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Can't Buy Me Love, but Divorce Could Cost $100K

Paperwork's cheap, but hiring lawyers, dividing real estate, finding therapy adds up

(Newser) - In the current financial climate, getting unhitched has become all the more ruinous, Divorce360.com reports. Selling your home, hiring attorneys, shelling out for therapy, and finding temporary housing add up to a burly bottom line, with one attorney estimating that divorce "can run anywhere from $1,820 (uncontested)...

How to Avoid Mr. Wrong
 How to Avoid Mr. Wrong 
OPINION
Jul 6, 2008 2:25 PM CDT

How to Avoid Mr. Wrong

As wacky breakups abound, Dowd goes in search of rules of engagement

(Newser) - Celebrity couples aren't always models of marital stability, but as Christie Brinkley, A-Rod, and Madonna join forces to hold the planet hostage, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd goes off in search of those telltale signs of who to avoid ending up at the altar with. She finds her answers...

Idol's Studdard Says, 'I Do'

American Idol winner met her while signing CDs 2 years ago

(Newser) - Remember Ruben Studdard? The winner of American Idol’s second season now has won himself a wife. Studdard, 29, married his girlfriend of 2 years, Surata Zuri McCants, 30, in a lavish ceremony today in Birmingham, Ala., OK! reports.

Uma's Getting Hitched
 Uma's Getting Hitched 
Jun 27, 2008 10:25 AM CDT

Uma's Getting Hitched

Sorry, guys, Miss Kiddo engaged to wealthy financier

(Newser) - Sorry guys, Uma Thurman is officially off the market. Financier Arpad “Arki” Busson has just put a ring on the Kill Bill star’s finger, the New York Daily News reports—a ring so big “she can’t fit it through the sleeve of her coat,” says...

Happiest Night of His Life: Drunk in a Ditch

Bride abandons soused groom on the side of the road

(Newser) - Cops found a German man drunk on the side of the autobahn early Sunday after he was abandoned there—by his new bride. The newlywed was taken to the hospital and later reunited with his wife of several hours, Der Spiegel reports. "It is not known whether the doctors...

Calif. County Shuffles Clerks Who Oppose Gay Marriage

They ask for transfer on religious grounds

(Newser) - Some employees of the San Diego County clerk's office are being shuffled to other duties because they object to same-sex marriage, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fourteen workers initially posed "sincerely held religious objections," but sources said many had since changed their minds. Marriage-license business has approximately doubled...

Calif. Marriage May Be Mirage for Gay Couples
Calif. Marriage May Be Mirage for Gay Couples
OPINION
Jun 15, 2008 6:11 PM CDT

Calif. Marriage May Be Mirage for Gay Couples

Only Washington can bestow real rights, like spousal benefits

(Newser) - Gay couples should exchange vows warily in California this week, Joe Matthews writes in the Washington Post. “California—with its dysfunctional politics and government—may hurt the cause of same-sex marriage,” he warns. An upcoming state ballot on gay marriage could cast the issue into limbo for years,...

Wedding Biz a Pricey Sham
 Wedding Biz
 a Pricey Sham 
OPINION
Jun 15, 2008 5:28 AM CDT

Wedding Biz a Pricey Sham

'Unique' weddings boost prices as marriages disappear

(Newser) - The wedding industry is a bloated, $10 billion sham that presses each bride to "express her essential self," Janice Turner writes in the London Times. Butterflies in boxes? Check. A “lifesized butterscotch-flavored effigy” of the bride? Check. But as odd offerings increase and wedding bills average $40,...

Love Keeps Them Together ... and Homeless

Bonded by loyalty, destitute only have each other

(Newser) - Homeless couples have nothing to rely on but each other, Justin Clark writes on Nerve, but sometimes half the relationship is keeping the other on the streets. One Los Angeles couple has been together for 25 years, destitute since November. Paul abandoned computer studies, and his sole source of income,...

More Muslim Women Seeking Surgery to 'Restore' Virginity

Demand for operation rises at private European clinics

(Newser) - An increasing number of Muslim women in Europe, caught between the sexual freedom of the West and the traditions of their families, are undergoing hymenoplasty  to "restore" their virginity after lapses, the New York Times reports. The surgery to repair the hymen, if done properly, won't be detected when...

2 Books Detail Sex-a-Day Vows

Couples try to rev romance with daily lovin'

(Newser) - Can non-stop sex revitalize a marriage? Two American couples have books coming out that chronicle their attempts to sex it up, the New York Times reports. Just Do It records 101 nights of romance intended to offset a couple's boredom in Boulder, Colo., while 365 Nights documents a year of...

Sulu to Stun Kirk With Wedding Snub

No space for Shatner at Star Trek actor Takei's wedding

(Newser) - Captain Kirk won't be beaming down to join his Enterprise shipmates at Mr. Sulu's wedding, reports the New York Post. Actor George Takei, who's marrying his long-term boyfriend in September, plans to have Walter Koenig (Chekov) as best man and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) as matron of honor, and Spock (Leonard ...

French Judge Annuls Wedding Over Virgin Fib

Country outraged by decision for Muslim groom

(Newser) - A judge's decision to annul a Muslim wedding because the bride was not a virgin has caused outrage in France, the London Times reports. The groom emerged from the bedroom to complain about his bride while the wedding party was still going on and went to the judge the next...

Save the Spurmo: Straight, Single Men Face Extinction

Marriage threatens herds of single men

(Newser) - Are you a straight, proud, unmarried man over 30? Then you're part of a dying breed, writes Tad Safran in the Times UK. Dubbed "Spurmos," these endangered bachelors drink in increasing isolation as friends succumb to marriage, wine racks and child-rearing. Having roamed in great herds in their...

For Internet Ministers, a Lark Becomes a Passion

Those who get ordained to perform a wedding keep coming back

(Newser) - It starts when friends asks you to officiate at their wedding, but it often doesn't end there. Many who become ministers with the click of a mouse—through the Universal Life Church or the Church of Spiritual Humanism—find themselves staying in the marriage business, the Chicago Tribune reports. Forging...

Mr. Sulu Will Finally Tie Knot With Gay Lover

Calif. ruling leaves Takei free to marry partner of 21 years

(Newser) - Less than a week after California lifted its ban on gay marriage, Star Trek actor George Takei plans to beam up to the altar and marry his longtime partner Brad Altman, BBC reports. After 21 years together, the couple is suddenly facing the “delicious dilemma” of deciding where to...

Gay Marriage Gives Pause to Calif. Faithful

Conservatives voice opposition; other sects ponder next steps

(Newser) - Across California, congregations of all faiths are adjusting to last week's ruling allowing same-sex marriages—even as they attempt to reconcile state laws with those of their religions, the Los Angeles Times reports. Many churches and synagogues are working to fit the ruling into their offerings; others see a direct...

Aren't All Men Secret Spitzers?
 Aren't All Men Secret Spitzers? 
May 19, 2008 6:06 PM CDT

Aren't All Men Secret Spitzers?

Writer suspects US is too puritanical about sex

(Newser) - How many husbands reacted to Eliot Spitzer's downfall by pretending to be appalled, hiding their porn, and praying their own similar indiscretions wouldn't come to light? Philip Weiss emailed 50 married men and visited a few experts to confirm his suspicion, based on personal experience, which he shares in New ...

Calif. Judge: Gay Marriage Decision My Toughest

Conservative cast vote for 'doing the right thing'

(Newser) - Long characterized as cautious, California’s Chief Justice Ronald George shocked his peers when he joined the majority to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “I think there are times when doing the right thing means not playing it safe,” the moderate Republican said, calling the...

Helmut Kohl, 78, Marries Girlfriend in Hospital

Health fears mount for architect of German reunification

(Newser) - Helmut Kohl, the chancellor first of West Germany and then of a reunified Federal Republic, has married at the age of 78. But the wedding, to an economist 30 years his junior, took place in a hospital amid fears that he is in deteriorating health. As the Independent reports, Kohl's...

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