• Ricky Martin refuses to shoot his upcoming concert DVD anywhere but Puerto Rico. Was Fire Island booked up? [Latin Gossip]
• State lawmakers enact “an unprecedented surge” of immigration reform after federal ones botched it so badly. “Throw the Mexican Down the Well” to become Louisiana’s anthem. [NY Times]
• To avoid scrutiny at the border, huge fields of pot have sprung up in North Texas. Finally, a reason to visit Dallas. [My San Antonio]
• Smuggling cigarettes across the U.S.-Mexico border is a popular way to avoid cancer stick taxes. Let’s just hope you don’t smoke something found in a cavity search. [The Monitor]
• The daughter of presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani joins (then quits) a pro-Obama Facebook group. You call that a scandal? Tony Jr. can top it. [NY Post]