diff --git wp-includes/cache.php wp-includes/cache.php
index c79aa1e..f285be3 100644
--- wp-includes/cache.php
+++ wp-includes/cache.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function wp_cache_incr( $key, $offset = 1, $group = '' ) {
  * @global WP_Object_Cache $wp_object_cache WordPress Object Cache
  */
 function wp_cache_init() {
-	$GLOBALS['wp_object_cache'] =& new WP_Object_Cache();
+	$GLOBALS['wp_object_cache'] = new WP_Object_Cache();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git wp-includes/class-simplepie.php wp-includes/class-simplepie.php
index 275033a..cddd09a 100644
--- wp-includes/class-simplepie.php
+++ wp-includes/class-simplepie.php
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ class SimplePie
 	function SimplePie($feed_url = null, $cache_location = null, $cache_duration = null)
 	{
 		// Other objects, instances created here so we can set options on them
-		$this->sanitize =& new SimplePie_Sanitize;
+		$this->sanitize = new SimplePie_Sanitize;
 
 		// Set options if they're passed to the constructor
 		if ($cache_location !== null)
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ class SimplePie
 	{
 		if (SimplePie_Misc::is_subclass_of($class, 'SimplePie_Sanitize'))
 		{
-			$this->sanitize =& new $class;
+			$this->sanitize = new $class;
 			return true;
 		}
 		return false;
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ class SimplePie
 								{
 									$headers['if-none-match'] = '"' . $this->data['headers']['etag'] . '"';
 								}
-								$file =& new $this->file_class($this->feed_url, $this->timeout/10, 5, $headers, $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
+								$file = new $this->file_class($this->feed_url, $this->timeout/10, 5, $headers, $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
 								if ($file->success)
 								{
 									if ($file->status_code === 304)
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ class SimplePie
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						$file =& new $this->file_class($this->feed_url, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
+						$file = new $this->file_class($this->feed_url, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
 					}
 				}
 				// If the file connection has an error, set SimplePie::error to that and quit
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ class SimplePie
 				if (!$this->force_feed)
 				{
 					// Check if the supplied URL is a feed, if it isn't, look for it.
-					$locate =& new $this->locator_class($file, $this->timeout, $this->useragent, $this->file_class, $this->max_checked_feeds, $this->content_type_sniffer_class);
+					$locate = new $this->locator_class($file, $this->timeout, $this->useragent, $this->file_class, $this->max_checked_feeds, $this->content_type_sniffer_class);
 					if (!$locate->is_feed($file))
 					{
 						// We need to unset this so that if SimplePie::set_file() has been called that object is untouched
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ class SimplePie
 
 				$headers = $file->headers;
 				$data = $file->body;
-				$sniffer =& new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
+				$sniffer = new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
 				$sniffed = $sniffer->get_type();
 			}
 			else
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ class SimplePie
 				if ($utf8_data = SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding($data, $encoding, 'UTF-8'))
 				{
 					// Create new parser
-					$parser =& new $this->parser_class();
+					$parser = new $this->parser_class();
 
 					// If it's parsed fine
 					if ($parser->parse($utf8_data, 'UTF-8'))
@@ -1971,11 +1971,11 @@ class SimplePie
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					$file =& new $this->file_class($favicon, $this->timeout / 10, 5, array('X-FORWARDED-FOR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
+					$file = new $this->file_class($favicon, $this->timeout / 10, 5, array('X-FORWARDED-FOR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
 
 					if ($file->success && ($file->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($file->status_code === 200 || $file->status_code > 206 && $file->status_code < 300)) && strlen($file->body) > 0)
 					{
-						$sniffer =& new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
+						$sniffer = new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
 						if (substr($sniffer->get_type(), 0, 6) === 'image/')
 						{
 							if ($cache->save(array('headers' => $file->headers, 'body' => $file->body)))
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ class SimplePie
 			{
 				$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 			}
-			$categories[] =& new $this->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+			$categories[] = new $this->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'category') as $category)
 		{
@@ -2389,15 +2389,15 @@ class SimplePie
 			{
 				$scheme = null;
 			}
-			$categories[] =& new $this->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'subject') as $category)
 		{
-			$categories[] =& new $this->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'subject') as $category)
 		{
-			$categories[] =& new $this->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($categories))
@@ -2445,7 +2445,7 @@ class SimplePie
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
 			{
-				$authors[] =& new $this->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+				$authors[] = new $this->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		if ($author = $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'author'))
@@ -2467,20 +2467,20 @@ class SimplePie
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
 			{
-				$authors[] =& new $this->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+				$authors[] = new $this->author_class($name, $url, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'creator') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'creator') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'author') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($authors))
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ class SimplePie
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
 			{
-				$contributors[] =& new $this->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+				$contributors[] = new $this->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'contributor') as $contributor)
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@ class SimplePie
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
 			{
-				$contributors[] =& new $this->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+				$contributors[] = new $this->author_class($name, $url, $email);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2963,7 +2963,7 @@ class SimplePie
 					$keys = array_keys($items);
 					foreach ($keys as $key)
 					{
-						$this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+						$this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
 					}
 				}
 				if ($items = $this->get_feed_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'entry'))
@@ -2971,7 +2971,7 @@ class SimplePie
 					$keys = array_keys($items);
 					foreach ($keys as $key)
 					{
-						$this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+						$this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
 					}
 				}
 				if ($items = $this->get_feed_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_10, 'item'))
@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ class SimplePie
 					$keys = array_keys($items);
 					foreach ($keys as $key)
 					{
-						$this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+						$this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
 					}
 				}
 				if ($items = $this->get_feed_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_090, 'item'))
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ class SimplePie
 					$keys = array_keys($items);
 					foreach ($keys as $key)
 					{
-						$this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+						$this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
 					}
 				}
 				if ($items = $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'item'))
@@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@ class SimplePie
 					$keys = array_keys($items);
 					foreach ($keys as $key)
 					{
-						$this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+						$this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -3346,7 +3346,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 			{
 				$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 			}
-			$categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+			$categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'category') as $category)
 		{
@@ -3361,15 +3361,15 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 			{
 				$scheme = null;
 			}
-			$categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'subject') as $category)
 		{
-			$categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'subject') as $category)
 		{
-			$categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($categories))
@@ -3430,7 +3430,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
 			{
-				$contributors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+				$contributors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'contributor') as $contributor)
@@ -3452,7 +3452,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
 			{
-				$contributors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+				$contributors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -3488,7 +3488,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
 			{
-				$authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+				$authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		if ($author = $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'author'))
@@ -3510,24 +3510,24 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
 			{
-				$authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+				$authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		if ($author = $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'author'))
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class(null, null, $this->sanitize($author[0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT));
+			$authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class(null, null, $this->sanitize($author[0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT));
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'creator') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'creator') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'author') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($authors))
@@ -3837,7 +3837,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$captions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+					$captions_parent[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
 				}
 			}
 			elseif ($captions = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'text'))
@@ -3869,7 +3869,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$captions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+					$captions_parent[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
 				}
 			}
 			if (is_array($captions_parent))
@@ -3899,7 +3899,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 				{
 					$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 				}
-				$categories_parent[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+				$categories_parent[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 			}
 			foreach ((array) $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'category') as $category)
 			{
@@ -3922,7 +3922,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 				{
 					$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 				}
-				$categories_parent[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+				$categories_parent[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 			}
 			foreach ((array) $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'category') as $category)
 			{
@@ -3933,7 +3933,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 				{
 					$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['text'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 				}
-				$categories_parent[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+				$categories_parent[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 
 				if (isset($category['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES]['category']))
 				{
@@ -3943,7 +3943,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 						{
 							$label = $this->sanitize($subcategory['attribs']['']['text'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 						}
-						$categories_parent[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+						$categories_parent[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -3965,7 +3965,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 				{
 					$copyright_label = $this->sanitize($copyright[0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 				}
-				$copyrights_parent =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+				$copyrights_parent = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
 			}
 			elseif ($copyright = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'copyright'))
 			{
@@ -3979,7 +3979,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 				{
 					$copyright_label = $this->sanitize($copyright[0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 				}
-				$copyrights_parent =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+				$copyrights_parent = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
 			}
 
 			// CREDITS
@@ -4006,7 +4006,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$credits_parent[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+					$credits_parent[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
 				}
 			}
 			elseif ($credits = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'credit'))
@@ -4032,7 +4032,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$credits_parent[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+					$credits_parent[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
 				}
 			}
 			if (is_array($credits_parent))
@@ -4221,7 +4221,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$ratings_parent[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+					$ratings_parent[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
 				}
 			}
 			elseif ($ratings = $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'explicit'))
@@ -4234,7 +4234,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$ratings_parent[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+					$ratings_parent[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
 				}
 			}
 			elseif ($ratings = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'rating'))
@@ -4255,7 +4255,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$ratings_parent[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+					$ratings_parent[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
 				}
 			}
 			elseif ($ratings = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'explicit'))
@@ -4268,7 +4268,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$ratings_parent[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+					$ratings_parent[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
 				}
 			}
 			if (is_array($ratings_parent))
@@ -4296,7 +4296,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$restrictions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+					$restrictions_parent[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
 				}
 			}
 			elseif ($restrictions = $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'block'))
@@ -4310,7 +4310,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$restriction_relationship = 'deny';
 					}
-					$restrictions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+					$restrictions_parent[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
 				}
 			}
 			elseif ($restrictions = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'restriction'))
@@ -4332,7 +4332,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 					}
-					$restrictions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+					$restrictions_parent[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
 				}
 			}
 			elseif ($restrictions = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'block'))
@@ -4346,7 +4346,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					{
 						$restriction_relationship = 'deny';
 					}
-					$restrictions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+					$restrictions_parent[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
 				}
 			}
 			if (is_array($restrictions_parent))
@@ -4550,7 +4550,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$captions[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+								$captions[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
 							}
 							if (is_array($captions))
 							{
@@ -4586,7 +4586,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$captions[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+								$captions[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
 							}
 							if (is_array($captions))
 							{
@@ -4622,7 +4622,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+								$categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 							}
 						}
 						if (isset($group['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['category']))
@@ -4648,7 +4648,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+								$categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 							}
 						}
 						if (is_array($categories) && is_array($categories_parent))
@@ -4677,7 +4677,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 							{
 								$copyright_label = $this->sanitize($content['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['copyright'][0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 							}
-							$copyrights =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+							$copyrights = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
 						}
 						elseif (isset($group['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['copyright']))
 						{
@@ -4691,7 +4691,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 							{
 								$copyright_label = $this->sanitize($group['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['copyright'][0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 							}
-							$copyrights =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+							$copyrights = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
 						}
 						else
 						{
@@ -4722,7 +4722,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$credits[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+								$credits[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
 							}
 							if (is_array($credits))
 							{
@@ -4752,7 +4752,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$credits[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+								$credits[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
 							}
 							if (is_array($credits))
 							{
@@ -4905,7 +4905,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$ratings[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+								$ratings[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
 							}
 							if (is_array($ratings))
 							{
@@ -4930,7 +4930,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$ratings[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+								$ratings[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
 							}
 							if (is_array($ratings))
 							{
@@ -4962,7 +4962,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$restrictions[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+								$restrictions[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
 							}
 							if (is_array($restrictions))
 							{
@@ -4988,7 +4988,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$restrictions[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+								$restrictions[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
 							}
 							if (is_array($restrictions))
 							{
@@ -5042,7 +5042,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 							$title = $title_parent;
 						}
 
-						$this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions, $categories, $channels, $copyrights, $credits, $description, $duration, $expression, $framerate, $hashes, $height, $keywords, $lang, $medium, $player, $ratings, $restrictions, $samplingrate, $thumbnails, $title, $width);
+						$this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions, $categories, $channels, $copyrights, $credits, $description, $duration, $expression, $framerate, $hashes, $height, $keywords, $lang, $medium, $player, $ratings, $restrictions, $samplingrate, $thumbnails, $title, $width);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -5171,7 +5171,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$captions[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+								$captions[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
 							}
 							if (is_array($captions))
 							{
@@ -5207,7 +5207,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+								$categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 							}
 						}
 						if (is_array($categories) && is_array($categories_parent))
@@ -5240,7 +5240,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 							{
 								$copyright_label = $this->sanitize($content['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['copyright'][0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 							}
-							$copyrights =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+							$copyrights = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
 						}
 						else
 						{
@@ -5271,7 +5271,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$credits[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+								$credits[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
 							}
 							if (is_array($credits))
 							{
@@ -5375,7 +5375,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$ratings[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+								$ratings[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
 							}
 							if (is_array($ratings))
 							{
@@ -5407,7 +5407,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 								{
 									$restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 								}
-								$restrictions[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+								$restrictions[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
 							}
 							if (is_array($restrictions))
 							{
@@ -5446,7 +5446,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 							$title = $title_parent;
 						}
 
-						$this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions, $categories, $channels, $copyrights, $credits, $description, $duration, $expression, $framerate, $hashes, $height, $keywords, $lang, $medium, $player, $ratings, $restrictions, $samplingrate, $thumbnails, $title, $width);
+						$this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions, $categories, $channels, $copyrights, $credits, $description, $duration, $expression, $framerate, $hashes, $height, $keywords, $lang, $medium, $player, $ratings, $restrictions, $samplingrate, $thumbnails, $title, $width);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -5482,7 +5482,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					}
 
 					// Since we don't have group or content for these, we'll just pass the '*_parent' variables directly to the constructor
-					$this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
+					$this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -5517,7 +5517,7 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					}
 
 					// Since we don't have group or content for these, we'll just pass the '*_parent' variables directly to the constructor
-					$this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
+					$this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -5552,14 +5552,14 @@ class SimplePie_Item
 					}
 
 					// Since we don't have group or content for these, we'll just pass the '*_parent' variables directly to the constructor
-					$this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
+					$this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
 				}
 			}
 
 			if (sizeof($this->data['enclosures']) === 0 && ($url || $type || $length || $bitrate || $captions_parent || $categories_parent || $channels || $copyrights_parent || $credits_parent || $description_parent || $duration_parent || $expression || $framerate || $hashes_parent || $height || $keywords_parent || $lang || $medium || $player_parent || $ratings_parent || $restrictions_parent || $samplingrate || $thumbnails_parent || $title_parent || $width))
 			{
 				// Since we don't have group or content for these, we'll just pass the '*_parent' variables directly to the constructor
-				$this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
+				$this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
 			}
 
 			$this->data['enclosures'] = array_values(SimplePie_Misc::array_unique($this->data['enclosures']));
@@ -5836,7 +5836,7 @@ class SimplePie_Source
 			{
 				$label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
 			}
-			$categories[] =& new $this->item->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+			$categories[] = new $this->item->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'category') as $category)
 		{
@@ -5851,15 +5851,15 @@ class SimplePie_Source
 			{
 				$scheme = null;
 			}
-			$categories[] =& new $this->item->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->item->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'subject') as $category)
 		{
-			$categories[] =& new $this->item->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->item->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'subject') as $category)
 		{
-			$categories[] =& new $this->item->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$categories[] = new $this->item->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($categories))
@@ -5907,7 +5907,7 @@ class SimplePie_Source
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
 			{
-				$authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+				$authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		if ($author = $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'author'))
@@ -5929,20 +5929,20 @@ class SimplePie_Source
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
 			{
-				$authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+				$authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'creator') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'creator') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'author') as $author)
 		{
-			$authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+			$authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($authors))
@@ -5990,7 +5990,7 @@ class SimplePie_Source
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
 			{
-				$contributors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+				$contributors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
 			}
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'contributor') as $contributor)
@@ -6012,7 +6012,7 @@ class SimplePie_Source
 			}
 			if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
 			{
-				$contributors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+				$contributors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -6449,7 +6449,7 @@ class SimplePie_Enclosure
 		$this->width = $width;
 		if (class_exists('idna_convert'))
 		{
-			$idn =& new idna_convert;
+			$idn = new idna_convert;
 			$parsed = SimplePie_Misc::parse_url($link);
 			$this->link = SimplePie_Misc::compress_parse_url($parsed['scheme'], $idn->encode($parsed['authority']), $parsed['path'], $parsed['query'], $parsed['fragment']);
 		}
@@ -7647,7 +7647,7 @@ class SimplePie_File
 	{
 		if (class_exists('idna_convert'))
 		{
-			$idn =& new idna_convert;
+			$idn = new idna_convert;
 			$parsed = SimplePie_Misc::parse_url($url);
 			$url = SimplePie_Misc::compress_parse_url($parsed['scheme'], $idn->encode($parsed['authority']), $parsed['path'], $parsed['query'], $parsed['fragment']);
 		}
@@ -7708,7 +7708,7 @@ class SimplePie_File
 					curl_close($fp);
 					$this->headers = explode("\r\n\r\n", $this->headers, $info['redirect_count'] + 1);
 					$this->headers = array_pop($this->headers);
-					$parser =& new SimplePie_HTTP_Parser($this->headers);
+					$parser = new SimplePie_HTTP_Parser($this->headers);
 					if ($parser->parse())
 					{
 						$this->headers = $parser->headers;
@@ -7789,7 +7789,7 @@ class SimplePie_File
 					}
 					if (!$info['timed_out'])
 					{
-						$parser =& new SimplePie_HTTP_Parser($this->headers);
+						$parser = new SimplePie_HTTP_Parser($this->headers);
 						if ($parser->parse())
 						{
 							$this->headers = $parser->headers;
@@ -7808,7 +7808,7 @@ class SimplePie_File
 								{
 									case 'gzip':
 									case 'x-gzip':
-										$decoder =& new SimplePie_gzdecode($this->body);
+										$decoder = new SimplePie_gzdecode($this->body);
 										if (!$decoder->parse())
 										{
 											$this->error = 'Unable to decode HTTP "gzip" stream';
@@ -8620,7 +8620,7 @@ class SimplePie_Cache
 	 */
 	function create($location, $filename, $extension)
 	{
-		$location_iri =& new SimplePie_IRI($location);
+		$location_iri = new SimplePie_IRI($location);
 		switch ($location_iri->get_scheme())
 		{
 			case 'mysql':
@@ -9317,7 +9317,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 
 	function parse_url($url)
 	{
-		$iri =& new SimplePie_IRI($url);
+		$iri = new SimplePie_IRI($url);
 		return array(
 			'scheme' => (string) $iri->get_scheme(),
 			'authority' => (string) $iri->get_authority(),
@@ -9329,7 +9329,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 
 	function compress_parse_url($scheme = '', $authority = '', $path = '', $query = '', $fragment = '')
 	{
-		$iri =& new SimplePie_IRI('');
+		$iri = new SimplePie_IRI('');
 		$iri->set_scheme($scheme);
 		$iri->set_authority($authority);
 		$iri->set_path($path);
@@ -9340,7 +9340,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 
 	function normalize_url($url)
 	{
-		$iri =& new SimplePie_IRI($url);
+		$iri = new SimplePie_IRI($url);
 		return $iri->get_iri();
 	}
 
@@ -10860,7 +10860,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 	 */
 	function entities_decode($data)
 	{
-		$decoder =& new SimplePie_Decode_HTML_Entities($data);
+		$decoder = new SimplePie_Decode_HTML_Entities($data);
 		return $decoder->parse();
 	}
 
@@ -11256,7 +11256,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 		{
 			if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x00\x00\x00\x3F\x00\x00\x00\x3E"))
 			{
-				$parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 20), 'UTF-32BE', 'UTF-8'));
+				$parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 20), 'UTF-32BE', 'UTF-8'));
 				if ($parser->parse())
 				{
 					$encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11269,7 +11269,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 		{
 			if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x3F\x00\x00\x00\x3E\x00\x00\x00"))
 			{
-				$parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 20), 'UTF-32LE', 'UTF-8'));
+				$parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 20), 'UTF-32LE', 'UTF-8'));
 				if ($parser->parse())
 				{
 					$encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11282,7 +11282,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 		{
 			if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x00\x3F\x00\x3E"))
 			{
-				$parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 10), 'UTF-16BE', 'UTF-8'));
+				$parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 10), 'UTF-16BE', 'UTF-8'));
 				if ($parser->parse())
 				{
 					$encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11295,7 +11295,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 		{
 			if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x3F\x00\x3E\x00"))
 			{
-				$parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 10), 'UTF-16LE', 'UTF-8'));
+				$parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 10), 'UTF-16LE', 'UTF-8'));
 				if ($parser->parse())
 				{
 					$encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11308,7 +11308,7 @@ class SimplePie_Misc
 		{
 			if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x3F\x3E"))
 			{
-				$parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(substr($data, 5, $pos - 5));
+				$parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(substr($data, 5, $pos - 5));
 				if ($parser->parse())
 				{
 					$encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11683,7 +11683,7 @@ class SimplePie_IRI
 		$relative = (string) $relative;
 		if ($relative !== '')
 		{
-			$relative =& new SimplePie_IRI($relative);
+			$relative = new SimplePie_IRI($relative);
 			if ($relative->get_scheme() !== null)
 			{
 				$target = $relative;
@@ -11697,7 +11697,7 @@ class SimplePie_IRI
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					$target =& new SimplePie_IRI('');
+					$target = new SimplePie_IRI('');
 					$target->set_scheme($base->get_scheme());
 					$target->set_userinfo($base->get_userinfo());
 					$target->set_host($base->get_host());
@@ -13049,7 +13049,7 @@ class SimplePie_Parse_Date
 		static $object;
 		if (!$object)
 		{
-			$object =& new SimplePie_Parse_Date;
+			$object = new SimplePie_Parse_Date;
 		}
 		return $object;
 	}
@@ -14084,7 +14084,7 @@ class SimplePie_Locator
 
 		if ($this->file->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE)
 		{
-			$sniffer =& new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($this->file);
+			$sniffer = new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($this->file);
 			if ($sniffer->get_type() !== 'text/html')
 			{
 				return null;
@@ -14130,7 +14130,7 @@ class SimplePie_Locator
 	{
 		if ($file->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE)
 		{
-			$sniffer =& new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
+			$sniffer = new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
 			$sniffed = $sniffer->get_type();
 			if (in_array($sniffed, array('application/rss+xml', 'application/rdf+xml', 'text/rdf', 'application/atom+xml', 'text/xml', 'application/xml')))
 			{
@@ -14194,7 +14194,7 @@ class SimplePie_Locator
 				if (!in_array($href, $done) && in_array('feed', $rel) || (in_array('alternate', $rel) && !empty($link['attribs']['type']['data']) && in_array(strtolower(SimplePie_Misc::parse_mime($link['attribs']['type']['data'])), array('application/rss+xml', 'application/atom+xml'))) && !isset($feeds[$href]))
 				{
 					$this->checked_feeds++;
-					$feed =& new $this->file_class($href, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
+					$feed = new $this->file_class($href, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
 					if ($feed->success && ($feed->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($feed->status_code === 200 || $feed->status_code > 206 && $feed->status_code < 300)) && $this->is_feed($feed))
 					{
 						$feeds[$href] = $feed;
@@ -14266,7 +14266,7 @@ class SimplePie_Locator
 			if (in_array(strtolower(strrchr($value, '.')), array('.rss', '.rdf', '.atom', '.xml')))
 			{
 				$this->checked_feeds++;
-				$feed =& new $this->file_class($value, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
+				$feed = new $this->file_class($value, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
 				if ($feed->success && ($feed->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($feed->status_code === 200 || $feed->status_code > 206 && $feed->status_code < 300)) && $this->is_feed($feed))
 				{
 					return $feed;
@@ -14291,7 +14291,7 @@ class SimplePie_Locator
 			if (preg_match('/(rss|rdf|atom|xml)/i', $value))
 			{
 				$this->checked_feeds++;
-				$feed =& new $this->file_class($value, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
+				$feed = new $this->file_class($value, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
 				if ($feed->success && ($feed->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($feed->status_code === 200 || $feed->status_code > 206 && $feed->status_code < 300)) && $this->is_feed($feed))
 				{
 					return $feed;
@@ -14365,7 +14365,7 @@ class SimplePie_Parser
 
 		if (substr($data, 0, 5) === '<?xml' && strspn(substr($data, 5, 1), "\x09\x0A\x0D\x20") && ($pos = strpos($data, '?>')) !== false)
 		{
-			$declaration =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(substr($data, 5, $pos - 5));
+			$declaration = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(substr($data, 5, $pos - 5));
 			if ($declaration->parse())
 			{
 				$data = substr($data, $pos + 2);
@@ -14415,7 +14415,7 @@ class SimplePie_Parser
 		else
 		{
 			libxml_clear_errors();
-			$xml =& new XMLReader();
+			$xml = new XMLReader();
 			$xml->xml($data);
 			while (@$xml->read())
 			{
@@ -14901,7 +14901,7 @@ class SimplePie_Sanitize
 							}
 							else
 							{
-								$file =& new $this->file_class($img['attribs']['src']['data'], $this->timeout, 5, array('X-FORWARDED-FOR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
+								$file = new $this->file_class($img['attribs']['src']['data'], $this->timeout, 5, array('X-FORWARDED-FOR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
 								$headers = $file->headers;
 
 								if ($file->success && ($file->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($file->status_code === 200 || $file->status_code > 206 && $file->status_code < 300)))
diff --git wp-includes/class-wp.php wp-includes/class-wp.php
index ace304c..479c3d4 100644
--- wp-includes/class-wp.php
+++ wp-includes/class-wp.php
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ class WP_MatchesMapRegex {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	function apply($subject, $matches) {
-		$oSelf =& new WP_MatchesMapRegex($subject, $matches);
+		$oSelf = new WP_MatchesMapRegex($subject, $matches);
 		return $oSelf->output;
 	}
 
diff --git wp-includes/query.php wp-includes/query.php
index 1887a6f..c94af44 100644
--- wp-includes/query.php
+++ wp-includes/query.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function set_query_var($var, $value) {
  */
 function &query_posts($query) {
 	unset($GLOBALS['wp_query']);
-	$GLOBALS['wp_query'] =& new WP_Query();
+	$GLOBALS['wp_query'] = new WP_Query();
 	return $GLOBALS['wp_query']->query($query);
 }
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function &query_posts($query) {
  */
 function wp_reset_query() {
 	unset($GLOBALS['wp_query']);
-	$GLOBALS['wp_query'] =& $GLOBALS['wp_the_query'];
+	$GLOBALS['wp_query'] = $GLOBALS['wp_the_query'];
 	wp_reset_postdata();
 }
 
diff --git wp-includes/theme.php wp-includes/theme.php
index 073c8df..bca7134 100644
--- wp-includes/theme.php
+++ wp-includes/theme.php
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ function add_custom_background( $header_callback = '', $admin_header_callback =
 	if ( ! is_admin() )
 		return;
 	require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/custom-background.php' );
-	$GLOBALS['custom_background'] =& new Custom_Background( $admin_header_callback, $admin_image_div_callback );
+	$GLOBALS['custom_background'] = new Custom_Background( $admin_header_callback, $admin_image_div_callback );
 	add_action( 'admin_menu', array( &$GLOBALS['custom_background'], 'init' ) );
 }