They Used Kitchen Pressure Cookers For The Boston Marathon Bombs – Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out – with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel – but said they still didn’t know who did it and why. [espn]
Pressure Cookers Often Used By Al Qaeda – A key component of the bombs used yesterday in the attacks on the Boston Marathon resemble the kind of homemade bomb al Qaeda has encouraged English-speaking terrorists to use. [dailybeast]
Boston Marathon Bombs Put World’s Cities On Alert – With two high-profile events in the days ahead – Margaret Thatcher’s funeral and the London Marathon – British officials are looking anew at security precautions following the bombings in Boston. [ap]
Parliament Demands Full Investigation Into Safa – Parliament says it wants a full investigation into the affairs of the powerful South African Football Association, especially its financial affairs. [mail&guardian]
Magnitude-7.8 Earthquake Rocks Iran And Pakistan, Kills At Least 38 – A powerful earthquake rocked Iran and Pakistan on Tuesday, collapsing buildings and killing at least 38 people. [nbc]
Cops Offered Half A Million Rand For Pics Of Pistorius Toilet Door – While the world’s paparazzi scrambled to get the first photographs of murder accused Oscar Pistorius earlier this year, police officers escorting him to court were secretly snapping their own pictures. [iol]
Facebook Planning Video Ads That Auto-Play (And They Cost A Pretty Penny Too) – Facebook is hoping that its hotly anticipated video-ad units can be a more-than-$4-million daily business out of the gate — if its asking price is met. [adage]
WhatsApp CEO Says It Has More Users Than Twitter And More Messages Than Facebook – Popular cross-platform messenger WhatsApp has found a home on hundreds of millions of smartphones, and in the process has surpassed some other widely-used communication tools. [verge]
Pope Francis Maintains Stance Against Radical Feminism – Pope Francis has reaffirmed the Vatican’s criticism of a body that represents U.S. nuns that the Church said was tainted by “radical” feminism, dashing hopes that he might take a softer stand with the sisters. [nbc]
FW de Klerk: ‘Margaret Thatcher Was The Greatest Leader I Ever Met’ – Former South African President FW de Klerk pays tribute to Baroness Thatcher and recalls how she pushed for change in his country. [telegraph]
Tatler Slammed For ‘Misogynistic’ Best Society Breasts List That Rates Princess Eugenie’s ‘Royal Tits’ – The pages of high society magazine Tatler are not the first place one might expect to encounter a list rating women’s breasts. But that is exactly what the May issue of the world’s oldest magazine has to offer. [dailymail]
Ozzy Osbourne Admits He Relapsed Recently, Denies Split Rumours – Rocker Ozzy Osbourne has denied rumors of a split from his wife Sharon and apologized to his family for returning to drink and drugs. [foxnews]
Robert Downer Junior Was Paid Half A Billion Rand For Avengers – Robert Downey Jr. was paid a whopping $50 million to appear as Iron Man Tony Stark in last year’s summer blockbuster The Avengers, according to a recent interview with GQ. [rollingstone]
Friends Reunion Rumours Are False – An internet Friend-zy (sorry) incurred as reports that beloved nineties sitcom, Friends, would revive Smelly Cat sonics and Monica’s OCD for an entire season, come November next year. [stuff]
The Sweet Life Of Adam Scott: How Golf’s Newest Star Spends His Millions – After winning the Masters in dramatic fashion, Adam Scott is finally breaking into the mainstream. He has been ranked in the top 10, made $30 million in his career, and dated some high-profile women. [busins]
Online Ticket Sales Going Crazy For Tonight’s R730 million Powerball Jackpot – You could be in for a payday bigger than Downey Junior’s, if you get yourself a ticket to tonight’s Powerball lottery, which is sitting on $80 million. [tickets]
High-Stakes Gambling Ring Busted as FBI Raids Art Gallery in Manhattan – With fine art, gambling, gangsters, Hollywood stars, the Olympics, bribery, FBI agents and more, this story has something for everyone. [gawker]
