Why wasn’t D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray at the State of the Union address Tuesday night? Awww, did no one invite him? Nope — Gray blew it off to attend party for his girlfriend, Linda Mercado Greene , who celebrated her birthday that night. Read full article > >

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Mayor Vincent Gray skipped State of the Union to attend girlfriend’s birthday party

THIMPHU, Bhutan— Bhutan’s “Dragon King,” its charming, American- and British-educated and immensely popular monarch , will marry his longtime girlfriend Thursday, kicking off three days of celebration in this tiny Himalayan land that is slowly but steadily emerging into the modern world. The 31-year-old Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, an Oxford graduate and fan of basketball and Elvis, will wed his girlfriend of three years, the photogenic but unassuming 21-year-old Jetsun Pema, in a small, private ceremony replete with Buddhist spirituality and medieval tradition, in an ancient monastic fortress in the country’s old capital Punakha. Read full article > >

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Wedding of Bhutan’s beloved young king seen as another step toward modernization

OCEAN RIDGE, Fla. — The brother of Vice President Joe Biden says he was kept overnight at a Florida hospital after opening a suspicious package containing a powdery substance. The envelope was mailed to Francis Biden’s Ocean Ridge home. Biden tells The Palm Beach Post (http://bit.ly/pu4PY3 ) that his girlfriend retrieved the package from his mailbox Saturday afternoon, but that he opened it. Read full article > >

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Biden’s brother says he’s fine after powder spills from suspicious package sent to Fla. home

On Sundays, Tumblr’s founder, David Karp, and his girlfriend, Rachel Eakley, like to explore the West Village and play with their puppy.

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Sunday Routine | David Karp: For David Karp, Tumblr Founder, No-Alarm Sundays

Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Nancy Shevell are engaged, his publicist said Friday, nearly four years after they were first spotted together. Read full article > >

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Paul McCartney and his girlfriend, Nancy Shevell, are engaged

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has got engaged to his girlfriend of four years, New York businesswoman Nancy Shevell, his publicist says.

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Sir Paul McCartney to marry for third time

A teenage trainee gamekeeper accidentally shot his girlfriend and then turned the gun on himself, BBC Scotland understands.

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Man ‘shot girl and then himself’

Let’s face it: Bradley Cooper is nowhere near the type of actor who you’d expect to see circling the lead role in a remake of The Crow. Then again, these past few years have brought us so many unexpected castings that this news really isn’t all too surprising. Based on the moody comic by James O’Barr, The Crow features a dark, angsty, Gothic-looking lead character who wears face paint, comes equipped with supernatural powers and sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend. Mark Wahlberg was originally set to star with Stephen Norrington directing, but when that fell through Relativity Media quickly brought on 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Frednadillo, who, according to The Hollywood Reporter, is now in early talks with Bradley Cooper to star. Some of… Read More Read Comments

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Bradley Cooper as The Crow – Do You See It?

A university in Utah suspends a star basketball player for having pre-marital sex with his girlfriend in violation of its strict “honour code”.

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US student athlete suspended for sex

A man who kidnapped and “savagely” assaulted his girlfriend, which left her in a coma for a month, has been convicted at Swansea Crown Court.

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Man convicted of ‘savage’ attack

Accustomed to calling the shots, Stephen Paul Ackerman learned a new approach when renovating his home, with the input of his girlfriend.

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The Appraisal: Professional Renovator Gets a Taste of Bittersweet Compromise

A man who pushed his girlfriend 50ft (15m) to her death from the top of a Devon car park is jailed for eight years.

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Car park killer gets eight years

A man ran on to a football pitch and punched a player who had previously gone out with his girlfriend because he had “not treated her correctly”, a court hears.

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Footballer hit in girlfriend row

A young man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend’s father denies murder and tells Mold Crown Court it was self-defence.

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Self-defence plea in murder trial

Police have ratcheted up charges against the girlfriend of an Alabama father, days after searchers found fragmented remains they say are of the second of the man’s young children tossed along the side of a remote highway.

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New charges in Alabama kids’ slayings