Tuberculosis sufferers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, were found to be selling samples of their sputum to healthy people to pass off as their own in a scam to gain medical grants.

An investigation identified people with TB charging R50-100 (£4.10-£8.20) for saliva samples contained in bottles stolen from health clinics. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

Fedspending.org is a site that gives you quite a bit of detail on how the government is spending our money. It is similar to USASpending.gov (in fact they use code created by fedspending.org) but are more independent and are working on offering additional information for the taxpayer. picked by bernardblack 5 months ago

A Welsh woman is getting to the bottom of cultural attitudes about the female backside.

I know a few people who wish they'd thought of this first. picked by meggysue 5 months ago

In a follow up to this story, the Vatican grants a heresy reprieve to Jacques and the gang after 700 years. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you. Everett Skinner in Grants Pass, Ore. is in the former category. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Last week Canada granted a white man from South Africa refugee status. Now the leading ANC party in South Africa is saying this was a racist decision. picked by Ankabout 3 months ago

Senate yesterday voted overwhelmingly to prohibit Housing and Urban Development grants from going to the group, which bills itself as “the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate income families."

Update to THIS picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

And in the NO SH*T category yet again, some idiot convinced other rich morons to fund a study that any average 4th grader would have told you for the low low price of a Snicker's bar. Where the hell do I sign up for these grants? I have this theory called gravity... picked by moe 2 years ago

Romanian witches are carving out a lucrative new business - concocting spells to help locals get EU grants. picked by jameseum 3 years ago