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Check out Coco Wang's true stories about China's deadly earthquake, in devastating comic book form. (via Waxy)

National banks like JP Morgan Chase and Citibank are beginning to cut back loans, and in some cases, not provide loans to students who attend community and commercial colleges. Over 40 percent of undergrads in the U.S. are enrolled in a community college and Latinos are twice as likely to attend community college over a four-year college.

A majority of Mexicans think their government is losing the battle against drug cartels, according to a survery by Mexico City newspaper Reforma. Organized crime-related murders in México have nearly doubled since 2006.

The ashes of deceased Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain were reportedly stolen from widow Courtney Love: "They were all I had left of my husband. I used to take them everywhere with me just so I could feel Kurt was still with me."

Vakero is full of bravado in a new video, "Palomo," featuring Moreno Five. (via Blog Reggaetón)

Dr. Fredric J. Baur, designer of the Pringles potato chip container, passed away last month. He had part of his ashes buried in one of the tube-shaped cans. (via Boing Boing)

Hair metal veterans Motley Crüe are selling more copies of their new single, "Saints of Los Angeles," as an add-on for the video game Rock Band, than they have in digital music stores like iTunes. (via Slashdot)

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