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Obama Recites Love Poem to Michelle on Ellen

'I Obamacare about you more than you even know'

(Newser) - President Barack Obama, who's spending another Valentine's Day apart from wife Michelle, did the next best thing short of celebrating the lovers' holiday with her: On Friday's broadcast of the Ellen DeGeneres Show, the president recited a love poem he says he had planned to deliver to...

How Reuniting With Your Lost Love Can Work

Those who pine for the 'one who got away' might consider pursuing again

(Newser) - Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla, who met more than 30 years before they finally tied the knot, have become the poster couple for passionate rekindled romances. Now Quartz is reporting on a handful of possible explanations as to why such a flame can burn brighter years later. In the '...

Young Boy's Cancer No Match for True Love

'She is kinda like the real Snow White'

(Newser) - After their 8-year-old son David was diagnosed with cancer for the fourth time in his short life, his parents decided to stop treatment and let him be a normal kid for the time he had left, WTKR reports. Little did the Spisaks know what a major life event David would...

To Win Over 60% of Ladies, Charm Mom First

Survey finds 4 in 10 young women might even break up with guy mom doesn't like

(Newser) - Guys, if you want to get the girl, try bringing flowers—to her mother. With Valentine's Day coming up, it's something to think about: Winning over Mom may sound old-fashioned, but it's still a smart strategy in today's fast-changing, app-tapping, hookup-happy world of dating. In a...

Couple Ties the Knot After Losing Almost 400 Pounds

Crysta Danaher and Bill Anderson take the leap from lap bands to wedding bands

(Newser) - Bill Anderson, 44, had bariatric surgery in May 2008 at Michigan's Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital to help him gain control of his weight. He eventually got down to about 250 pounds from 459 and has since run two full marathons and more than a dozen half-marathons, the Detroit Free ...

Kids Fight Over Marriage of Newlyweds, 95 and 96

Daughter challenging union based on inheritance concerns

(Newser) - Edith Hill, 96, and Eddie Harrison, 95, are thrilled to have found each other. "He touched my heart. I fell in love with him," Hill told WJLA in July. The Virginia pair met 10 years ago while buying lottery tickets—splitting a $2,500 winner—and married earlier...

Iowa Women Marry After 72 Years Together

Vivian Boyack, 91, and Alice 'Nonie' Dubes, 90, finally tie the knot

(Newser) - After 72 years together, two Iowa women have finally said "I do." "This is a celebration of something that should have happened a very long time ago," said the reverend officiating the Saturday wedding of Vivian Boyack, 91, and Alice "Nonie" Dubes, 90. They met...

Antidepressants Change Feelings of Love

Participants taking SSRIs felt less comfortable with shared thoughts, feelings

(Newser) - People who suffer from depression but are happily in love—perhaps an odd combination—may want to think twice about popping certain antidepressants, LiveScience reports. In a new study , researchers gave two kinds of antidepressants to 192 people who were depressed but in healthy relationships for at least seven months....

'Afghan Romeo' Freed From Jail, Returns to His Juliet

Charges dropped against Zakia and Mohammad Ali

(Newser) - An Afghan couple who married for love—and wound up getting arrested for it—reunited yesterday, after both were freed from custody, the New York Times reports. Mohammad Ali, 21, a Shiite Hazara, and Zakia, 18, a Sunni Tajik, eloped in March and went on the run from their families...

Reporter Investigates ... Her Own Marriage Proposal

Maryanne Firth's boyfriend knew the mysterious signs would pull her to scene

(Newser) - Maryanne Firth, a reporter in Welland, Ontario, didn't mind that it was her turn to work last weekend. She'd finally get to learn what was behind the mysterious pink heart posters that started popping up all over town in late April: New ones had recently arrived alongside their...

Animals Can Fall In Love
 Animals Can Fall In Love: Study 
Apr 26, 2014 10:25 AM CDT

Animals Can Fall In Love: Study

That's what one heartwarming study suggests

(Newser) - In quite possibly the most awww-inspiring experiment ever conducted, researchers found that animals can love, just like humans. Paul Zak writes about a series of studies in which he was involved in the Atlantic , all of them revolving around oxytocin, the "neurochemical of love" that's released when humans...

Paris Bridges' Famed 'Love Locks' Facing Ban

Literally heavy symbol of devotion are now everywhere

(Newser) - "Love locks"—padlocks bearing the names of lovers who have thrown the key away—have become an iconic sight on the bridges of Paris, but campaigners say they're threatening to break the city's infrastructure. Two American women living in the city are spearheading a campaign to...

Pope Shares Secret of Lasting Love

'Never end a single day without being at peace with each other'

(Newser) - What's more romantic than getting together with ... the pope. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, Pope Francis addressed a crowd of engaged couples in St. Peter's Square and gave advice on how to have a happy marriage—though, of course, he's celibate. "It's important...

&#39;I Love You&#39; the New &#39;See Ya&#39;
 'I Love You' the New 'See Ya' 
OPINION
Aug 21, 2012 11:34 AM CDT

'I Love You' the New 'See Ya'

Constant communication has cheapened love: Jim Sollisch

(Newser) - Jim Sollisch's kids tell him they love him—a lot. But they also tell pretty much everyone else the same thing: friends, acquaintances, even people they can barely stand. "To them, 'Love ya' [is] the new 'See ya,'" Sollisch writes in the Wall Street ...

Online Romance Scams: a $50M Business

Those older than 40 and divorced are common targets: report

(Newser) - Scammers conned $50 million out of 5,600 people last year who were searching for love on the Internet, says a new report. That's an average of $8,900 per victim. The way it generally works: Fraudsters hunt for vulnerable targets on dating sites and social networks, and convince...

12 Weird &#39;Missed Connections&#39;
 12 Odd 'Missed Connections' 
Feb 19, 2012 3:50 PM CST

12 Odd 'Missed Connections'

Craigslist offers 12 strange listings from last year

(Newser) - A shared glance with a beautiful stranger once inspired hours of pining and poetry. Nowadays there's "Missed Connections," a 12-year-old service on Craigslist that helps people reconnect. Mashable runs down 12 strange listings from last year:
  1. "minotaur, halloween, downtown": A man eyed a "tall blonde"
...

Couple Who Don't Speak Same Language to Wed

Also, she is 97, and he is 85

(Newser) - A nice tale for Valentine's Day courtesy of the Charlotte Observer : Larry Bushnell, 85, will marry Columba Rosaly, 97, this weekend, and the wedding is unusual not just because of their ages: Turns out they don't speak the same language. Rosaly is from Ecuador and speaks only Spanish,...

You Can Die of a Broken Heart

 You Can Die 
 of a Broken 
 Heart 
study says
Jan 10, 2012 3:27 PM CST

You Can Die of a Broken Heart

Large study finds truth to the age-old theory

(Newser) - The poets are right: It's possible to die of a broken heart, a study finds. The risk of a heart attack is 21 times higher the day after the loss of a loved one, say researchers who interviewed 2,000 subjects over 5 years. During the week after the...

Wife Regains Husband's Love After Severe Amnesia

He lost 46 years of memories in an instant

(Newser) - When 46-year-old Scott Bolzan slipped and fell in 2008, he suffered a brain injury that instantly wiped out all of his memory, writes his wife, Joan Bolzan, in the Daily Beast . He knew nothing of her, their two kids, or the business they ran. "Our marriage, our family, our...

Match.com User's Monthly Haul: $1K Worth of Dinners

NYC 23-year-old saved money by dating online suitors

(Newser) - How did a young woman in New York City rack up $1,200 a month in free fancy dinners? By signing up for online dating site Match.com and orchestrating a rotation of suitors eager to wine and dine her. "Before I barely had enough money to pay for...

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