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We are going to update you on this story as we learn more information. meanwhile, overseas today, turkey's prime minister is calling for an immediate end to the widespread anti-government demonstration in his country. police in istanbul used tear gas and water cannons to end what was a peaceful protest in a park friday. hundreds were hurt in the standoff. it also sparked massive demonstrations that spread to other parts of the country as well. and a close call for mother earth. sort of. a giant asteroid sailed past our planet friday evening. it was close enough that you actually could have...

Asteroid. an asteroid is a rocky object, millions of them in space. a meteor is an asteroid that burns up entering our atmosphere, think more shooting star. here is the deal with this. the size of a football field and aren't they all? and the meteor in russia was about six times smaller than this. and it is quite far away. 2 1/2 times the distance between the earth and the moon. and, again, no threat. no fear. it is too feint to see from your backyard telescope. recently discovered. and i think what happened, astronomers think there is a million out there. they only discovered about 9700 of th...