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NEWS ABOUT: single people

single people stories: 6 news summaries
life imitates art

 Most of 
 Manhattan 
 Is Single 

Census shows 50.3% live alone

Oct 30, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Depending on your point of view, New York is either a very lonely city or a great place to get laid. The number of singles in the Big Apple, already at a historic high, keeps rising, according to new Census data. In Manhattan, a whopping 50.3% of people live... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • marriage • US Census • Census data • single people • singles • women's issues

Lookin' for Love, 1 in 4 Turn to Arms of Networking Sites

Online dating no longer has social stigma

Feb 25, 09 12:52 PM CST
(Newser) - For those looking for love in all the wrong places, the right place might just be Facebook, reports the Telegraph, citing a new poll that shows one in four Britons are dating or have dated a person met through a social-networking site such as MySpace or Bebo. And in further... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • dating • online dating • Bebo • single people

(Newser) - Texting may be a ubiquitous form of communication, but you might want to put away that handset when you’re sitting across from a first date, writes Martha Irvine for the AP. "Oh, the fun of pretending to be interested in what someone else is typing to someone you... More »

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text message • dating • manners • mobile phones • single people • courtesy

TRAVEL

 Single? Where 
 Not to Go Today 

Singles can salvage the day, if they know where (not) to go

Feb 14, 09 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Valentine’s Day can be exhausting—for singles looking to avoid nauseating sightings of canoodling lovers. Travel and Leisure magazine offers tips on how to sidestep Cupid:
  • Ditch New England B&Bs for “groovy southwestern spas known for their (cough, cough) group activities.”
  • Candlelit restaurants are
... More »

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travel • Valentine's Day • single people

 LiLo and Sam Are No More 

Couple broken up after series of spats, sources say

Jan 5, 09 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - After a stormy, and violent, holiday trip to Miami, Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson have called it quits, Radar reports. LiLo has since been on the Los Angeles scene hitting on both sexes and proclaiming her single status. Though the Florida fistfight that led to the split has been denied,... More »

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Miami • Lindsay Lohan • Los Angeles • celebrity • breakup • Samantha Ronson • single people • fistfight

GLOSSIES

Single City Dwellers Are Often Happier, Healthier

Social scientists say New Yorkers defy that lonely stereotype

Nov 24, 08 2:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Our stereotype of the single, lonely urban dweller is all wrong. City folk who live alone often lead happier, healthier lives than married couples do in suburbia, Jennifer Senior writes in New York. “There was a time when living alone meant you were a hopeless shut-in," writes... More »

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New York City • urbanization • US cities • cities • living alone • single people

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