Day: June 16, 2013

Turkish riot police used water cannons and tear gas Saturday to clear protesters camped out in an Istanbul park that has become ground zero in anti-government demonstrations targeting the policies of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
At least 29 people were injured in clashes as police took Taksim Square and adjacent Gezi Park, Istanbul Gov. Huseyin Avni Mutlu said in remarks carried on Turkish television stations.
Police pushed protesters onto side streets, where many — with their faces covered with masks because of tear gas and smoke — refused to leave and appeared to be reorganizing.
The move came shortly after police warned demonstrators who have occupied Istanbul’s last remaining green space for more than two weeks to depart voluntarily or face being ejected.

There’s now one more Kardashian to keep up with.

On Saturday — according to E!, the network behind her family’s hit reality show– Kim Kardashian gave birth to a baby girl. The report did not give a name for the newborn, but did say she came into the world at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

She’s the first child for the 32-year-old Kardashian, who has modeled, acted and launched business ventures but is best known as a reality TV star with a huge international following, having amassed some 18 million Twitter followers

The Russian president is fighting back: no, he did not steal a Super Bowl ring. And no, he’s not rocking the diamond-encrusted prize on his finger, either.

President  Vladmir Putin’s spokesman denied accusations that the president pocketed a Super Bowl ring that belonged to the New England Patriots’ owner, Robert Kraft.

“I took out the ring and showed it to (Putin). And he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring,'” Kraft said, according to Bleacher Report. “I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out.”

When you live 1,600 feet below sea level, you expect a certain degree of privacy. That’s why little is known about the ethereal oarfish, a serpent-like deep sea creature that can grow to as long as 56 ft. in length.

The oarfish — really a family of several species — is the Guinness Book of World Records holder as the longest bony fish in the world, a group that includes almost all fish except sharks and rays. While the fish spend most of their lives in deep water, they can float to the surface when dying. Specimens found there have sparked the imagination of fishermen and might be the real-life basis of the Loch Ness Monster.