Two stories of a seemingly different sort captured Americans attention yesterday: The flight (pun!) of Edward Snowden, and the hunt for Rusty the red panda.

Today, Frosty the polar bear died at the Denver zoo. He was 25. At DC's National Zoo, a red panda (which is more like a raccoon) was born. As Elton John once said: The Cirrrrrclleeeeeee. The Cirrrrcccleeee of Lifffffeeeeeeee.