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Norway gunman convoy leaves court after hearing

2011-07-25T06:30:10Z

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian police convoy carrying gunman Anders Behring Breivik, who admitted to Friday's mass shootings in Norway, has left an Oslo court house after a custody hearing on Monday, police said.

Prosecutors said they would ask for eight weeks of detention for Breivik at the hearing. That can b...

Schwarzenegger's son injured in beach mishap

2011-07-22T14:30:58Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 13-year-old son of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his estranged wife, Maria Shriver<...

Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger: documents

2011-07-01T16:30:35Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former California first lady and TV journalist Maria Shriver filed for divorce on Friday from her estranged husband, Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that prenuptial agreements should be decisive in dividing assets in a divorce, synchronizing British law on the issue with the rest of Europe.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of German heiress Katrin Radmacher, deciding that the prenuptial agreement she had signed wi...

Proposed NY law could soon bring no-fault divorce

2010-06-25T09:45:10Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers who want to end their marriages will no longer have to invent reasons under a proposed legal change that would bring the state into line with the rest of the United States by instituting no-fault divorce.

The change could be significant for the state's many wealthy residents, who would be able to focus less on manufacturing rea...

Singer Cheryl Cole files for divorce

2010-05-26T03:16:34Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British singer Cheryl Cole has filed for divorce from her soccer star husband Ashley, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old, who rose to fame through the "Girls Aloud" band and as a judge on "The X Factor...

Larry King and seventh wife reunite, stop divorce

2010-06-12T14:26:42Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Television personality Larry King and his seventh wife have reunited and called off their divorce, and the 76-year-old CNN broadcaster has moved back to the family home, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

Fewer divorces during financial gloom?

2010-04-16T11:54:34Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Fewer British couples are filing for divorce as a sharp drop in property prices makes it hard for couples to sell a joint home, and the credit crunch dampens a desire to fund two separate households, a study shows.

The study, published by Grant Thornton accountants, showed that almost half of all surveyed matrimonial lawyers believ...

UK housing crash keeps unhappy couples together

2010-04-16T11:54:48Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Fewer British couples are filing for divorce as the sharp drop in property prices makes it hard for couples to sell a joint home and the credit crunch dampens a desire to fund two separate households, according to a study on Monday.

The study, published by Grant Thornton accountants, showed that almost half of all surveyed ma...

Wikileaks Berkeley

2010-12-14T22:31:11Z

Beverly Dove holds a sign as she speaks during a city council meeting in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. The council in this famously liberal city is considering a resolution Tuesday night bestowing hero status on Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier at the center of the