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Norway gunman convoy leaves court after hearing

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 ...

Schwarzenegger's son injured in beach mishap

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 13-year-old son of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his estranged wife, Maria Shriver, was injured in a beach accident days ago, leading to a "very scary week" for the family, they said in a statement on ...

Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger: documents

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former California first lady and TV journalist Maria Shriver filed for divorce on Friday from her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the ex-governor and film star who has admitted fathering a child out of wedlock more than a decade ...

British courts finally recognize binding pre-nups

LONDON (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, ...

Proposed NY law could soon bring no-fault divorce

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 ...

Singer Cheryl Cole files for divorce

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" talent ...

Larry King and seventh wife reunite, stop divorce

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.King and 50-year-old Shawn Southwick, a ...

Fewer divorces during financial gloom?

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 ...

UK housing crash keeps unhappy couples together

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 ...