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U.S. Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts has proposed legislation that would allow marijuana users to carry less than 100 grams of pot without being arrested: "I don't think it is the government's business to tell you how to spend your leisure time."

Dr. David Acheson of the Food and Drug Administration has announced that a serrano pepper from a farm in Nuevo Leon, México – not raw jalapeños – is the "smoking gun" that caused a salmonella outbreak in the U.S.

Latinos are everywhere. See for yourself in the U.S. Map Gallery of Ethnic Groups in the United States.

Check out some high-speed gameplay footage from the forthcoming video game Midnight Club Los Angeles. (via Kotaku)

México's central bank says immigrants are sending less money to relatives this year, citing a two percent drop in the first six months of this year. Previously: Remittances down.

Lowrider Love on a Sunday Afternoon: A collection of Quinceañera pics featuring slick lowriders. (via Boing Boing)

Global warming has caused an eight-square-mile ice chunk to break off from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf in Canada, the largest piece to fall off from the region in three years.