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Spurned Husband Fills Hot Tub With Manure

When cops showed up, he tried to escape on tractor

(Newser) - An ex-cop in Quebec is facing several charges after being caught brown-handed dumping manure at his estranged wife's house—and filling her hot tub with it, cops say. The 64-year-old, who was apparently enraged at having been served divorce papers, tried to make a getaway on a tractor after...

Lots of Siblings? Your Divorce Risk May Be Lower

New study finds lower risk of divorce in those with multiple siblings

(Newser) - Don't want your kid to end up divorced? Provide him or her with multiple siblings. A new study suggests that for each additional brother or sister a person has, that person's chances of getting divorced go down by 2%. But don't go too crazy; the effect wears...

Murdoch Divorce Takes Turn for the Messy

Lawyer switch may signal battle ahead

(Newser) - Looks like Rupert and Wendi Murdoch's road to Splitsville might be a bumpy one. The media tycoon's third wife has switched lawyers, ditching the one who handled the couple's 1999 prenup for William D. Zabel, who has helped other women win big settlements in their divorces from...

Michael Moore Divorcing Producer Wife

Says he and wife of 21 years, Kathleen Glynn, don't live together

(Newser) - Michael Moore is calling it quits with his wife of 21 years, Kathleen Glynn. The famously controversial director filed for divorce last month, citing "no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved," MLive.com reports. Glynn, who worked with Moore on Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11,...

'Scandal Details' Coming in Murdoch Divorce?

BBC business editor tweets of 'jaw-dropping' reasons

(Newser) - The gossip mill is churning in the wake of the Rupert Murdoch-Wendi Deng divorce filing . As the Hollywood Reporter notes, Deng's friendships with prominent males from Tony Blair to Eric Schmidt are being poked at (Blair's rep firmly denies the former British PM and Deng "are having...

Vladimir Putin, Wife Divorcing
 Vladimir Putin, Wife Divorcing 
Jun 6, 2013 1:57 PM CDT

Vladimir Putin, Wife Divorcing

Lyudmila Putin calls it 'a civilized divorce'

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin and wife Lyudmila were recently seen in public together for the first time since May 2012, at a ballet performance ... and shortly thereafter they very cheerfully announced on Russian television that they'll be divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage. "You could say this is a...

Woman Calls 911, Asks for Divorce

She did end up getting something: a disorderly conduct citation

(Newser) - Call it an emergency of the heart: Police have cited a 42-year-old Pennsylvania woman for disorderly conduct after she called 911 requesting a divorce and police assistance to make her husband leave. Troopers say the woman called just after 1am Saturday asking that officers be sent to her home in...

Judge Won't Grant 'Pregnant Man' a Divorce

Because Thomas Beatie technically may have been a woman when married

(Newser) - Welcome to the world's most confusing divorce case. A judge in Arizona today declined to grant a divorce to Thomas Beatie, who attained minor celebrity status as the " pregnant man" a few years back and gave birth to three children. Beatie, who was born a woman but identifies...

Could This Be the Priciest Divorce Ever?

Harold Hamm could end up paying wife Sue Ann quite a large sum

(Newser) - America's biggest oil baron could soon be setting another record—but this one's not so good. Harold Hamm's second wife, Sue Ann Hamm, filed for divorce last year, and the financial settlement could end up trumping the $1.7 billion current record-holder Rupert Murdoch paid ex-wife Anna...

Bill O'Reilly 'Caught Cheating' in Child Custody Battle

Fox commentator allegedly hired neutral arbitrator

(Newser) - Bill O'Reilly's child custody battle with his ex-wife has gotten so ugly that he secretly hired the therapist designated as a neutral "arbitrator" in their disputes, Gawker reports. First, some backstory: The Fox News commentator separated from Maureen McPhilmy in 2011, and allegedly tried to start an...

Lawyer Offers Free Valentine's Day Divorce

How ... romantic?

(Newser) - A Michigan lawyer is giving out an unconventional Valentine's Day gift: a freebie divorce. Walter H. Bentley III is running a contest on his website, and will help the lucky man or lady who tells "the most compelling and convincing story" of why he or she needs to...

Big Boozing Puts Marriage on the Rocks

Divorce rates highest if woman drinks much more than man

(Newser) - 'Til booze do us part? A new study out of Norway says that drinking and marriage don't mix—especially if the woman is doing the heaviest drinking, reports the Los Angeles Times . After looking at nearly 20,000 married couples, researchers found heavy-drinking couples had a divorce rate...

Berlusconi Blasts 'Feminist, Communist' Judges

He's upset about his divorce settlement

(Newser) - Milan court officials have defended the impartiality of their judges after ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi blamed "feminist, communist" magistrates for his $260,000-a-day divorce settlement. Berlusconi made the accusation in an interview with the La7 private television network and said he was appealing the settlement with his second ex-wife, Veronica...

Track Palin Files for Divorce
 Track Palin Files for Divorce 
Dec 13, 2012 9:30 AM CST

Track Palin Files for Divorce

He and wife Britta have daughter Kyla, age one

(Newser) - The latest Palin family drama: Track Palin, oldest son of Sarah and Todd, has filed for divorce. For those of you not up to speed on the Palin brood, Track is the one who has been accused of drug problems more than once , and he's also the one who...

In-Laws Can Lower Your Chance of Divorce
In-Laws Can Lower Your
Chance of Divorce
study says
Dec 2, 2012 3:33 PM CST

In-Laws Can Lower Your Chance of Divorce

So long as they're chummy with the hubby

(Newser) - If you assumed the only effect in-laws could have on your marriage would be to put it on a path toward divorce, well, you'd be half right. In 1986, a researcher asked 373 newly married couples to rate how close they were to their in-laws. The good news: Husbands...

Did Romney Lie in Friend's Divorce Hearing?

Gloria Allred, 'Boston Globe' want to unseal testimony

(Newser) - Gloria Allred and the Boston Globe are in court this morning trying to unseal testimony Mitt Romney gave more than a decade ago, and TMZ thinks it has the scoop on what's in that testimony. The testimony came during a divorce hearing for Staples founder Tom Stemberg, a good...

Wedding Jitters Boost Chance of Divorce
 Wedding Jitters Boost 
 Chance of Divorce 
study says
Sep 14, 2012 4:15 PM CDT

Wedding Jitters Boost Chance of Divorce

Break-ups more common when wives are hesitant

(Newser) - Not so sure about getting hitched? You may want to call off the wedding—especially if you're a bride-to-be. A new study shows that wives who harbored pre-marriage doubts were two-and-a-half times more likely to end up divorcing their spouse four years later, reports LiveScience . And jittery couples who...

Couple, 85, Getting Married— 48 Years After They Divorced

Lena Henderson and Ronald Davis getting married again Saturday

(Newser) - They got hitched while still in their teens, divorced 20 years later, and are getting remarried after nearly a half-century apart. For Lena Henderson and Roland Davis, the second time around is finally here, even if they're both 85. The Buffalo-area couple plans to get married again on Saturday,...

Torched Bodies Now Linked to Suicidal Dad

James Butwin's money problems, divorce triggered family murder: Cops

(Newser) - The suspected brutal murder and torching of people in an apparently abandoned SUV in Arizona looked like the gruesome work of a Mexican drug cartel. But now police believe someone else was responsible: a killer dad. The five charred bodies found inside the vehicle in the Arizona desert have been...

Nigerian State Playing Matchmaker for Thousands

Seeks to remedy apparently soaring divorce rate

(Newser) - Nigeria's Kano state is worried: The number of divorces appears to be skyrocketing. And a divorced woman there faces a raft of problems—she may be shunned, in some cases forced to beg or prostitute herself to support her family. So the state government is taking the matter into...

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