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Pa. Gym Shooter Left Behind Video Diary

(Newser) - Suspected Pittsburgh shooter George Sodini left behind an unsettling video diary which includes a tour of his home and a discussion of his romantic plans, the New York Post reports. In one of two videos posted to the web, Sodini points out his furniture: “Couch and chair—they match....

What Not to Say to a Woman
 What Not to Say to a Woman 

What Not to Say to a Woman

(Newser) - Lovelife dragging a bit? AskMen plays virtual wingman, listing 10 things a guy should never say to a woman:
  1. Can I kiss you? This yells that you’re a boy, not a man.
  2. Can I take you on a date somewhere? Act confident and in control. Say something like, “
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Recession Sparks Dating Boom
 Recession Sparks Dating Boom 

Recession Sparks Dating Boom

(Newser) - Interest in online matchmaking and dating events is up as recession-plagued singles seek stability, the AP reports. OkCupid.com and eHarmony.com both report huge spikes in membership, and attendance at Chicago’s Nerds at Heart has doubled. "With such a tenuous climate right now, I think people are...

Marriage Makes You Fat: Study
 Marriage Makes You Fat: Study 

Marriage Makes You Fat: Study

(Newser) - As couples grow more committed to each other, their waistlines often grow as well, Time reports. During their first few years of matrimony, couples are twice as likely to become obese as their dating peers, according to a new study being published next month. If they merely move in with...

Lovesick New Yorker Sues Match.com

Most listed on site actually don't subscribe, says NY man

(Newser) - A Brooklyn man is suing Match.com over “humiliation and disappointment” suffered by users who seek dates with non-subscribers, the New York Post reports. Most people listed on the site, he says, “are canceled subscribers or never subscribed at all.” And those who e-mail them “feel...

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...

'Love Rat Pack' Dates H'wood's Leading Ladies

Cameron, Natalie, Kirsten, Scarlett: These guys get around

(Newser) - You expect Hollywood's leading men to have a gaggle of women trailing them. But now the tables have turned, and it's Oscar-nominated ladies who attract a coterie of serial daters they're practically sharing. Meet the men behind the drama, red-carpet escapades, and broken engagements:
  • Adam Levine of Maroon 5. The
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Long-Distance Love Light Shines in New Gizmo

(Newser) - Tired of texting your long-distance lover to say how much you care? A Scottish research lab hopes to connect couples with something a bit more poetic: "painted" light. Users of Mutsugoto wear touch-activated rings tracked by motion-sensing cameras mounted above their beds; caress your own arm and a matching...

'Cougar' Trend a Myth
 'Cougar' Trend a Myth 
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'Cougar' Trend a Myth

Turns out most men still want younger women

(Newser) - The idea that a legion of young Ashtons are out there prowling for older women is—sorry, ladies—a myth, writes Meredith Goldstein in the Boston Globe. The dating industry is awash with tales of “cougar” events canceled due to low interest among younger men, and industry experts confirm...

Brit Not in Bed With Agent: Source

(Newser) - Oops! She didn't do it again, Us reports: Britney Spears isn't dating her agent after all. Brit and agent Jason Trawick "are absolutely, 100 percent not dating," a source tells the mag. "He has been her agent for four years, and they are very close friends....

Kennedy Says He, Love Hewitt Are an Item

(Newser) - Jamie Kennedy and Jennifer Love Hewitt are dating, despite previous denials, Us reports. “She’s my Bella,” Kennedy said in an odd Twilight reference. “I don’t want to bite her neck, but I want her to live.” The two were rumored together since Hewitt called...

Brit's Got a New Boyfriend
 Brit's Got a New Boyfriend 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Brit's Got a New Boyfriend

Plus, Twilight hunk loves Tina Fey, more

(Newser) - Sorry, boys: Britney’s taken. The comeback queen is dating her talent agent, E! reports, a do-gooder credited with helping Brit, 27, get back on the straight and narrow. Jason Trawick, 37, “is one of the few people who Jamie Spears trusts,” says a source. Tween girls will...

Beef With The Bachelor: Men Should Do the Chasing
Beef With The Bachelor:
Men Should Do the Chasing
OPINION

Beef With The Bachelor: Men Should Do the Chasing

Men only appreciate what they fight for, author writes

(Newser) - You might view ABC’s The Bachelor as harmless fun. Think again. “It’s wrong. It’s just plain wrong,” Lisa Earle McLeod writes in the Huffington Post. “It violates the social order of the universe.” No, not because reality TV is evil or sexist. It’...

'Sexy' Classics We Say We've Read

We think fibbing about reading classics makes us appear intelligent, 'sexier'

(Newser) - The Bible, War and Peace, 1984, and Ulysses are some of the classics people say they've read but actually haven't, a new British study has found. Why? Two-thirds of those surveyed fibbed about their reading mainly to appear intelligent and "more sexually attractive," a researcher tells the Daily ...

Lookin' for Love, 1 in 4 Turn to Arms of Networking Sites

Online dating no longer has social stigma

(Newser) - For those looking for love in all the wrong places, the right place might just be Facebook, reports the Telegraph, citing a new poll that shows one in four Britons are dating or have dated a person met through a social-networking site such as MySpace or Bebo. And in further...

Texting on Dates? Just Hang Up

(Newser) - Texting may be a ubiquitous form of communication, but you might want to put away that handset when you’re sitting across from a first date, writes Martha Irvine for the AP. "Oh, the fun of pretending to be interested in what someone else is typing to someone you...

Love Bites: Songs for the Dumped

Top songs to nurse rage this Valentine's Day

(Newser) - Roses and chocolates be damned. The pink-and-red holiday can be especially harsh on the recently dumped. MTV suggests tunes to nurse your inner rage:
  1. Ain't It Funny: Who knows breakups better than J-Lo?
  2. Shut Up and Let Me Go: Enough said in this tune by the Ting Tings.
  3. Before
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Randy Rourke Loves Courtney on DL, but Eyes, Hands Wander

She seethes as he flirts with girls at Elle party

(Newser) - Mickey Rourke has been secretly romancing Courtney Love since the Golden Globes, though it didn't keep him from flirting with Daily Mirror bloggers, they reveal, at the Elle Style Awards afterparty. Love angrily texted Rourke from across the table as the randy Wrestler star slipped his arms around the pair....

New Zagat Guide Gives Dating Advice

(Newser) - Zagat has issued a new guide—not to dining, but to dating and dumping in the big city, the New York Times reports. The survey of residents in New York, Los Angeles, and other cities says:
  • Blind dates: Just 2% considered them a good way to meet partners. Mutual friends
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In Brazil, a Fine Line Between Sex, Romance

Are local women who 'date' tourists really prostitutes?

(Newser) - Brazil’s reputation for sex tourism isn’t as straightforward as it seems, Seth Kugel writes for GlobalPost. Sure, lots of men visit Rio de Janeiro, in particular, “with one thing on their minds.” But “there are many gradations on the romance-to-prostitution continuum.” It’s common...

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