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Sep 2, 2009 10:30 AM CDT

Kate Abused Me: Jon Gosselin

Reality star talks about marriage on Good Morning America

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin took "a lot of abuse" during his decade-long marriage to his soon-to-be ex-wife Kate, he tells Chris Cuomo on Good Morning America in his first interview since the infamous reality couple filed their divorce papers. Gosselin, 32, says he received little thanks from his wife for playing...

Rimes Announces Divorce

Sep 1, 2009 7:33 PM CDT

Rimes Announces Divorce

(Newser) - After a much-publicized affair that ended the marriage of a co-star, LeAnn Rimes says she, too, is filing for divorce. “After much thoughtful mutual consideration, Dean and I have agreed to move forward with dissolving our marriage,” Rimes, 27, writes on her website of Dean Sheremet, whom she...

Current Care Kills More Than 'Army of Death Panels'

OPINION

Aug 30, 2009 8:09 AM CDT

Current Care Kills More Than 'Army of Death Panels'

System 'takes lives and breaks apart families'

(Newser) - Despite screeches that a government-run health care program will bump people into an early grave, "it’s a good bet that our existing dysfunctional health system knocks off far more people than an army of ‘death panels’ could, even if they did exist," writes Nicholas Kristof in...

Fiore Beau
'Happy' Jenkins Is Dead

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Aug 24, 2009 11:15 AM CDT

Fiore Beau 'Happy' Jenkins Is Dead

Plus, Fergie and the Prince are together again, sorta

(Newser) - Murdered model Jasmine Fiore wanted to get back together with ex-boyfriend Robert Hasman, he said this morning on Today. When Hasman heard Fiore’s suspected murderer, Ryan Jenkins, had killed himself, “I was happy,” he said. Fiore’s mother, Lisa Lepore, said of Jenkins, “He wanted to...

Cleese Not
Laughing
About $20M
Divorce

Aug 18, 2009 3:36 AM CDT

Cleese Not Laughing About $20M Divorce

(Newser) - Holy Monty Python. John Cleese has a whopping $20 million check to write in a California divorce settlement, and he's not happy about it. “What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine," grumbled the 70-year-old star....

Jon, Kate Face Off After Late-Night Fight

Aug 15, 2009 5:32 PM CDT

Jon, Kate Face Off After Late-Night Fight

Estranged wife didn't like his cocktail waitress-turned-nanny

(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin didn’t kiss, but they did seem to make up yesterday after a heated argument over Jon's choice of nanny, Us reports. In a photo of the reunion, Kate appears defensive, putting a hand on her chest as their children look on. One child is wiping...

Long Wars Fray
Military Marriages

Aug 4, 2009 4:10 PM CDT

Long Wars Fray Military Marriages

Brief homecomings make healing difficult

(Newser) - With the Iraq and Afghanistan wars dragging on, long, multiple deployments are taking a toll on military families, USA Today reports. Troops develop instincts on the battlefield that don’t translate at home, while spouses learn to live independently—and when troops return home, there’s often too little time...

Palin Lawyer Threatens Blogger With Summons

Aug 2, 2009 4:00 PM CDT

Palin Lawyer Threatens Blogger With Summons

'Gryphen' broke divorce rumor yesterday

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's lawyer says he'll serve an Alaska blogger with libel papers unless he retracts a story that Sarah and Todd are "splittsville," the Huffington Post reports. Thomas Van Flein threatened "Gryphen," author of The Immoral Minority blog, with the summons at a kindergarten...

Palin Camp Denies
Divorce Rumor

updated

Aug 1, 2009 4:33 PM CDT

Palin Camp Denies Divorce Rumor

Affairs, work stress caused marriage to deteriorate

(Newser) - Sarah Palin denied a report today that she and former “First Dude” Todd Palin are getting a divorce: "Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided to make up a story," Palin's spokeswoman writes on Facebook. "There is no truth to the recent 'story' ... ...

Jealous Wife
Scalds Hubby's
Privates

Jul 28, 2009 12:22 PM CDT

Jealous Wife Scalds Hubby's Privates

He denies cheating; her lawyer claims abuse

(Newser) - A New York woman went a little bit Lorena Bobbitt on her husband yesterday, allegedly pouring scalding water over his genitals as revenge for suspected cheating, the Post reports. “By the time I woke up, the skin was falling off,” says Emmanuel Ojofeitimi, who was treated for burns...

Divorce May Permanently Damage Health

Jul 28, 2009 9:56 AM CDT

Divorce May Permanently Damage Health

(Newser) - The end of a marriage means the end of good health for many people, a new study finds. Researchers discovered that people who lost a spouse, whether through divorce or death, were roughly 20% more likely to suffer chronic health problems even if they later remarried, HealthDay reports. The scientists...

Kate Dodges Paps,
Jon Moves In to New Digs

Jul 19, 2009 6:43 AM CDT

Kate Dodges Paps, Jon Moves In to New Digs

(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin were both in Manhattan this weekend—but decidedly not together. While Kate's security guards fended off a mob of paparazzi as she headed with the kids to a photo shoot, Jon was moving into his tony new digs near Lincoln Center—solo. The wayward hubby picked...

Convict Hubby
Divorces Winehouse

Jul 16, 2009 6:01 AM CDT

Convict Hubby Divorces Winehouse

(Newser) - Troubled diva Amy Winehouse and her even more troubled husband officially divorced today after months of not speaking, reports the Daily Mail. It's believed that Blake Fielder-Civil cited adultery when filing for divorce, which he began while serving time for assault, and will seek part of her $15 million fortune....

Recession
Puts Brakes
on Divorces

Jul 13, 2009 12:04 PM CDT

Recession Puts Brakes on Divorces

Would-be exes stay under one roof to avoid real estate losses

(Newser) - A lot of unhappy couples are staying together—or at least staying under one roof—thanks to the recession, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many would-be exes are putting off breakups, unwilling to sell their houses in a down market or unable to afford new ones. Some even continue to...

Jon & New
Squeeze
Step Out in
St. Tropez

Jul 13, 2009 5:07 AM CDT

Jon & New Squeeze Step Out in St. Tropez

(Newser) - Just when fans were getting used to the idea of father-of-eight Jon Gosselin canoodling with a 23-year-old girlfriend, he's spotted holding hands with another gal pal in St. Tropez.This one, Hailey Glassman, is the daughter of the plastic surgeon who gave Jon's estranged wife, Kate, a free tummy tuck...

Why Lover
Killed McNair

Jul 12, 2009 12:51 PM CDT

Why Lover Killed McNair

Friends, family tell of course of doomed affair

(Newser) - Within six months of meeting Steve McNair, Sahel Kazemi had fallen hard—and soon after came to the harder realization that the former NFL star wasn't actually planning to leave his wife and family for her, the New York Post reports in an extensive look at the chain of events...

McNair Wasn't
Planning to
Divorce: Pal

Jul 8, 2009 12:00 PM CDT

McNair Wasn't Planning to Divorce: Pal

(Newser) - Robert Gaddy, the longtime friend who called 911 after McNair’s body was discovered, lashed out today at speculation that the late quarterback was getting a divorce. “People need to quit talking about what they don’t know,” Gaddy said. “Mac never said anything to me about...

Count Denies
Reunion With
Real Housewife

UPDATED

Jul 8, 2009 7:16 AM CDT

Count Denies Reunion With Real Housewife

Looks like she'll lose her countess title after all

(Newser) - Will real housewife of New York City LuAnn de Lesseps remain a countess and a housewife? It seemed so yesterday, when a source told the New York Post her French aristocrat hubby was looking to get back into her good graces after splitting with his Ethiopian princess girlfriend. But not...

Kazemi Didn't Kill McNair: Angry Sis

Jul 6, 2009 2:05 AM CDT

Kazemi Didn't Kill McNair: Angry Sis

Quarterback lied to 20-year-old lover about getting a divorce

(Newser) - Sahel Kazemi was a gentle young woman who couldn’t have murdered boyfriend Steve McNair, Kazemi’s sister Sepideh Salmani tells the Tennessean. "She was one young girl who had so many dreams that they never came true," Salmani said. "She would never kill anyone, ever. Or...

Jon & Kate File for Divorce

Jun 22, 2009 5:04 PM CDT

Jon & Kate File for Divorce

(Newser) - Reality-TV parents Jon and Kate Gosselin filed divorce papers today in their native Pennsylvania, People reports. The 10-year marriage, which has produced eight children and given rise to their TLC series Jon & Kate Plus Eight, has hit the high-profile skids in recent months, with rumors of infidelity on both...