the shootout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame a two-goal deficit to win their seventh straight game, 3-2 over the Florida Panthers on Friday night.

Penguins' Gonchar breaks wrist, out 4 to 6 weeks

Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar will be out four to six weeks with a broken left wrist, his third significant injury in slightly more than a year.

Penguins win 6th straight, top Blues 5-1

Matt Cooke had a goal and an assist, four other Pittsburgh players scored, and the Penguins earned their sixth straight win by beating the St. Louis Blues 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Pens off to 7-1 start after 4-1 win over Lightning

The Pittsburgh Penguins are also using their defense to get off to a fast start to the season.

Penguins beat Hurricanes 3-2 in shootout

Chris Kunitz beat Cam Ward on the 12th shot of a shootout to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Wednesday night and continue their early season road success.

Kennedy's two goals lead Penguins over Senators

Tyler Kennedy scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night.

Crosby scores 2 goals in Penguins' win

Sidney Crosby scored two power-play goals, and Evgeni Malkin had three assists to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the winless Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night.

Guerin, Goligoski lead Penguins over Flyers 5-4

Bill Guerin and Alex Goligoski scored midway through the second period to help the Pittsburgh Penguins hand the Philadelphia Flyers their first loss of the season, 5-4 on Thursday night.

The Vine
P-p-p picture a penguin: Arctic birds turn tables on photographer by peering through lens and setting up own shots
Source: the Mail online

An inquisitive Emperor penguin looks through the viewfinder of a camera in Antarctica as his companions appear to pose for a photograph in front of the lens.

Bald penguin gets sunburn wetsuit
Source: BBC News

A bald penguin has been given a wetsuit to wear at a Hampshire wildlife park to protect him from sunburn.

Police patrol called to check penguins' papers
Source: thelocal.de

Holidaymakers by a lake in Bavaria called the police when they saw a man swimming and splashing around in the water with two penguins.

Gay Penguins Break Up
Source: CNN

Like the title says... enjoy the video.

Snipers guard Aussie penguins
Source: Straits Times Interactive - SINGAPORE

SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA has posted snipers to protect endangered penguins in its biggest city, Sydney, after a spate of attacks, officials said on Tuesday.

Confirmed: God is slightly gay / Just ask the animals. As soon as they stop having all that homosexual sex
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

I am sitting here right now smiling just a little, fondly recalling that famously controversial children's book, the one about the gay penguins.

Can 500 Chuck Palahniuk fans be right?They flock to his readings in costume and willingly promote his books with the help of inflatable penguins. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Source: The Globe and Mail

The first rule of a Chuck Palahniuk night is that the author runs the show. There are no preambles or thanks to the sponsors. He comes out reading and throwing.

Is this the least politically correct, most bizarre children's toy?
Source: timesonline.typepad.com

At only $12.95, the 'avenging narwhal play set' comes 'with four magic tusks… to impale the cute animals of the world, specifically baby seals, baby penguins and koalas.'

Hockeytown Hysteria - Tonight's the Night for the Red Wings

If you guys follow my Chill mag postings you'd already be stoked that game seven is in Hockeytown's house and Joe Louis arena has proven red kryptonite so far to Pittsburgh's legion of supermen. (Score one for Detroit)

Bill O'Reilly Defends Gay Penguins: 'God Made the Penguin That Way'
Source: AlterNet.org

Last night, Bill O'Reilly discussed the "gay penguins" at a zoo in Germany with guest Dennis Miller. O'Reilly shocked Miller by being eminently tolerant of the penguins, saying the zoo should "leave the penguin alone" because "God made the penguin that way"

O'Reilly Defends Gay Penguins: 'God Made The Penguin That Way'
Source: Think Progress

Last night, Bill O'Reilly discussed the "gay penguins" at a zoo in Germany with guest Dennis Miller. O'Reilly shocked Miller by being eminently tolerant of the penguins, saying the zoo should "leave the penguin alone" because "God made the penguin that way":

Gay penguin couple adopts abandoned egg in German zoo
Source: CBC

The male penguins, named Z and Vielpunkt, are one of three same-sex pairs of Humboldt penguins at the zoo. That means almost a third of the zoo's 20 penguins who have attempted to mate exhibit homosexual behaviour.

'Gay penguins' rear adopted chick
Source: BBC News

Two "gay" male penguins have hatched a chick and are now rearing it as its adoptive parents, says a German zoo.

Gay penguins rearing "adopted" chick in German Zoo
Source: pinknews.co.uk

A gay penguin couple living in a German zoo have hatched a chick which they are now rearing as if it were their own child. They're one of four gay couples living in the zoo.

Zoo hails gay penguin couple as foster parents
Source: thelocal.de

Two homosexual Humboldt penguins have become happy foster parents at the Bemerhaven Zoo, marking the first time two male penguins are helping hatch an egg in the northern German port city.

The poop on finding penguins: Scientists looking for lost penguins follow their faeces from space.
Source: Toronto Star

Researchers in remote Antarctica have been unable to figure out just where colonies of emperor penguins live and if their population is in peril.

Penguin poo viewed from space reveals new Antarctic colony locations
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Stretches of excrement-stained ice that are so large they are visible from space have helped scientists to locate 10 newly discovered emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica.

March of Penguins Turning Into Trail of Tears
Source: Wired News

Emperor penguin colonies will face extinction if the warming trend of the last 50 years continues over the next century. Despite dwindling concern among Americans about climate change, the warming climate continues to change life for animals, particularly at the Earth's poles.

Mystery as rare penguins disappear at a rate of 100 a day
Source: Telegraph

Concern is growing for a rare species of penguin, the rockhopper, that is disappearing from a remote British territory in the South Atlantic at a rate of 100 birds each day.

Giant Penguin Fossils Found in Peruvian Desert
Source: Arts & Living from Newser

Penguins haven't always lived on ice, scientists have concluded after unearthing fossils of giant penguins in Peru's Atacama desert.

Penguins gather in Antarctica
Source: Telegraph

Huddling together in subzero temperatures, these playful emperor penguin chicks face a fight for survival in their Antarctic home with temperatures plunging to -76F (-60C) and winds over 100mph.

3/4 of Big Antarctic Penguin Colonies to Disappear?
Source: National Geographic

Up to 75 percent of major Antarctic penguin colonies may disappear if climate change continues to heat up the continent, according to a recent report.

Gay penguins steal eggs from straight couples
Source: china daily

A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported.

Gay penguins steal eggs from straight couples
Source: Telegraph

A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported.

Extinct penguin species discovered
Source: abc.net.au

Scientists from the University of Adelaide are part of a team which has discovered evidence of a penguin species that lived in New Zealand 500 years ago.

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