A crop duster airplane sprays a powerful organophosphate pesticide
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Exposure to pesticide in womb may cause lower IQ Three new government-funded studies shows that exposure to organophosphates or pesticides lead to kids with lower IQs when they reach school age. The study followed hundreds of Latino mothers and children whose families worked on farms in California's Salinas Valley. (via CNN)
Bomb scare in Colorado on Columbine anniversary Cops found a pipe bomb in a shopping mall on the anniversary of the school shooting on April 20. No one was hurt, but authorities are continuing to investigate the connection. "The fact that has happened on April 20, 12 years later, near the school with similar devices is very disturbing," Jefferson County Sheriff
spokeswoman Jacki Kelley told the NY Daily News. "It's something that can't be ignored and won't be ignored." (via CNN)
Bassist Gerard Smith from TV on the Radio dies The band member revealed that he was suffering from lung cancer five weeks ago, right after the band finished their latest album "Nine Types of Light." The message on the band's official site reads: "We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer. Gerard passed away the morning of April 20th, 2011. We will miss him terribly." (via BBC)
Two photojournalists and a publicist killed Libya Director of documentary "Restrepo" Tim Hetherington and his publicist Johanna Ramos Boyer were killed yesterday inside a rebel-controlled city in western Libya. The exact cause was not reported, but the city is under heavy government fire at this time. Chris Hondros, a Getty Images photographer who won the photography award the Robert Capa Gold Medal, was also killed by a rocket-propelled grenade according to family members. (via AP)
Fastest growing iPhone market: China PC Mag reports that on a conference call Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook reported that sales in Greater China grew almost 250 percent from last year. Revenue from the company is just under $5 billion. It seems that no matter how much we complain about our iPhones and Apple products, we're still buying them.
