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For Older Women, Daughter —Not Husband—Is No. 1

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:19:05 CDT

As women age, they tend to replace their husbands—with their daughters. A new study finds that when women hit their 40s, their closest confidant shifts from their spouse to a woman about 25 years younger—presumably a daughter. Researchers analyzed almost 2 billion cell phone calls and 489 million...

Wife Fakes Kidnapping to See if Hubby Would Pay Ransom

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:57:45 CST

Strike this from the list of "Ways to know if my husband truly loves me": A Spanish woman has been detained after faking her own kidnapping to see if her husband would be willing to fork over the ransom money. According to police, she texted him a photo of herself...

Drunk Woman to 911 Operator: Find Me a Husband

Kate Schwartz — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:35:00 CDT

She was looking to shack up for life, but instead, she found herself in the big house for 3 days. An Ohio woman was arrested and sent to jail after calling 911 looking for a husband—five times. The dumbfounded dispatcher tried to clarify her request by asking Audrey Scott,...

Utah Cops Grill Hubby About Missing Wife

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:06:39 CST

Utah police are questioning a man a second time about his missing wife and the mother of his two young children. Susan Powell, 28, vanished from her suburban Salt Lake City home in early December without taking her purse or cell phone. Her husband told police he was camping with...

Wife Poses as Schoolgirl to Nab Husband

John Johnson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:45:00 CST

A UK woman posed as a teenage girl online to entrap her 68-year-old husband in a pedophile arrest. Police say the wife, 61, became suspicious of her husband's constant use of the Internet, signed into a chatroom he used, and struck up a steamy conversation as a 14-year-old. After he...

Younger, Smarter Wife = Bliss

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:24:11 CDT

Researchers have discovered the secret of a happy marriage—at least for the husband: a younger, smarter wife. Such marriages are likely to last, particularly when neither spouse has been previously divorced. Marriages involving women at least five years younger than a husband and with a higher educational level fared...

Runaway Bride Flees Before Reception

Katherine Thompson — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:19:53 CDT

As a newlywed groom and the wedding guests waited at a restaurant in Trieste, Italy, the bride was speeding away with the driver, a friend of her husband, ANSA reports. After an hour and a half, the groom got through to his new wife, who said that she had "made...

Women: Embrace 'Wifely Duty,' Say Yes to Sex

John Johnson — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:40:23 CST

Attention women: For the sake of your relationship and general world harmony, it's time to resume having sex even when you're not in the mood. So says Bettina Arndt, a female columnist for the Canberra Times , who wonders, "Whatever happened to wifely duty?" It's still possible—in fact, easy—to...

Wife Admits Exercising Husband, 73, to Death

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:01:43 CST

An Ohio woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide after exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool and refusing to let him leave the water, reports AP. The husband rested his head on the side of the pool several times while gasping for breath when the wife...