mexico Five human heads found at Acapulco, Mexico primary school, in presumed drug cartel mass killing Xeni Jardin
crimes In newly-uncovered phone call Charles Manson admitted to murders in Mexico years before the L.A. killing spree Allan Rose Hill
myth busting Gustavo Arellano: Donkey Shows are a "wholesale gabacho invention that says more about how America projects its fevered perversions onto Mexicans and Mexico than anything about Mexicans themselves" Jennifer Sandlin
sports Tennis star kicked out of Mexican Open after bashing umpire's chair with racket during tantrum Rob Beschizza
weather What's with those creepy weird blue lights accompanying the Mexico earthquake? David Pescovitz
New Futility Closet book – hairless trombonists, abusive New Zealanders, vengeful whales and more Mark Frauenfelder