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NEWS ABOUT: spouse

spouse stories: 9 news summaries

Michelle, First Ladies to
Swing By Pa. Farm, Museum

G20 spouses will have dinner on Teresa Heinz Kerry's Pennsylvania farm

Sep 24, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(AP) - In her first outing as an international hostess, Michelle Obama is welcoming the spouses of world leaders to Pittsburgh today with a program covering some of her own interests: art and architecture, arts education, sustainable farming, and locally grown food. The first lady and her guests will have dinner tonight... More »

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Michelle Obama • Andy Warhol • Pittsburgh • Teresa Heinz Kerry • first lady • G20 • spouse

China Recruits Astronauts: Bad-Breathed Need Not Apply 

'Super human beings' must meet 100 criteria

Aug 3, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - China’s looking for astronauts for its new space program, but getting the job won’t be easy: Applicants must conform to some 100 specs, including a ban on bad breath, the BBC reports. “Bad body odor will affect fellow colleagues in the narrow confines of a space shuttle,... More »

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China • astronauts • breath • spouse

OPINION

 Jenny Sanford  
 a Model for the 
 Betrayed 

Guv's wife 'neither enabler nor victim'

Jul 1, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford is showing the world “a new and improved version of the betrayed political spouse—neither enabler nor victim,” writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post. She’s not taking the stand-by-the-cheater for the cameras approach; she hasn’t released a “supportive” and “euphemistic” statement.... More »

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affair • cheating • political scandal • Mark Sanford • spouse • role model • Jenny Sanford • women's issues

 This Woman 
 May Take Down 
 Ahmadinejad 

Wife of reformist candidate strikes a blow in Iran

Jun 11, 09 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tomorrow Iran goes to the polls in a critical presidential election that could see Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tossed out of office. As Der Spiegel reports, Mir Hossein Mousavi, a former prime minister with a reputation for clean governance, is riding a wave of support—thanks in part to his wife, a... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • women • Muslim women • Iranian politics • spouse • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Zahra Rahnavard

 Signs He's Your Work Spouse 

Looking at those platonic office relationships that mirror married life

Nov 11, 08 4:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Everyone has friends in the office, but not everyone has a work spouse—a fellow worker of the opposite sex with whom one has a close, platonic relationship. According to Vault.com, 23% of workers say they have a work spouse. CNN collects signs that you might have one, too:... More »

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office • office workers • friendship • spouse

 Contract Told 
 Guy What 
 to Say, Do 

To get him in line, Madge would say, 'Contract, Guy, contract'

Oct 29, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a 2006 marriage-counseling session, Madonna pinned up a contract instructing Guy Ritchie to “enrich his wife's emotional and spiritual well-being” and defining what words he could use during fights, sources tell the Sun. If Ritchie shouted, fell behind on Kabbalah reading, or used “sex as a stick... More »

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Madonna • Kabbalah • contract • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • spouse

Pelosi's PAC Paid Husband's Firm $99K for Work

Transaction legal, but would have been banned by bill Dem Speaker supported

Oct 1, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi paid her husband’s company $99,000 through her political action committee during the past 9 years, the Washington Times reports. Payments to Paul Pelosi’s Financial Leasing Services are routine fees for accounting and office-space rent payments, but would have been illegal under a bill Pelosi supported... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • House of Representatives • accounting • political action committees • political donations • spouse • financial crisis

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

Smokers' Spouses Face Higher Stroke Risk

Threat further heightened for former smokers

Jul 29, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having a spouse who smokes significantly increases a nonsmoker’s risk of stroke—especially if the nonsmoker used to light up, a US study shows. The stroke risk for those whose spouse smokes but who never have themselves is raised 42%, while the risk for those who are former smokers... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • secondhand smoke • spouse

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