In Cuba, many women are paying top dollar to marry foreigners in arranged ceremonies in order to leave their country. In some cases, the bride to be doesn't even get to meet her arranged groom until the day of the wedding. The arranged marriages come with a hefty price, though. The going rate for an America, Canadian, European, or Mexican groom is about $5,000. 00. A Costa Rican willing to marry can accept about $2,000. 00 and a Peruvian at the best bargain is at only $800. 00.

In a bid create awareness towards Monarch butterflies, a crew plans will accompany the butterflies on their epic journey. Monarch butterflies travel from the forests of eastern Canada to the central Mexican mountains for the winter.

Dan Freeman is a retired computer consultant with a mission: To visit 1000 bars in a single year. The 60-year-old began his journey on January 1, 2005, and since then has managed to hit the halfway mark, visiting his 500th bar, The Gate in Brooklyn.