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A 'gray divorce' boom
Until recently, it would have been fair to say that older people simply did not get divorced. Fewer than 10% of those who got divorced in 1990 were ages 50 or older. Today, 1 in 4 people getting divorced is in this age group. It turns out that those...
Tags: Divorce, Al Gore, Marriage, Bowling Green State University, Family
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96-year old L.A. blogger pops onto Amazon's bestseller list
Los Angeles blogger Barbara "Cutie" Cooper has seen a lot in her 96 years: the Prohibition era, World War II, children, grandchildren, a 73-year marriage, the death of her husband Harry in 2010 at age 98, 18 presidents, and countless technological...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Social Media, Linthicum
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Beyonce riles PETA again. Mila Kunis dons McQueen at 'Oz' premiere
Beyonce has been running afoul of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals all year, at least. First there was her fur coat at the presidential inauguration. Then there was her Super Bowl costume, which used leather and exotic skins. Now it's some...
Tags: Prada, Mila Kunis, Alexander McQueen, Fashion Shows, Beyonce
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Dolores Prida dies at 69; chronicled Latino experience in the U.S.
Dolores Prida, a writer who chronicled and illuminated Latino life in theaters, on opinion pages and in advice columns, has died. She was 69. Prida died early Jan. 20 in New York after complaining of feeling ill on the way home from an anniversary party...Tags: Barack Obama, Music, Theater, Newspaper and Magazine, Entertainment
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The growing but quiet acceptance of regifting
By some accounts, most Americans have done it. They've repacked, rewrapped and resent unwanted presents to a new recipient. A survey in October 2011 by home fashion retailer HomeGoods found that more than half of the 1,000-plus respondents had regifted,...
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Pauline Friedman Phillips dies at 94; original 'Dear Abby'
Dear Abby: "What would you do with a man who refuses to use a deodorant, seldom bathes, and doesn't even own a toothbrush?" "Absolutely nothing," she replied. The wry answer from Abigail Van Buren — the pen name of Pauline Friedman Phillips...
Tags: Feminism, Social Issues, Mayo Clinic, Pauline Friedman Phillips, Family
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'Dear Abby' advice columnist Pauline Phillips dies at 94
L.A. NOWPauline Friedman Phillips, who as Abigail Van Buren -- "Dear Abby" — for more than 40 years dispensed advice to newspaper readers worldwide on everything from snoring spouses to living wills, has died. She was 94.... -
22 students arrested in drug bust at Temecula high schools
L.A. NOWAn undercover drug investigation at Temecula area high schools led to the arrest of 22 students Monday on suspicion of illegal drug sales.... -
Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis meet. Discuss
"If the whole universe had no meaning," C.S. Lewis once wrote, "we should never have found out that it had no meaning." Pithy observations like that — rooted in logical argument — have made the writer one Christian whom many agnostics and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Christianity, Upper West Side, Off-Broadway Theater, Ruth Westheimer
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Seattle City Hall: One day, 138 same-sex weddings
A festive marathon marriage session at Seattle City Hall ended Sunday with 138 same-sex couples getting new beginnings as legally wedded spouses. An additional 25 couples were married in a group ceremony at the Seattle First Baptist Church, the Seattle...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Social Issues, Family, Social Media
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Joyful same-sex couples wed in Washington state
Some had waited decades for this. So early Sunday, the first day they could legally wed, same-sex couples in Washington state held marriage ceremonies immediately after midnight and made plans to get hitched en masse. At the King County Courthouse,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Judges, Social Issues
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Gay marriage in Washington state: 279 licenses in first six hours
Hours after Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage, couples officially began receiving state licenses as Washington became the latest state to allow members of the same sex to marry. King County opened the doors to its...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Quinnipiac University, Family
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