Jan 18th, 2010 · The world's most expensive ham goes on sale Monday at a posh food store in London. Each Albarragena ham leg is wrapped in a special apron made by a Spanish tailor. Given the $3,000 price tag, the hams come with DNA certificates — proving the meat comes from pigs fed on wild grasses, roots and acorns who roam freely in the fields of western Spain.
Jul 29th, 2009 · Despite ample evidence that President Obama was born in Hawaii, the so-called birthers movement won't end. One GOP congressman has even introduced a bill requiring candidates in the 2012 presidential race to provide a birth certificate.
Feb 18th, 2009 · The government has accused Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford of a massive fraud on investors. The SEC has charged Stanford and his companies with lying about returns on offshore certificate of deposits, as well as a mutual fund program. The total fraud is alleged to total more than $9 billion.
Feb 17th, 2009 · Federal regulators are charging Texas financier R. Allen Stanford and three of his companies with a "massive" $8 billion fraud that centered around certificates f deposits that promised "improbable and unsubstantiated high interest rates."
Dec 29th, 2008 · In New York's Times Square Sunday it was literally out with the old. New Yorkers and tourists gathered to shred bad memories from 2008 at the second annual "Good Riddance Day." There was an industrial-sized shredder for a public year-end purge: Bank statements, check stubs and worthless stock certificates. The prize for the most creative object to shred: A sock without a mate.
Dec 19th, 2008 · A recent conversation about gift certificates being offered by a Midwest branch of Planned Parenthood stirred strong opinions among the Tell Me More audience. Hear feedback about that initiative, and one listener's criticism about another recent discussion.
Dec 15th, 2008 · A new Planned Parenthood initiative aimed at providing discounted health care during tough economic times is drawing both praise and criticism. Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, explains the idea behind the organization's gift certificates and why they are not concerned with critics.
Jun 30th, 2008 · A new UNICEF-funded program aims to issue birth certificates to all newborn babies in Afghanistan by the end of 2009. If successful, this would be the first time ever that all babies in the country have been accounted for at birth. The registration push should help the country improve health services and education.