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Dying Is Expensive: The FTC Funeral Home Abuses

A recent round of undercover visits to funeral homes by the FTC has confirmed that none of us should wait until it's too late to learn about the business of death.

Grave Robbing: 2.5 Million Dead People Get Their Identities Stolen Every Year

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Being a victim of identity theft is always a frustrating ordeal, but millions of Americans have to face an even more troubling scenario: Finding out that a criminal has applied for credit in the name of a deceased family member. A new study finds that, each year, the identities of some 2.5 million dead Americans [...]

Cheap Funerals

When a loved one dies, comparison-shopping is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.

The New American Way of Death: No More Cemeteries?

Death is inevitable. Being buried in a nice cemetery plot—or any plot for that matter—is not.