Selling their graves

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It sounds like any classified ad for a house or a car.

"Must sell. Half price."

Only what's offered is a little more eternal.

"Prime burial plot."

In an economy on virtual life support, people have been hawking jewelry and furniture to make ends meet. It was only a matter of time before they started selling off burial plots - something they won't use until the hereafter but whose cash value could keep them afloat in the here and now. Tony Castro in the Daily News.

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