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Some couples in Iowa sought waivers for a waiting period from local judges, hoping to hold their marriage ceremonies immediately.

Days after a Saudi court decided to allow the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man 39 years her senior, the kingdom's justice minister said he plans to enact a law that will protect young girls from such marriages, according to local media reports.

DEAR ABBY: I am trying hard to rebuild my marriage. My husband and I have three young children. Four months ago, I met a man (I'll call him "Jack") who made me feel like I haven't felt in a long time. We have not slept together. We tried several times to stop seeing each other, but unfortunately, my attraction to him was too strong.

A Saudi judge has refused for a second time to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man, a relative of the girl told CNN. The most recent ruling, in which the judge upheld his original verdict, was handed down Saturday in the Saudi city of Onaiza...

Anybody in a marriage—or any other long-term partnership—has spent time pondering how and if their relationship would survive in a crisis. Haven't you?

The proposal was going to be memorable, made on one knee above the Brooklyn Bridge, with all of New York spread out before the would-be groom and his fiancee-to-be.

The late-night host was back at work in New York on Monday to deliver the news -- and a few jokes about the marriage.

They kiss, hold hands and she sucks his fingers in the clip -- as he denies an affair

With the California Supreme Court likely to uphold Proposition 8 but still recognize those already married, the couples are feeling both elated and isolated. Jeanne Rizzo, 62, who married her partner of 20 years in September, was "somewhat heartened" Friday that her marriage is poised to survive Proposition 8 -- but she was not celebrating.

Breaking up is hard to do -- perhaps even more so during a recession.