splitsville
daily dos
tue 6/16/2009
- Tito "El Bambino" has confirmed he will separate from Jessica Santiago, his wife of five years: "I'm grateful for all the support I've gotten in my career but in these difficult moments, I'd like for people to allow my wife and I to resolve our problems in a private manner."
- Hundreds of thousands of Iranians continue to take to the streets to protest what many view as a stolen election. The government of Iran has cut off media, Internet and mobile phone access. President Obama said he was "deeply troubled" by the violence.
- Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and Drake have announced the dates for their forthcoming 21-city "Young Money" Tour this summer.
- Mexican law enforcement officials have arrested "El Puma," Juan Manuel Jurado Zarzoza, a top-level drug cartel member and the man believed to have orchestrated the murder of retired army general Mauricio Enrique Tello Quinones in Cancún.
- R&B star Usher has filed for divorce from his wife Tameka Foster. The couple have two children together and have lived separately for a year.
- Solipsistic, epistemological and phlogiston are just some of the treats in a wordle of the most-looked-up words in The New York Times' website.
- Wheat farmers around the world are bracing themselves for Ug99, a fungus that scientists believe could destroy up to 80 percent of the world's wheat crops. Oregon State University Professor Jim Peterson: "It's a time bomb."