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.
Jan 16th, 2010 · Spanish lawmaker's photo used for bin Laden poster
Jan 16th, 2010 · The Ed Sullivan Show famously featured big stars like Elvis, Carol Burnett and the Beatles over the course of its quarter-century on the air. But the variety program was peppered with quirkier acts, like a Spanish ventriloquist who talked to his hand and a little Italian mouse named Topo Gigio. Author and journalist Gerald Nachman has written a new book about Ed Sullivan, called Right Here on Our Stage Tonight. Scott talks to Nachman about some of those less mainstream acts and the impact the program had on American culture.
Jan 3rd, 2010 · Hundreds of mayors and other officials across Spain are being investigated for bribery and influence peddling. But experts say that for anything to really change, any new law would have to rein in the nearly dictatorial powers that many Spanish mayors still enjoy.
Dec 3rd, 2009 · Comcast announced Thursday a deal to become majority owner of NBC Universal. The deal gives Comcast control of NBC, the Spanish-language Telemundo and about two dozen cable channels.
Nov 27th, 2009 · The music of Rodrigo y Gabriela combines delicate flamenco and metal-influenced lead guitar with stunningly percussive rhythmic strumming. Their covers of Metallica and Led Zepplin showcase their melding of hard rock and classical Spanish styles. But most of their music is original, and all of it instrumental.
Nov 12th, 2009 · Former Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa showed up at the Latin Grammy awards last week, looking much paler than usual. Speculation flew that he had bleached his skin or was suffering from a medical condition. But in an interview Wednesday to the Spanish-language network Univision, Sosa blamed the bright television lights for the way his skin appeared. He added, however, that a European moisturizer he uses also bleaches his skin.
Nov 9th, 2009 · Spain's parliament recently voted to identify thousands of dead from the Spanish civil war of the 1930s. Their remains are in the same tomb as former dictator Francisco Franco. Fausto Canales, 75, is among those fighting to get a loved one's remains taken out of that tomb.