--- default-widgets.php	2011-09-19 11:47:17.000000000 -0400
+++ default-widgets-2.php	2011-09-19 11:45:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -806,12 +806,18 @@
 	$show_author   = (int) $show_author;
 	$show_date     = (int) $show_date;
 
-	if ( !$rss->get_item_quantity() ) {
+	if ( $rss->get_item_quantity() === FALSE ) {
 		echo '<ul><li>' . __( 'An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.' ) . '</li></ul>';
 		$rss->__destruct();
 		unset($rss);
 		return;
 	}
+	else if ( $rss->get_item_quantity() == 0 ) {
+		echo '<ul><li>' . __( 'No posts are in the feed yet.' ) . '</li></ul>';
+		$rss->__destruct();
+		unset($rss);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	echo '<ul>';
 	foreach ( $rss->get_items(0, $items) as $item ) {