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  • June 2008

    • Madonna Divorce Rumors in Air

      Daily Mirror (UK)  |  Jun 24, 08 12:02 PM CDT

      Madonna Divorce Rumors in Air

      (Newser) - Madonna and Guy Ritchie are so unhappy they’re discussing divorce, the Daily Mirror reports. The two rarely go out in public together anymore, and they live essentially separate lives in their London mansion. Both admit that any romance between them has long ended and insist there are no hard feelings. “They're obviously sad,” said one friend, “but they're dealing with it like grown-ups.” More »

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      celebrity  • London  • divorce  • Madonna  • celebrity divorces  • Guy Ritchie

    • Divorced Berlusconi Challenges Communion Ban

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 23, 08 2:29 AM CDT

      Divorced Berlusconi Challenges Communion Ban

      (Newser) - Beleaguered Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi caused a scene in a church over the weekend, loudly demanding from a startled bishop in the middle of mass: "When are you going to change this rule that stops me taking communion?" Berlusconi, like other divorced Catholics who remarry, is banned from receiving the sacrament. The prime minister, who has been lobbying to halt his corruption trial, now has his sights set on Vatican policy, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • divorce  • Vatican  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Roman Catholicism  • communion  • remarriage  • Sardinia

    • Gays, Like Everyone, Find Marriage a Mixed Blessing

      New York Times  |  Jun 15, 08 6:50 AM CDT

      Gays, Like Everyone, Find Marriage a Mixed Blessing

      (Newser) - It’s been four years since Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, and there are winners, losers—and everything in between, the New York Times reports. In what one gay married man calls “a mixed bag,” it appears that gays are more likely to rush into marriage, more likely to marry older, and more likely to sign pre-nuptial agreements. Pay attention, California. More »

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      California  • gay marriage  • divorce  • Massachusetts  • gay  • lesbians

    • Nev. Guv Texted 'Other Woman'... 867 Times

      Reno Gazette-Journal  |  Jun 11, 08 11:20 AM CDT

      Nev. Guv Texted 'Other Woman'... 867 Times

      (Newser) - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons swears he’s just friends with Kathy Karrasch. Very friendly: during one six-week span last year, Gibbons and Karrasch exchanged 867 texts from his state-owned cell phone, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. Gibbons is mired in a messy divorce, and his soon-to-be-ex-wife says it’s all because of his “infatuation and involvement” with Karrasch. More »

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      divorce  • Nevada  • celebrity divorces  • adultery  • political scandals  • Gov. Jim Gibbons

    • Governor's Messy Divorce Enthralls Nev.

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 10, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      Governor's Messy Divorce Enthralls Nev.

      (Newser) - For a state that boasts Sin City as its main attraction, Nevada is utterly transfixed with Gov. Jim Gibbon’s marital woes. Ever since he filed for divorce last month, Gibbons has been followed around like a starlet, with pictures of him with various alleged “other women” routinely cropping up. His wife’s siege of the governor’s mansion even made People magazine. More »

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      divorce  • Nevada  • celebrity divorces  • governor  • adultery  • political scandals  • Gov. Jim Gibbons

    • Healing Shania Thanks Fans

      People  |  Jun 6, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Healing Shania Thanks Fans

      (Newser) - Shania Twain, nursing a broken heart after a split from her husband of 14 years, has posted a heartfelt message thanking her fans for their support on her website. The Canadian country singer promises to return stronger than ever. Twain's marriage fell apart after her husband had an affair with a close friend of hers, sources told People . Both deny it. More »

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      divorce  • affair  • celebrity divorces  • singer  • country music  • Shania Twain

    • LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex

      New York Daily News  |  Jun 3, 08 10:11 AM CDT

      LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex

      (Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s mom Dina must appear in Family Court this morning or face “immediate arrest and imprisonment," the New York Daily News reports. Ex-con and ex-hubby Michael has reopened their divorce case, citing the E! reality star’s drunkenness in front of their children and her failure to comply with court-ordered visitation rights. More »

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      celebrity  • New York  • divorce  • Lindsay Lohan  • celebrity parents  • custody battle  • Michael Lohan  • Dina Lohan  • Ali Lohan

    • The YouTube Divorcée Spills in Person

      New York  |  Jun 2, 08 2:28 PM CDT

      The YouTube Divorc&eacute;e Spills in Person

      (Newser) - Now that 4 million people know intimate details of her marital problems—at least her side of the story— New York magazine sends Phoebe Eaton to size up the YouTube divorcée in person. Tricia Walsh-Smith, flamboyant actress, sometime playwright, and wife of a theater operator 25 years her senior, posted a series of videos skewering her husband, dishing about their sex life (or lack of same), and complaining about a miserly pre-nup. More »

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      YouTube  • divorce  • Tricia Walsh-Smith

  • May 2008

    • When Marriage Goes to Dogs, Where Do Dogs Go?

      USA Today  |  May 28, 08 6:16 PM CDT

      When Marriage Goes to Dogs, Where Do Dogs Go?

      (Newser) - Joint custody, visitation rights, continued care, and financial support—custody negotiations are no longer restricted to the kids, USA Today reports, as more ex-partners wrangle over the pooch. In a recent survey, 25% of divorce lawyers reported an increase in pet-custody issues, with 90% of those cases involving dogs. It’s a “very hotly contested issue,” said one attorney. More »

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      divorce  • dog  • pets  • lawyer  • custody  • joint custody  • visitation

    • McDermott Files to End 12-Year Marriage

      E! Online  |  May 21, 08 12:26 PM CDT

      McDermott Files to End 12-Year Marriage

      (Newser) - Dylan McDermott is ending his 12-year marriage, E! Online reports. The actor filed for divorce Friday, citing irreconcilable differences, though according to the documents he and wife Shiva Rose have been separated since last year. In an appropriate twist, McDermott, who is most famous for his 7-year stint playing a lawyer on The Practice , will represent himself in the proceedings. The pair have two daughters, ages 12 and 2. More »

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      television  • divorce  • celebrity divorces

  • April 2008

    • Divorcee, 8, Tells of Abuse in Yemen

      ABC News  |  Apr 27, 08 6:56 AM CDT

      Divorcee, 8, Tells of Abuse in Yemen

      (Newser) - An 8-year-old girl granted a divorce by a Yemeni court last week has described how she ran from "room to room" to escape her 30-year-old husband until he "beat me and then did what he wanted," reports ABC News. "I cried so much, but no one listened to me." The girl, forced into the arranged marriage by her father, fled early this month to a nearby courthouse, where a lawyer agreed to take her case. More »

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      divorce  • Yemen  • arranged marriage  • forced marriage

    • 50 Ways to Hock Your Lover

      New York Times  |  Apr 26, 08 12:08 PM CDT

      50 Ways to Hock Your Lover

      (Newser) - Diamonds really are a girl's best friend, especially when auctioned off to sympathetic sisters on ExBoyfriendJewelry.com. EBay offers goods without much backstory, but the founders of the gem-hocking site put a personal twist on swapping, selling, and auctioning artifacts of toxic relationships, the New York Times reports. More »

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      divorce  • eBay  • website  • love  • break-up  • jewelry

    • Putin Blasts Remarriage Rumors

      BBC  |  Apr 18, 08 1:22 PM CDT

      Putin Blasts Remarriage Rumors

      (Newser) - Vladimir Putin moved swiftly to put to rest rumors he was planning to divorce his wife to marry a 24-year-old former gymnast and current member of parliament. During a visit to Italy, the lame duck Russian president assured reporters that there was "not a single word of truth" to the tabloid story that broke yesterday, the BBC reports. More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • marriage  • divorce  • gymnast  • Lyudmila Putin  • Alina Kabaeva

    • Finns May Stop (Working) in the Name of Love

      Bloomberg  |  Apr 18, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      Finns May Stop (Working) in the Name of Love

      (Newser) - Finland's citizens will get an extra week of vacation specifically for romance if a proposed bill becomes law, Bloomberg reports. The legislation, which currently has 13 of the 100 required backers, would augment the 25 paid vacation days and 10 public holidays that already put Finns above the EU norm. Slightly more than half of Finnish marriages end in divorce. More »

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      divorce  • vacation  • love  • holiday  • Finland  • divorce rate

    • Bitter Breakup? Time for a Blog

      New York Times  |  Apr 18, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      Bitter Breakup? Time for a Blog

      (Newser) - Call it therapeutic or call it revenge, but more ex-spouses are airing their dirty laundry on the Internet—and courts are supporting them even if their former partners are not. Personal blogs have quadrupled since 2003, the New York Times notes in a look at the trend, with many using them to dish about everything from marital affairs, divorce proceedings, or their ex's profile on Match.com. More »

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      Internet  • YouTube  • divorce  • blogging  • blogosphere

    • Jilted Wife Takes Divorce to YouTube

      Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 11:40 AM CDT

      Jilted Wife Takes Divorce to YouTube

      (Newser) - Divorce has a new weapon: YouTube. The former-actress wife of a millionaire theater impresario took to the Internet last week in a teary six-minute video in which she claims her older hubby is evicting her from their Park Avenue pad after years of refusing her sex despite owning porn, condoms, and Viagra, the AP reports. May not play in divorce court, but it's scored 287,776 hits. More »

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      YouTube  • divorce  • Tricia Walsh-Smith

    • Penns Call Off the Divorce

      E! Online  |  Apr 10, 08 8:09 AM CDT

      Penns Call Off the Divorce

      (Newser) - Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn have apparently decided their differences are reconcilable after all, E! Online reports. The on-again, off-again celebrity couple have canceled a divorce petition filed last December and were spotted together at an Eddie Vedder concert earlier this week. Sean got on stage with his buddy and dedicated a song to his wife of 11 years. More »

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      marriage  • divorce  • celebrity divorces  • Sean Penn  • Robin Wright Penn

    • Merry Divorcées Plan Rites for Deceased Marriages

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Apr 9, 08 12:54 PM CDT

      Merry Divorc&eacute;es Plan Rites for Deceased Marriages

      (Newser) - An Atlanta divorce lawyer has a little gift for her clients: a mock coffin to bury their wedding rings in when the divorce comes through. "Funerals" for failed marriages—or just big parties—are becoming popular with the newly single keen to bury the past and celebrate a new chapter in their lives, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes. More »

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      marriage  • divorce  • wedding  • love  • break-up  • divorce rate  • divorce attorney

    • Female Troops' Divorce Rate More than Double Men's

      Divorce360.com  |  Apr 6, 08 12:40 PM CDT

      Female Troops' Divorce Rate More than Double Men's

      (Newser) - Female troops divorce at nearly twice the rate of their male comrades, Divorce360 reports, and the military is stumped as to why. Data from 2006 show male soldiers divorce at a rate of 2.7%—lower than the general population's 3.6%—but that leaps to 7% among women. The rate was high even in peacetime and has risen further during the Iraq war. More »

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      US military  • marriage  • US Army  • divorce  • American troops  • US Navy  • US Air Force  • divorce rate  • female troops

    • Army Battles High Divorce Rates

      New York Times  |  Apr 5, 08 5:56 AM CDT

      Army Battles High Divorce Rates

      (Newser) - A jump in divorce rates since the start of the Iraq war has the Army concerned. Marriages are falling apart as soldiers return home from tours of combat duty emotionally distant and unwilling to discuss their experiences. The military has now launched 'marriage education' retreats to try and repair the damage, the New York Times reports. More »

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      US military  • marriage  • US Army  • divorce  • divorce rate  • soldiers' families  • military spouses

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