Traverse City/ Northern Michigan Buzz
Some perv is tried to abduct two young boys on Monday. He is driving a purple 1990 or 1991 Lexus or Honda. 7 and 4 news has more here...
Big showing at the Cherry T Ball Drop on New Year's Eve. Check out this photo that Ken Scott snapped...

Hollywood Buzz
Police say a paparazzo was hit by a car and killed after taking photos of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari on a Los Angeles street. The sports car was parked on the side of Sepulveda Boulevard near Getty Center Drive after a traffic stop. The photographer was struck as he walked across the boulevard after taking pictures. Bieber was not in the car at the time.
In New Years Eve coverage news: Kathy Griffin made some odd simulations on Anderson Cooper during CNN's broadcast New Years Eve. We'll just say she tried to kiss Anderson's crotch. In Kathy's defense Anderson was asking for it, when after a few minutes into the broadcast he brought up a Twitter comment that there could be a drinking game whenever he giggles at Kathy's jokes...then this conversation happened... "I'm going to tickle your sack," his comic co-host immediately said. "You can say sack [on air.] That's not bad.” “I don't know what you're talking about. I have no sack of gifts here," Cooper stammered. "A sack of Christmas presents. I did not bring a sack of Christmas presents."
Meanwhile over on ABC Jenny McCarthy got caught making out with a soldier in a big way...

By the way, ABC topped NYE ratings with Seacrest.
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has married his third wife Crystal Harris, the "runaway bride" who cancelled their first wedding in 2011.

File this under, "big surpise". Rihanna and Chris Brown spent NYE together. Even though it's really none of our business, they did Instagram a pic and let everyone know they woke up in the same bed. Left is Rihanna and right is Chris Brown - note the comforter...

Random Stuff
Animals really are odd, check this out for BuzzFeed's 50 most WTF Animal Pics of the Year..