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Here's to My 'Emotionally Retarded' Soon-to-Be-Ex

Madonna rips Ritchie during Boston concert

Oct 17, 08 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - It won’t be a pretty breakup for the $521 million couple. The latest indication was Madonna bellowing out a dedication—Miles Away, inspired by her time with Guy Ritchie—for the “emotionally retarded” during a Boston concert Wednesday. The pop star, who has solicited London's top divorce lawyer,... More »

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divorce • concert • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • Fiona Shackleton

 Madonna and Guy: It's Over 

Source: Feuding couple 'can't bear to live with the pretense anymore'

Oct 15, 08 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna and Guy Ritchie's marriage is damaged beyond repair and the couple plan to divorce before Christmas, a source tells the Sun. The decision to call time on the eight-year marriage follows an escalating series of arguments over the pair's competing careers, Madonna's wish to adopt another child, and Ritchie's... More »

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divorce • celebrity • breakup • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie

 Ex Blames Brinkley for Affair 

Lack of emotional connection prompted cheating, Cook tells Walters

Oct 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christie Brinkley’s adulterous ex-husband said that he cheated on the former supermodel because she did not offer the emotional connection he needed, ABC News reports. In an interview to be broadcast Friday, Peter Cook told Barbara Walters that by 2005 he and Brinkley felt “more like we were... More »

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divorce • Barbara Walters • marriage • pornography • affair • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook

No Clear Favorite for Military Families in Election

Veteran McCain has support, but wars' toll pushes many toward Obama

Oct 6, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Members of the US military and their families are looking to the November election to address the hardships of military life, but opinions vary as to which candidate will serve them best, the Boston Globe reports. John McCain’s vows to honor service—and promise of higher pay—have clear... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • divorce • US military • military families • Election 2008 • deployments • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

A-Rod Divorce Battle Ends Peacefully

Surprise speedy
settlement stops
mud-slinging

Sep 19, 08 4:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mud-slinging A-Rod divorce battle has ended amicably, reports the New York Daily News. Alex and Cynthia Rodriquez ended their 5-year marriage with a private settlement, said the attorney for the Yankees slugger, who offered no details. Cynthia filed for divorce in July, citing her hubby's "long period of... More »

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divorce • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity divorces

Fla. Law Changes Terms to Make Divorce Less Toxic

Change removes contentious terms from books

Sep 1, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Divorcing parents won't be making deals on "custody" and "visitation" in Florida in the future; a new law scrubs the terms from its legal code in a bid to reduce acrimony and give kids a better shot at continuing relationships with both parents. Starting next month, custody will... More »

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Florida • divorce • parenting • law • children • courts

SNL's Kattan Calls It Quits After 2-Month Marriage

Cites 'irreconcilable differences' with wife

Aug 24, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - No joke: Former Saturday Night Live star Chris Kattan has filed for a legal separation from the woman he married less than two months ago. The papers cite "irreconcilable differences" with model Sunshine Tutt, 31. Kattan, 37, met Tutt at a party three years ago and they married in... More »

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Saturday Night Live • divorce • celebrity divorces • Chris Kattan

 Sox's 'Tek Files for Divorce

Catcher is out with his wife

Aug 14, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek has filed for divorce, the Boston Globe reports. Vartiek filed the papers on July 28 in Gwinnett County, Ga., where his family lives during the offseason. The captain and his wife have been married since 1997, and have three daughters ages 8, 6, and... More »

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divorce • Boston Red Sox • Boston • Jason Varitek • baseball • celebrity divorces

In Sickness and for Health Insurance

Health benefit concerns force couples into marriage and divorce

Aug 13, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health insurance worries are pushing a growing number of Americans both into and out of marriages, the New York Times reports. Couples in which one party has better health benefits are marrying hastily as medical needs outweigh any doubts about each other. One survey this year found health insurance was... More »

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health care • divorce • health insurance • marriage • medical costs • health insurance premiums

 Women on Pill
 Choose the
 'Wrong' Man

Oral contraceptives twists choice based on smell

Aug 13, 08 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pill skews women's choice of partners because the contraceptive disrupts the sense of smell, according to new research. Women usually seek partners who have an odor that indicates dissimilar genes. That's important because a gene mix tends to produce healthier offspring. But research shows women using the pill tend... More »

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divorce • sex • immune system • genes • birth control pill • miscarriage • Major Histocompatibility Complex

McGreevey to Pay No Alimony in Angry Split

Ex-governor and 'gay American' to give lump sum, child support

Aug 8, 08 7:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former New Jersey governor and “gay American” Jim McGreevey will pay no alimony to ex-wife Dina Matos, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The Episcopal preacher-in-training was ordered to pay about $1,000 per month in child support, and more than $100,000 to Matos. Matos sought $1 million from... More »

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divorce • judge • court cases • Dina Matos McGreevey • Jim McGreevey • child support • alimony

 Morgan Freeman Divorcing 

Actor, wife Myrna Colley-Lee separated since December

Aug 6, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Freeman is divorcing his wife after 24 years of marriage, Access Hollywood reports. The Academy-Award-winning actor is in divorce proceedings with Myrna Colley-Lee, and they have been legally separated since December, said Freeman's lawyer. Freeman, 71, broke his arm and elbow and suffered shoulder damage in a serious car... More »

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 Mom Begs: Bring Snooks Home

Rockefeller's ex makes emotional video appeal

Aug 1, 08 4:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ex-wife of fugitive millionaire Clark Rockefeller, the man on the run with their 7-year-old daughter, has videotaped an emotional appeal for the child's return. "Please, please bring Snooks back. There has to be a better way for us to solve our differences," pleads Sandra Boss, using the... More »

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divorce • crime • Boston • appeal • abduction • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss • Sandra Boss

Angry Judge to YouTube Divorcée: YouLose
 

Judge blasts 'callous' video

Jul 22, 08 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Broadway mogul's wife who lambasted her estranged husband in a couple of hugely popular YouTube videos didn't find the court quite so responsive: a Manhattan judge, citing the video, granted Shubert Organization president Philip Smith a divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. A pre-nuptial agreement was... More »

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YouTube • divorce • Tricia Walsh-Smith • Philip Smith • Shubert Organization • Judge Harold Beeler • Joseph P. McCaffery • Raoul Felder

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

In Divorce, McCain Lost Both Reagans

Philandering, quick 2nd marriage especially angered Nancy

Jul 11, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Nancy Reagan’s endorsement of John McCain seemed a little muted—"Obviously this is the nominee of the party,” was all she would say—it’s probably because she’s still angry at the way McCain's first marriage ended, the LA Times reports. The couples were great... More »

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John McCain • divorce • Ronald Reagan • Nancy Reagan • Cindy McCain • Carol McCain

Georgia Dad Charged in Daughter's 'Honor Killing'

Pakistani-born man denies strangling daughter who wanted divorce

Jul 9, 08 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pakistani-born Georgia man appeared in court yesterday accused of strangling his daughter with a bungee cord after she filed for divorce, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The man's wife told police that he had argued with his 25-year-old daughter over her plans to end her arranged marriage. The father maintains... More »

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divorce • murder • Georgia • arranged marriage • honor killings

Can't Buy Me Love, but Divorce Could Cost $100K

Paperwork's cheap, but hiring lawyers, dividing real estate, finding therapy adds up

Jul 6, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the current financial climate, getting unhitched has become all the more ruinous, Divorce360.com reports. Selling your home, hiring attorneys, shelling out for therapy, and finding temporary housing add up to a burly bottom line, with one attorney estimating that divorce "can run anywhere from $1,820 (uncontested)... More »

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divorce • real estate • marriage • family • financial planning • lawyer • divorce rate • divorce attorney • divorce settlement

OPINION

 How to Avoid Mr. Wrong 

As wacky breakups abound, Dowd goes in search of rules of engagement

Jul 6, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrity couples aren't always models of marital stability, but as Christie Brinkley, A-Rod, and Madonna join forces to hold the planet hostage, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd goes off in search of those telltale signs of who to avoid ending up at the altar with. She finds her answers... More »

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divorce • marriage • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook

A-Rod Keeping Madonna Company

Mag reports late-night visits; Material Girl's rep says nothing doing

Jul 2, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - With her marriage to Guy Ritchie reportedly on the rocks, Madonna is entertaining nighttime visits from hunky Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, US Weekly reports. A-Rod has dropped by the singer’s New York apartment several times and left “as late as midnight,” a source said, but the Material... More »

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divorce • New York City • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • affair • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie

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