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NEWS ABOUT: married couples

married couples stories: 8 news summaries

 Barack and Michelle: 
 The First Romantics 

Pair redefine president-first lady relationship

Oct 29, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Like no other couple before them, Barack and Michelle Obama have made their romance a central feature of his presidency—even his inauguration night seemed like a wedding, the new first lady dressed in white, the couple dancing to a love song. Their marriage is the subject of a 7,... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • marriage • first families • couples • married couples • Obama family

 Job Market Splitting Up Couples 

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans relocates for new position

Sep 22, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the job market failing to recover along with the larger economy, two-career couples are facing tough choices and increasingly being forced into long-distance relationships. A recent survey has found that 18.2% of Americans who took new jobs in the second quarter also relocated, up from 11.4% a... More »

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marriage • unemployment • relationship • job market • relocation • couples • married couples

(Newser) - The end of a marriage means the end of good health for many people, a new study finds. Researchers discovered that people who lost a spouse, whether through divorce or death, were roughly 20% more likely to suffer chronic health problems even if they later remarried, HealthDay reports. The scientists... More »

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divorce • health • marriage • public health • stress • chronic illness • couples • married couples

(Newser) - Brian Kilmeade of Fox and Friends has "sincerely apologized" for saying Americans might not be as vigorous as Scandinavians because they're not as "pure." It "was not my intention to offend anyone," Kilmeade said on the air yesterday. Several people demanded an apology after Kilmeade... More »

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Fox • Finland • married couples • Brian Kilmeade • Scandanavia • Fox and Friends • dimentia

Single Men Close Health Gap With
Married Peers

Advantages shrinking, say researchers

Aug 13, 08 7:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Married people are still healthier, on average, than their unmarried peers, but longtime bachelors are closing the gap between them and their married counterparts, HealthDay reports. Researchers who examined 32 years of data found that the self-reported health of never-married men has increased markedly in that time. Women's health also... More »

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health • marriage • bachelors • psychological research • married couples • spouse

glossies

 So, Your Wife's a Porn Star?

Domestic bliss abounds, as long as you don't ask about the office

Aug 12, 08 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Married life with a porn star has its downsides, husbands admit: Wives can talk about the day at work, appear odd to soccer mom friends, or even suffer the occasional vaginal tear on the job. Or, says Bill—husband to Ryder Skye—you can lie around thinking of how she... More »

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California • pornography • adult films • adult performer • married couples

GLOSSIES

 How to Revive
 a Zombie Marriage 

Time appears to heal all

Jul 14, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Romeo and Juliet hadn't died young, even those obsessed lovers would have coasted into what Details dubs a "zombie marriage"—that inevitable phase when jobs and kids take precedence over romance, and couples just go through the motions. It ends, as often as not, in divorce,... More »

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divorce • marriage • romance • couples • married couples

 Sex Revolution for
 Granny & Gramps 

Over 70s enjoying more nookie than ever

Jul 9, 08 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men and women in their 70s are having more sex than ever, according to a series of surveys. Over a 30-year period the number of married men still enjoying sex in their 70s increased from 58% to 62%, while that  figure jumped 38% to 58% for married women, the Independent ... More »

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sex • Viagra • sexual revolution • single women • seniors • over-70s • married couples

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