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African-Americans are the fastest-growing segments in online dating
10:59 AM on 03/11/2010
Is online dating capable of doing great things for the Black community...
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In DC, blacks were crucial to gay marriage debate
6:14 PM on 03/04/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay and lesbian couples will soon be able to marry in Washington, but the debate over same-sex marriage has sounded different here...
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Philadelphia couple celebrates 80 years of marriage
12:40 PM on 02/04/2010
VIDEO - 97-year-old Mitchell Atkins and his 103-year-old bride Mattie were married in Jacksonville, Florida in 1930....
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Women more likely to marry less-educated, lower-income men
4:04 PM on 01/19/2010
From the NYTimes - College-educated wives are less likely to have a husband who is college-educated and in the highest income bracket than they were in 1970, and married women are less likely to have a husband who works...
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Single black women should end the blame game
9:05 AM on 01/04/2010
OPINION - I recently watched an ABC News special about black people not getting married. It featured a set of beautiful, intelligent black women who couldn't find husbands...
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Homeless couple ties the knot
8:35 AM on 12/21/2009
VIDEO - The bride and groom don't have a home. Let alone money to pay for a wedding...
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Mayor set to sign DC's gay marriage bill
10:57 AM on 12/18/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Same-sex marriages in the nation's capital will come one step closer when Washington's mayor signs the bill at a public ceremony...
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Louisiana justice resigns after interracial wedding flap
10:13 PM on 11/03/2009
ATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after weeks of calls for his ouster...
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Learning to compromise by Michelle's example
8:46 AM on 11/03/2009
OPINION - In agreeing to seriously date a young Barack Obama who had no real income, Michelle went against the advice...
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How men really feel about the working woman
9:10 AM on 10/21/2009
OPINION - Do you want your wife to work once you have children? Or, how would you feel if your wife made more money than you?
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Love and success are more important than preserving your race
9:15 AM on 10/20/2009
OPINION - In the end, is race really worth preserving, when the alternative means denying oneself the pleasures, securities...
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Black women find themselves single and happy ever after
1:39 PM on 10/19/2009
VIDEO - By the end of this year, studies show more than half of the American workforce will be female. But for many African-American women, with success comes something else...
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Single, successful black women rise above the wedding ring
7:29 AM on 10/19/2009
OPINION - Mr. Right simply hasn't come along for some women. For many others, however, the reality that there is a marriage crisis in this country...
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Interracial couple express shock over marriage denial
10:38 PM on 10/16/2009
VIDEO - Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish in the southeastern part of the state, refused to issue a marriage license earlier this month...
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Louisiana judge should pity himself, not biracial kids
3:32 PM on 10/16/2009
OPINION - No one wants to look in the mirror and admit that their views come from less than noble places - places of fear and hatred. But I think we have to be careful how we respond to this kind of event...
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Interracial couple denied marriage license in Louisiana
4:48 PM on 10/15/2009
HAMMOND, La. (AP) -- A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
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Actor Hill Harper talks relationships in his new book
1:07 PM on 09/22/2009
VIDEO - Best known for his work on CSI: NY, Hill Harper is a New York Times bestselling author with two books under his belt with a third released this month...
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Couple gets married at 7-year-old son's funeral
6:01 PM on 09/08/2009
VIDEO -- The parents of a 7-year-old boy who died after an upstate New York car crash have fulfilled his wish that they get married, and they did it at the child's funeral.
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"Groupie expert" discusses the culture of cheating among pro athletes
10:26 PM on 08/31/2009
VIDEO -- Half of all marriages in the US will end in divorce, but for NFL players and other professional athletes, between 60 and 80 percent of marriages will ultimately fail. Infidelity is considered to be a contributing factor in these higher divorce rates...
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72 years and counting for Florida couple
5:27 PM on 08/21/2009
VIDEO -- They were married in 1937 and have been together ever since. He's 96, and his bride is only 91...
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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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