diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index 5723dc44..68c7a089 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ from .sessions import session
 from .status_codes import codes
 from .exceptions import (
     RequestException, AuthenticationError, Timeout, URLRequired,
-    TooManyRedirects
+    TooManyRedirects, HTTPError
 )
diff --git a/requests/exceptions.py b/requests/exceptions.py
index 101d1ce6..16acd925 100644
--- a/requests/exceptions.py
+++ b/requests/exceptions.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class RequestException(Exception):
     """There was an ambiguous exception that occurred while handling your
     request."""
 
+class HTTPError(RequestException):
+    """An HTTP error occured."""
+
 class AuthenticationError(RequestException):
     """The authentication credentials provided were invalid."""
 
diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 152ef854..01a1329d 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -354,9 +354,6 @@ class Request(object):
             if self.data:
                 body = self._enc_data
                 content_type = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
-                print body
-
-
 
         # TODO: Setup cookies.
 
@@ -548,12 +545,12 @@ class Response(object):
             raise self.error
 
         if (self.status_code >= 300) and (self.status_code < 400):
-            raise RequestException('%s Redirection' % self.status_code)
+            raise HTTPError('%s Redirection' % self.status_code)
 
         elif (self.status_code >= 400) and (self.status_code < 500):
-            raise RequestException('%s Client Error' % self.status_code)
+            raise HTTPError('%s Client Error' % self.status_code)
 
         elif (self.status_code >= 500) and (self.status_code < 600):
-            raise RequestException('%s Server Error' % self.status_code)
+            raise HTTPError('%s Server Error' % self.status_code)