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Japan's Latest Fad: Spouse-Hunting

Bars, bras, and baseball games get in on 'konkatsu'

(Newser) - Some call it a passing fad, but in Japan, konkatsu—"marriage hunting"—has inspired events in venues ranging from bars to baseball stadiums, the Wall Street Journal reports. A book that uses the word, punning on the words for “marriage” and “activity,” has sold 170,...

Brit Engaged to Agent: Tab
 Brit Engaged to Agent: Tab 
Jun 17, 2009 1:40 PM CDT

Brit Engaged to Agent: Tab

(Newser) - Britney Spears is engaged to be married to agent/lover Jason Trawick, Star reports. The two have been in an on-again, off-again relationship for 3 years, but sealed the deal on a recent Bahamas vacation. “He didn’t exactly get down on one knee, but Brit didn’t care,”...

Why Marriage Is Obsolete (at Least for Women)

Institution is obsolete—let's fix this 'bum deal'

(Newser) - Marriage is fraught with “emotional pain, humiliation, and logistical difficulty.” And for women—expected to work, parent, tend to the house, and on top of all that, keep the romance alive—it’s a “bum deal,” writes Sandra Tsing Loh, herself ending a 20-year union, in...

Kissing Priest Marries Galpal
 Kissing Priest Marries Galpal 
Jun 17, 2009 8:34 AM CDT

Kissing Priest Marries Galpal

(Newser) - In scarcely more than a month, Alberto Cutié has gone from celebrity priest to sex scandal poster boy to Episcopalian—now he can add boring old married guy to his resume, reports the AP. The Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid a racy photo scandal married his secret...

Next Stop for Prince William, Galpal: The Altar

At this point, prince pretty much has to marry Kate

(Newser) - Prince William “has to” marry longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton, a court-watching source tells the New York Post. “Been seeing her too long not to. It would be another embarrassment for the Palace,” the source says, adding that “the wedding will probably be next year after he...

Iran's 'Marriage Crisis' Threatens Ahmadinejad
Iran's 'Marriage Crisis' Threatens Ahmadinejad
ANALYSIS
Jun 9, 2009 2:23 PM CDT

Iran's 'Marriage Crisis' Threatens Ahmadinejad

Sky-high housing prices, inflation prevent couples' independence

(Newser) - Iran is grappling with a “marriage crisis” that could cost Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a key demographic in Friday’s presidential election, Azadeh Moaveni writes in Time. The government’s international standing already has young people—35% of the population—seething; on top of that, those hoping to tie the knot...

Hooking Up Graduates From College

Casual sex replaces dating

(Newser) - Sex without commitment, also known as hooking up, has been common for years on college campuses. And now, as those college kids graduate and get jobs, hooking up is replacing dating in the real world, too, NPR reports. "Going out on a date is a sort of ironic, obsolete...

Gaza's Single Ladies to Hamas: Put a Ring on It

Islamic group sees matchmaking as 'humanitarian work'

(Newser) - Washington deems Hamas a terrorist group, but for Gaza’s lonely single women, the Islamic militant group can be a lifesaver, the AP reports. Hamas runs a “marriage and development” service that finds husbands for hundreds of women, often helping those in their 30s—who are considered spinsters. “...

America Jealous of Date Night
 America Jealous of Date Night 
OPINION
Jun 6, 2009 1:37 PM CDT

America Jealous of Date Night

(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama’s night in New York has “prompted many wives to glare across the breakfast table,” writes Jan Hoffman in the New York Times, “trying to remember the last time their husbands made a fuss over them.” After 16 years together, the Obamas...

Runaway Brides Scam Desperate Chinese Bachelors

Surplus of men inspires fraudsters to make off with rural families' 'bride prices'

(Newser) - China's one-child policy may have birthed a rising number of pretty and fleet-footed criminals, the Wall Street Journal reports. The traditional preference for boys has caused a surplus of tens of millions of men of marriageable age, mostly in rural areas, and some villages are being scammed by women who...

Obamas' Marriage Once 'Frosty'

He was too ambitious; she was cold and ungrateful, says new book

(Newser) - It may be hard to believe now, but Barack and Michelle Obama have weathered "frosty" times in their marriage because of politics, according to a new book. During a painful stretch in 2000 "there was little conversation and even less romance," said Renegade author Michael Wolffe, who...

Little Left for Fiancée of Fallen Soldier

Unmarried loved ones have no standing, get nothing from Army

(Newser) - To the US Army bureaucracy, love means little without a marriage certificate—so the fiancée of a man killed in Iraq was left with nothing other than what his family was willing to part with. Now, the Washington Post reports, Kyle Harper, 27, is trying to forge a path...

Monk's Guide to Sex Enthralls Poland

(Newser) - A celibate monk in Poland has a surprise hit on his hands—a sex guide for married couples that's being labeled a Catholic Kama Sutra, the BBC reports. Poles quickly snapped up the first run of Father Ksawery Knotz' book, which argues that religious couples' sex life should be "...

Quake Survivors Find Love Among the Ruins

Hundreds remarry in quake-devastated Chinese city

(Newser) - A year after the quake that devastated China's Sichuan province, many survivors have new loves if not new homes, the Guardian reports. In Beichuan—where only 4,000 of the town's 22,000 people survived—some 600 widows and widowers have remarried, and the government hopes more will soon follow...

NH Passes Gay Marriage Bill, Sends to Gov

He may let hot potato lie until it passes automatically Jan. 1

(Newser) - A bill to legalize gay marriage in New Hampshire has landed on Gov. John Lynch's desk and is likely to stay there for a while, the Edge reports. Lynch—besieged by messages from pro- and anti-gay marriage groups—has signaled that he personally opposes the bill. Many expect him to...

Maine Gov Signs Gay Marriage Bill
 Maine Gov Signs 
 Gay Marriage Bill 
UPDATED
May 6, 2009 11:50 AM CDT

Maine Gov Signs Gay Marriage Bill

State the fifth to OK nuptials as Baldacci signs measure quickly

(Newser) - Just hours after the Maine Legislature gave final approval to gay marriage today, Gov. John Baldacci signed the bill into law, the Kennebec Journal reports. When it takes effect 90 days after the legislative session ends in June, Maine will become the fifth state to allow same-sex nuptials. “This...

German Court Says Nein to Long Last Names

Ruling upholds ban on "chain names" with more than one hyphen

(Newser) - Germany's highest court has upheld the country's ban on triple-barreled surnames, the BBC reports. The court ruled that limiting surnames to two did not violate freedom of expression laws. Frieda Thalheim and Hans-Peter Kunz-Hallstein—who have been married for 12 years but legally couldn't take their preferred last name, Thalheim-Kunz-Hallstein—...

Berlusconis Row Over PM's Wandering Eye

Soap opera of feuding first couple grips Italy

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi's wife is taking her complaints of philandering and dishonesty to the press—and it's not the first time she's done so, the New York Times reports. The Italian first lady was angry that Berlusconi went to the 18th birthday party of a business associate's daughter, who has been...

Saudi Child Bride's Marriage Annulled

Wedding to middle-aged man sparked global controversy

(Newser) - The marriage of an eight-year-old Saudi girl to a man in his 50s that drew worldwide attention has been annulled in an out-of-court settlement, the BBC reports. A judge had twice denied the girl—reportedly married off by her father to pay a debt—a divorce. The case has led...

Tori's Marriage Now the Stuff of Movies

(Newser) - Good news for Tori Spelling fans and very bad news for everyone else: The Oxygen network said today it is bringing back her Tori & Dean reality show for a fourth season, commissioning a made-for-TV movie based on her marriage to Dean McDermott, and planning a marriage advice show....

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