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opinion

 This Bachelor Jerk 
 Is Hard to Hate 

He may have dumped his fiance, but he's a real guy: Kaufman

Mar 4, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Jason Mesnick, the 32-year-old Bachelor star who publicly dumped his fiance of 6 weeks for the show's runner-up, is a jerk, but he's hard to hate, Amy Kaufman writes in The Wrap. "He's a total dime piece: tan, crisply ironed blue button-downs and a winning grin," she... More »

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television • reality TV • love • relationship • The Bachelor • Jason Mesnick • Melissa Rycroft • Molly Malaney

 6 Digital Ways 
 to Leave Your Lover 

Breaking up via text or email? That's so outdated.

Feb 14, 09 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - If couples are having fewer public fights nowadays, it might be because they're busy liveblogging their entire breakup on Twitter, NPR reports. Beyond dumping the dude in 140 characters, here are six other ultra-modern ways to become uncoupled:
  1. Watch "The Break-Up Poem" on LiveVideo.com for tips
... More »

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Facebook • list • love • breakup • Valentine's Day • digital media • Twitter

 Be My Marilyn Monroe: 
 Sarkozy on First Date 

French prez proposed first time he met Carla: friend

Feb 12, 09 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Undeterred by his recent divorce, French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed the night he met Carla Bruni and promised that she would be his Marilyn Monroe, according to a new tell-all book. Author Jacques Seguela is the same pal who introduced the couple at Sarko's request, the Times of London reports.... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • marriage • love • romance • Carla Bruni

 Love Bites: 
 Songs for the Dumped 

Top songs to nurse rage this Valentine's Day

Feb 11, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Roses and chocolates be damned. The pink-and-red holiday can be especially harsh on the recently dumped. MTV suggests tunes to nurse your inner rage:
  1. Ain't It Funny: Who knows breakups better than J-Lo?
  2. Shut Up and Let Me Go: Enough said in this tune by the Ting Tings.
... More »

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list • love • breakup • song • dating • romance • Valentine's Day

Recession, Free Dating Sites Are Match Made in Heaven

Paid online dating sites see customers flooding to free upstarts

Feb 6, 09 3:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Traffic on free online dating sites has spiked, a trend fueled by the recession and by daters’ realization that finding love for free beats paying, reports BusinessWeek. “If it’s free, why would I go to Match?” asks a Florida woman who met her fiancé on PlentyofFish.com, which... More »

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love • recession • online dating • eHarmony • Match.com • weakening economy • financial crisis • PlentyofFish.com • OKCupid.com

 Reality Show to Feature Arranged Marriage

Brains behind Top Chef, Project Runway team for venture

Feb 2, 09 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - A series following arranged marriages is CBS’ next big reality-TV venture, James Hibberd writes on his Hollywood Reporter blog. The show, from the producers behind Project Runway and Top Chef, will follow four unlucky-in-love singles whose friends and family select a spouse; cameras will then continue to follow the couples... More »

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reality TV • CBS • marriage • love • arranged marriage • network television

 Looking for Happiness? 
 Forget Puppy Love 

Early passion causes disappointment later, say researchers

Jan 18, 09 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re stuck in a romantic rut, blame it on puppy love. Sociologists say the torrid affairs of youth lead to unrealistic expectations about relationships later in life, the Guardian reports. "Remarkably, it seems that the secret to long-term happiness in a relationship is to skip a first... More »

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love • romance • relationship • puppy love

personal essay

 Actually, You Can 
 Buy Me Love 

New essay anthology explores love and personal finance

Jan 12, 09 5:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Freelance writer Marissa Belger married for love, relishing the warmth of her husband's clan and overlooking his lowly income—until he lost his job. In The Secret Currency of Love, a compilation of essays excerpted in Salon, Belger describes how her relationship to money surprised her. Adapting to poverty was... More »

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finances • marriage • money • love • relationship • job

Hubby Wants Kidney Back
in Divorce

Doc wants cheating wife to return donation or pony up $1.5M

Jan 8, 09 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A doctor is demanding that his soon-to-be ex-wife return his donated kidney—or at least the $1.5 million he says the transplant is worth—as the pair divvy up their assets in a divorce, Newsday reports. Richard Batista says his wife jumped into bed with her physical therapist just... More »

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divorce • New York • marriage • love • kidney transplant • compensation • divorce settlement • organ donation

 Scientist: Love's 
 Just Brain Chemicals 

...that could someday be reproduced in a lab

Jan 8, 09 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - An American neurologist is determined to prove wrong the poets who say love is beyond understanding, reports the BBC. The Emory professor argues that neurochemical reactions in certain parts of the brain can explain love, raising the possibility that scientists could someday create drugs to bring love back to dying... More »

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love • brain • neuroscience • neurology • oxytocin

opinion

 Should She Delay the L-Word? 

Women should say 'I love you' first as much as men

Jan 7, 09 9:47 AM CST
(Newser) - It may seem dated to say women can kill relationships with a poorly timed or premature "I love you." Or it may just seem dated to women, observes Sarah Hepola, who read an article advising women never to be the first to show their cards, emotionally, and was... More »

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gender • feminism • women • love • dating • relationship • dating tips • wowOwow

 Brain Scans 
 Prove Love 
 Can Last 


Brain scans show some couples really do keep things fresh

Jan 4, 09 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - It looks like conventional wisdom was wrong, and the old songs were right: You really can bring back that loving feeling. Or at least some people can, the Times of London reports. About one in 10 couples in 20-year relationships still showed the same brain responses to pictures of their... More »

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love • relationship • scientific study • brain scans • couples • brain chemistry

OPINION

 Ladies, 
 Beware This 
 New Type 
 of Cad 

He's not your average womanizer—he's much worse

Dec 20, 08 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Traditional womanizers are easy to detect, but single girls have a new species of cad to watch out for—the Homme Fatale, writes Irina Aleksander in the Observer. They are smart, gentle, short of Hollywood good looks but confident in a self-deprecating way, "deceptively vulnerable," and conniving. Such... More »

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love • dating • Gossip Girl • Justin Long • womanizer • cad

Glossies

Japan Fetes Genji, World's
First Novel, at 1,000

Three very different English translations available to get you caught up

Dec 20, 08 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan is celebrating the 1,000th birthday of The Tale of Genji, a story penned by a woman in an imperial court that is widely regarded as the first modern novel, the Economist reports. The chronicle of an aristocratic aesthete’s sexual adventures is many things to many readers, including... More »

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Japan • sex • literature • love • anniversary • novel • book • Japanese literature • The Tale of Genji

 'I Haven't Had Sex in 15 Years' 

Found living without sex can be easier than looking for love—just not preferable

Dec 10, 08 7:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Writer Kit Naylor didn't intend for things to work out this way. She likes men. She likes love. And yet somehow, "here I am—55 years old, a spinster long past my sell-by date, no kids—and I haven't had sex in a decade and a half.” She... More »

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sex • love • dating • online dating • relationship

 US Marriage Age Oldest Ever 

Women marrying at 26, men at 28

Nov 10, 08 7:28 AM CST
(Newser) - American couples are waiting longer than ever to get married, reports USA Today. The median age for a first marriage is almost 26 for women and 28 for men—the oldest since the US Census started keeping track in the 1890s. The increase holds true for all racial, ethnic, and... More »

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fertility • marriage • age • sex • family • love • Johns Hopkins University • University of Texas Austin • romance • Census data • matrimony • American Council on Education

Glossies

Chronicler of Heartbreak
Gets Happy

Lucinda Williams hits high note after giving
up 'bad boy' rockers

Oct 30, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having written more than 20 songs at the end of yet another troubled relationship, Lucinda Williams had doubts when she found love with a former music executive. She worried that her songwriting skills depended on ties to bad boys, but her new disc, Little Honey, proves that fear unfounded, writes... More »

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Hollywood • love • country music • rock and roll • musician • Lucinda Williams • Tom Overby

Writer Stabbed Estranged Wife 222 Times

HuffPo blogger Carol Anne Burger killed gay partner, then herself

Oct 30, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - On Oct. 22, one day after last blogging about the election for the Huffington Post, writer Carol Anne Burger fatally stabbed her estranged gay spouse 222 times with a screwdriver, the Palm Beach Post reports; Burger committed suicide 2 days later. Burger and Jessica Kalish, a software executive, had been... More »

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Florida • depression • crime • murder • murder-suicide • love • Huffington Post • Carol Anne Burger • Jessica Kalish

It's a Fine Line Between Love, Hate in the Brain

But hate appears to be a more calculating, rational emotion

Oct 29, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Areas of the brain involved in hatred are also activated by love, a study suggests. Researchers took images of brain activity when subjects looked at a photo of someone they despised, ABC News reports. While not identical, the pattern of brain activation those images triggered involved some of the same... More »

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love • brain • neuroimaging • emotion • fMRI • scientific study

(Newser) - Ladies looking to attract a man can ditch their magazines and follow some simple advice instead: Wear something red. So say researchers at the University of Rochester, who conducted five scientific-sounding experiments to conclude that men aren't all that complicated. The test subjects, all undergrads, judged women as sexier and... More »

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love • behavior • attraction • red

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