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take it back: Pee Wee's new single, a Puerto Rican Senator resigns and JC Penney pulls an offensive shirt
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Pee Wee's back and he's going Spanglish in a new single, "I Wanna Be Yours."
Roberto Arango, the Puerto Rican senator whose alleged naked pictures surfaced on a gay phone app last week resigned from his position this week. The senator never denied or confirmed that the pictures were of himself. Arango has voted in the past for proposals that would block same-sex marriage and gay adoption in Puerto Rico. Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz said the circumstances that led to the resignation are "very lamentable."
After receiving multiple complaints from customers, JC Penney has pulled a girls' T-shirt that features the phrase "I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me."
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Chinese environmental groups have accused Apple of ignoring the toxic pollution that its suppliers are causing across the country. The report alleges that 27 suspected Apple suppliers had severe pollution problems, from toxic gases to heavy metal sludge. In one case, a nearby village experienced a "phenomenal rise in cases of cancer." The allegations of pollution come on the heels of the criticism Apple has received for the grim conditions workers in its contracted iPhone and iPad factories face. Twenty-five workers have attempted suicide since 2007, and 21 have died.
Have you heard of Rene Serrano? He's the 10-year-old kid who can skateboard better than you and your friends.
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Orangutans at a few national zoos are beginning to identify their favorite iPad apps. The primates are the first of their kind to communicate with one another between cages and even between zoos on iPads using Skype in a project led by an organization that is raising awareness about orangutan conservation. Orangutans at the Milwaukee zoo are already learning to use the touch screen and are playing with various iPad games.