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      <title><![CDATA[British couples share royal wedding spotlight]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1328411895" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/4/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) %u2014 What is it like getting married on the same day as Prince William and Kate Middleton? As the royal wedding looms, hundreds of harried couples across Britain are trying to figure out how to share the spotlight with the world's most-watched couple.Sharon Hannon, 37, said she was initially upset when she saw her own wedding date being flashed across the television screen underneath a picture of the ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="17974">
      <title><![CDATA[Hundreds of couples join in downtown Rochester scavenger hunt]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327795774" delta="1 week ago"><![CDATA[1/28/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The first-ever Diamond Dash took place in downtown Rochester today. Hundreds of couples participated in a scavenger hunt for a $13,000 diamond ring courtesy of Cornell%u2019s Jewelers.Similar to a technological version of the Amazing Race, participating couples received clues on their cellphones and answered trivia questions and gathered clues leading them to their next destination.%u201CEveryone is gathering in one location and they are just making mad dashes from location to ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17753">
      <title><![CDATA[More unmarried couples living together in retirement]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1327269513" delta="1 week ago"><![CDATA[1/22/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[More than 7.5 million couples live together without tying the knot, and that number is growing.It may appear to be a simple arrangement, but can be full of complexities when it comes to money and financial planning, especially in retirement.Tom Blake, 71, and Greta Cohn, 69, know all about it. They've been together for 13 years.Blake moved into Cohn's house after three years of dating. He admits, when it came ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17572">
      <title><![CDATA[McDonnell opposes allowing same-sex couples to adopt children in Virginia]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1326841658" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/17/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) told reporters at a Tuesday news conference that he opposes proposed regulations developed by his Democratic predecessor that would for the first time allow gay couples to adopt children in Virginia.%u201CI know I had said during the campaign that I would essentially keep our adoption laws -- which I think are good -- the way they are now,%u2019%u2019 McDonnell said. %u201CI think the current regulations that ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17333">
      <title><![CDATA[Couple plans Canton-to-Vegas wedding walk]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1326577381" delta="3 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/14/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Most couples are content to walk down the aisle when they get married.Joseph Crist and Laura Brunett hope to walk from Canton to Las Vegas, stopping to wed before they trudge on to Los Angeles to visit friends.Toting two backpacks stuffed with clothing, water dispensers, a small tent, lightweight sleeping bags and a miniature gas stove, Crist and Brunett, both 24, intend to start their journey April 15 and follow ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15185">
      <title><![CDATA[Infertility laws driving Canadians souples to black market]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1317190365" delta="18 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/28/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Canada's fertility laws are driving infertile couples who are desperate for babies into the black market or abroad and need to be reformed, critics say. The six-year-old law prohibiting payment for sperm, eggs or surrogacy services has Canadians seeking paid surrogates in India. They're travelling to the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Romania and the Czech Republic for in vitro fertilization using donor eggs. Some are buying fresh sperm over ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15184">
      <title><![CDATA[Couples who don't marry may face unintended consequences]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1317190166" delta="18 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/28/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[For whatever reason, it seems that more couples today are foregoing the formality of marriage, even when children are involved. What many of them fail to realize are the often serious financial consequences surrounding their decision, not that money should be your primary motive for marriage. It simply makes things a lot less complicated, especially around tax time. Financial planners say unmarried couples are simply not eligible for many of ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15183">
      <title><![CDATA[3 Steps to Enhance Every Couple's Retirement Plan]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1317189721" delta="18 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/28/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[If you and your spouse or life partner comprise a dual-income household, remember that although incomes between individuals may vary, every couple usually faces a similar financial challenge, how to enhance joint retirement planning efforts. A big obstacle is the fact that couples participate in separate and distinct retirement programs, so one of their largest and most frequent mistakes is not managing all retirement assets under one asset allocation model.As ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15182">
      <title><![CDATA[Londonderry couple 's victory on sham wedding law]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1317189489" delta="18 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/28/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A Londonderry couple have won £24,000 in damages and costs after a European Court ruled that UK law breached their right to marry and enjoy religious freedom. Judges at Strasbourg's Court of Human Rights said they had 'grave concerns' about the UK law designed to stop sham marriages. Nigerian national Osita Chris Iwu and his wife, Sinead O'Donoghue met in Derry in 2004. They wanted to marry.But they were blocked ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15181">
      <title><![CDATA[Disney Couple Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens Break Up]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1317189222" delta="18 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/28/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Former High School Musical stars, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, have decided to call it quits, but will continue to be pretty good friends after dating for almost five years. The two Disney stars started dating when they were shooting first HSM movie back in 2006.This is the end of the most popular and strong young Hollywood couples. Vanessa had recently spoken about her and Zac's instant connection, while Zac ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12846">
      <title><![CDATA[Match made in retail heaven? Couples tie the knot at favorite stores like Taco Bell, Walmart]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1303546498" delta="41 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/23/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Don't expect a 60-day money-back guarantee with these marriages. Retail stores, including Home Depot, Taco Bell and Walmart, now host weddings - and more and more couples are buying into the retail-wedding option. Some are attracted by the low cost of these weddings and the novelty of them, while others just want to express their brand loyalty. Although retail weddings are still a novelty, they are becoming more mainstream, theknot.com's ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11758">
      <title><![CDATA[Lesbian couple can sue Boy Scouts, Supreme Court says]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Couples Index Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1297754516" delta="50 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/15/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A lesbian couple and an agnostic couple in San Diego have legal standing to sue the Boy Scouts to force the group to stop using prime city land for camping and other scouting activities. The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand an earlier ruling by the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals, which sided with the two couples. The couples object to Boy Scout policies that exclude boys and ...]]></text>
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