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NEWS ABOUT: husband

husband stories: 8 news summaries

Wife Poses as Schoolgirl to Nab Husband

Sets up her own web sting after growing suspicious

Nov 12, 09 8:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A UK woman posed as a teenage girl online to entrap her 68-year-old husband in a pedophile arrest. Police say the wife, 61, became suspicious of her husband's constant use of the Internet, signed into a chatroom he used, and struck up a steamy conversation as a 14-year-old. After he... More »

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Internet • pedophile • sex offenders • husband • wife

(Newser) - Researchers have discovered the secret of a happy marriage—at least for the husband: a younger, smarter wife. Such marriages are likely to last, particularly when neither spouse has been previously divorced. Marriages involving women at least five years younger than a husband and with a higher educational level fared... More »

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divorce • marriage • wedding • husband • wife • cougar

Runaway Bride Flees Before Reception

After ceremony, Italian newlywed skips out with groom's buddy

May 27, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - As a newlywed groom and the wedding guests waited at a restaurant in Trieste, Italy, the bride was speeding away with the driver, a friend of her husband, ANSA reports. After an hour and a half, the groom got through to his new wife, who said that she had "... More »

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Italy • wedding • runaway • brides • husband • honeymoon • Trieste

(Newser) - Attention women: For the sake of your relationship and general world harmony, it's time to resume having sex even when you're not in the mood. So says Bettina Arndt, a female columnist for the Canberra Times, who wonders, "Whatever happened to wifely duty?" It's still possible—in fact, easy—... More »

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women • marriage • sex • husband • wife • female desire

Wife Admits Exercising Husband, 73,
to Death

She refused to let him leave pool—43 times

Feb 15, 09 5:01 AM CST
(AP) - An Ohio woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide after exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool and refusing to let him leave the water, reports AP. The husband rested his head on the side of the pool several times while gasping for breath when the wife... More »

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crime • Ohio • homicide • guilty plea • exercise • husband • wife

'First Dude'
or Shadow Governor? 

Todd Palin's role
is scrutinized as he's thrust into spotlight

Sep 3, 08 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Todd Palin likes the title "first dude," but some Alaskan critics of his wife have dubbed the apparently unassuming husband the state's "shadow governor," the Wall Street Journal reports. The oilfield worker and champion snowmobiler is copied on some official correspondence and is accused of playing... More »

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Alaska • husband • Sarah Palin • Todd Palin • Alaskan Independence Party

Hubbies Cost 7 Hours of Extra Housework a Week

But wives spend less time on chores than they once did

Apr 7, 08 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Husbands create seven hours a week of extra housework for their wives, while they themselves spend less time on housework than they did as singles, a new study has found. But it's not all bad news for women. Researchers tracking housework hours of single and married people also found that... More »

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marriage • housework • husband • wife • single women

Beau Better Than Hubby
on Chores

And they still have plenty of time for better sex: study

Sep 7, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Live-in lovers are more likely to empty the dishwasher and take out the garbage than husbands, according to the latest research reported in Newsweek. In a study of 17,000 men, boyfriends reported doing more household chores than their married counterparts. And it gets better. Partners who share the chores... More »

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women • men • sex • relationship • Shannon Davis • Neil Chethik • Sunjiv Gupta • husband • chores

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