— EARTH DAY: Today is Earth Day! Celebrate! (The Daily Beast, Discovery News, CNN)
— BRIBED: Wal-Mart covered up years of corruption in Mexico. (The New York Times)
— STAYIN’ ALIVE: Bee Gee Robin Gibb wakes up from a coma. (BBC)
— SAY IT ISN’T SNOW!: Northeast could get walloped! (AP via USAToday)
— BOOM IN THE NIGHT: Could the Lyrid Meteor Shower (2) be causing sonic booms in Northern California. (via: Space.com, NBC Bay Area)
— SOARING: The rent (say it with me) is “too damn high!”: (New York Magazine, RentIsTooDamnHigh.org)
— HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Queen Elizabeth turns 86! (Daily Beast)
— RECORD STORE DAY: Or celebrate by buying a store or watching this documentary! (Recordstoreday.com, NPR)
— UPCYCLING: Old bicycles help a poor Guatemalan community. (Al Jazeera English)
— MINING ASTEROIDS: Google execs and James Cameron among those who “Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”: (Wall Street Journal, YouTube)