Worst news of week: Unsafe iPods?

"It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep — but there’s an iPod in the house, and it’s recharging." This is how Mike Nizza at The New York Times' The Lede opens a blog entry today. Apparently, Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.’s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging, a government official said Wednesday. But Nizza adds: "The rare bout of bad publicity for the lovable device was prompted by a single reported case, though several others have turned up in other countries." So: not to worry. Yet. EQ, over and out.