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Madonna Divorce Rumors in Air
 Madonna Divorce Rumors in Air 
Jun 24, 2008 12:02 PM CDT

Madonna Divorce Rumors in Air

Ritchie and Material Girl discuss calling it quits as romance fades

(Newser) - Madonna and Guy Ritchie are so unhappy they’re discussing divorce, the Daily Mirror reports. The two rarely go out in public together anymore, and they live essentially separate lives in their London mansion. Both admit that any romance between them has long ended and insist there are no hard...

Divorced Berlusconi Challenges Communion Ban

He confronts startled bishop at mass

(Newser) - Beleaguered Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi caused a scene in a church over the weekend, loudly demanding from a startled bishop in the middle of mass: "When are you going to change this rule that stops me taking communion?" Berlusconi, like other divorced Catholics who remarry, is banned from...

Gays, Like Everyone, Find Marriage a Mixed Blessing

Massachusetts' lessons for California couples

(Newser) - It’s been four years since Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, and there are winners, losers—and everything in between, the New York Times reports. In what one gay married man calls “a mixed bag,” it appears that gays are more likely to rush into marriage, more likely to...

Nev. Guv Texted 'Other Woman'... 867 Times

Gibbons sent 867 messages in 6 weeks, denies affair

(Newser) - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons swears he’s just friends with Kathy Karrasch. Very friendly: during one six-week span last year, Gibbons and Karrasch exchanged 867 texts from his state-owned cell phone, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. Gibbons is mired in a messy divorce, and his soon-to-be-ex-wife says it’s all...

Governor's Messy Divorce Enthralls Nev.

Gossip flies while GOP worries about November fallout

(Newser) - For a state that boasts Sin City as its main attraction, Nevada is utterly transfixed with Gov. Jim Gibbon’s marital woes. Ever since he filed for divorce last month, Gibbons has been followed around like a starlet, with pictures of him with various alleged “other women” routinely cropping...

Healing Shania Thanks Fans
 Healing Shania Thanks Fans 
Jun 6, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

Healing Shania Thanks Fans

'Overwhelming support' helped singer through rough time after split

(Newser) - Shania Twain, nursing a broken heart after a split from her husband of 14 years, has posted a heartfelt message thanking her fans for their support on her website. The Canadian country singer promises to return stronger than ever. Twain's marriage fell apart after her husband had an affair with...

LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex
 LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex 
Jun 3, 2008 10:11 AM CDT

LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex

Michael Lohan accuses ex-wife Dina Lohan of drinking and using kids as 'bankable commodity'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s mom Dina must appear in Family Court this morning or face “immediate arrest and imprisonment," the New York Daily News reports. Ex-con and ex-hubby Michael has reopened their divorce case, citing the E! reality star’s drunkenness in front of their children and her failure...

The YouTube Divorc&eacute;e Spills in Person
The YouTube Divorcée Spills in Person
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Jun 2, 2008 2:28 PM CDT

The YouTube Divorcée Spills in Person

Spurned wife got revenge online, but the last act isn't written yet

(Newser) - Now that 4 million people know intimate details of her marital problems—at least her side of the story—New York magazine sends Phoebe Eaton to size up the YouTube divorcée in person. Tricia Walsh-Smith, flamboyant actress, sometime playwright, and wife of a theater operator 25 years her senior,...

When Marriage Goes to Dogs, Where Do Dogs Go?

Custody of furry friends often becomes 'very hotly contested issue'

(Newser) - Joint custody, visitation rights, continued care, and financial support—custody negotiations are no longer restricted to the kids, USA Today reports, as more ex-partners wrangle over the pooch. In a recent survey, 25% of divorce lawyers reported an increase in pet-custody issues, with 90% of those cases involving dogs. It’...

McDermott Files to End 12-Year Marriage

Former Practice star to act as his own lawyer in divorce court

(Newser) - Dylan McDermott is ending his 12-year marriage, E! Online reports. The actor filed for divorce Friday, citing irreconcilable differences, though according to the documents he and wife Shiva Rose have been separated since last year. In an appropriate twist, McDermott, who is most famous for his 7-year stint playing a...

Divorcee, 8, Tells of Abuse in Yemen

Girl 'cried so much but no one listened'

(Newser) - An 8-year-old girl granted a divorce by a Yemeni court last week has described how she ran from "room to room" to escape her 30-year-old husband until he "beat me and then did what he wanted," reports ABC News. "I cried so much, but no one...

50 Ways to Hock Your Lover
 50 Ways to Hock Your Lover 
Apr 26, 2008 12:08 PM CDT

50 Ways to Hock Your Lover

ExBoyfriendJewelry.com offers more than just a penny for your thoughts

(Newser) - Diamonds really are a girl's best friend, especially when auctioned off to sympathetic sisters on ExBoyfriendJewelry.com. EBay offers goods without much backstory, but the founders of the gem-hocking site put a personal twist on swapping, selling, and auctioning artifacts of toxic relationships, the New York Times reports.

Putin Blasts Remarriage Rumors
 Putin Blasts Remarriage Rumors 
Apr 18, 2008 1:22 PM CDT

Putin Blasts Remarriage Rumors

Russian prez denies he's divorcing to wed ex-gymnast

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin moved swiftly to put to rest rumors he was planning to divorce his wife to marry a 24-year-old former gymnast and current member of parliament. During a visit to Italy, the lame duck Russian president assured reporters that there was "not a single word of truth" to...

Finns May Stop (Working) in the Name of Love

Scandinavian lawmakers consider paid 'erotic' vacation

(Newser) - Finland's citizens will get an extra week of vacation specifically for romance if a proposed bill becomes law, Bloomberg reports. The legislation, which currently has 13 of the 100 required backers, would augment the 25 paid vacation days and 10 public holidays that already put Finns above the EU norm....

Bitter Breakup? Time for a Blog

More people are using the web to share stories about breakups

(Newser) - Call it therapeutic or call it revenge, but more ex-spouses are airing their dirty laundry on the Internet—and courts are supporting them even if their former partners are not. Personal blogs have quadrupled since 2003, the New York Times notes in a look at the trend, with many using...

Jilted Wife Takes Divorce to YouTube

Estranged wife posts her divorce defense for all to see

(Newser) - Divorce has a new weapon: YouTube. The former-actress wife of a millionaire theater impresario took to the Internet last week in a teary six-minute video in which she claims her older hubby is evicting her from their Park Avenue pad after years of refusing her sex despite owning porn, condoms,...

Penns Call Off the Divorce
 Penns Call Off the Divorce 
Apr 10, 2008 8:09 AM CDT

Penns Call Off the Divorce

Sean and Robin Wright Penn call off divorce petition, hit rock concert

(Newser) - Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have apparently decided their differences are reconcilable after all, E! Online reports. The on-again, off-again celebrity couple have canceled a divorce petition filed last December and were spotted together at an Eddie Vedder concert earlier this week. Sean got on stage with his buddy...

Merry Divorcées Plan Rites for Deceased Marriages

Break-ups marked by ceremonies, parties

(Newser) - An Atlanta divorce lawyer has a little gift for her clients: a mock coffin to bury their wedding rings in when the divorce comes through. "Funerals" for failed marriages—or just big parties—are becoming popular with the newly single keen to bury the past and celebrate a new...

Female Troops' Divorce Rate More than Double Men's

Rate was much higher even in peacetime

(Newser) - Female troops divorce at nearly twice the rate of their male comrades, Divorce360 reports, and the military is stumped as to why. Data from 2006 show male soldiers divorce at a rate of 2.7%—lower than the general population's 3.6%—but that leaps to 7% among women. The...

Army Battles High Divorce Rates

'Marriage education' aims to bridge gulf between love and war

(Newser) - A jump in divorce rates since the start of the Iraq war has the Army concerned. Marriages are falling apart as soldiers return home from tours of combat duty emotionally distant and unwilling to discuss their experiences. The military has now launched 'marriage education' retreats to try and repair the...

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