Dating And Matchmaking News

Workplaces got wacky in '07

2007-12-31T18:15:00.001-05:00

Raleigh News & Observer - The women were paired with 20 single men found by a matchmaking agency and sent to a mountain resort in North Korea. * Rap artist and business mogul P. Diddy turned to the Internet during the summer to find a personal assistant. Diddy said the job Read more

Patrick Wanis

2007-12-30T20:00:00.001-05:00

New York Observer - Page Six is a funny kind of matchmaker. Right or wrong (Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin?) a relationship posited in the column becomes a real thing in Hollywood, where press is everything. Not really sure of what to make of the Lance Armstrong-Ashley Read more

Oliver Pritchett's astrological tips

2007-12-29T22:15:00.001-05:00

Daily Telegraph - Virgo: You learn that an acquaintance with a grudge has given your details to a computer dating agency. September brings 152,000 proposals of marriage. On the home front there are inconveniences when Government benefits payment records turn up in an Read more

Yellowknife's shack dwellers hope to stay the axe

2007-12-29T02:15:00.001-05:00

Globe and Mail - Known as the Woodyard, this waterfront shantytown is one of Yellowknife's last visible links to its roots as a scrappy mining camp dating back to the 1930s. Living is simple. Most residents now have electricity but no running water or plumbing. The Read more

Australia set India 499 to win

2007-12-28T04:30:00.001-05:00

News.com.au - were under the slightest bit of pressure came when Harbhajan dismissed Hayden and Ponting in successive overs, but Jaques and Hussey steadied through a 40-run stand. Ponting's double failure was his worst outcome in 72 matches, a period dating back Read more

Longtime boyfriend's gifting faux pas

2007-12-27T09:00:00.001-05:00

New York Daily News - DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been dating this young man for quite some time. His best friend just got married and, of course, I was included in the wedding. I even purchased a new dress and made sure to buy the couple a greeting card since I was a guest Read more

Josh and Rihanna's Total Request Love

2007-12-26T11:30:00.001-05:00

Popsugar - Josh Hartnett and Rihanna may seem like another semi-random TRL pairing this week, but MTV may actually have acted as quite the matchmaker. Can you see them making flirty eyes in these pictures? Mmmmmhmmmm. The "Umbrella-ella-ella" singer and 30 Days Read more

Category Wars: Chemistry.com Paints Rival As 'Heartbreak Hotel'

2007-12-25T13:15:00.001-05:00

Brandweek - Category Wars: Chemistry.com Paints Rival As 'Heartbreak Hotel' Online dating sites battle it out to woo prospective clients. April 30, 2007 By Kenneth Hein Apparently there's no love lost between Chemistry.com and competitor eHarmony.com. In fact Read more

A Note From "THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD"

2007-12-24T13:45:00.001-05:00

Gawker - here's the thing: i've been doing online dating off and on for the past 5 years or so, and NEVER, EVER, not even ONCE would any asshole send a letter like he did. if you are as awesome as you think you are, then why waste your time sending something Read more

MoD to open British UFO X-files

2007-12-23T14:45:00.001-05:00

Daily Telegraph - The Ministry of Defence will release a total of 160 files dating back to that time to the National Archives in Kew. The first files will be made available in Spring 2008 and the process is expected to take three years. The MoD has received reports of Read more

Riding High? Amtrak Sees Ridership Rise

2007-12-22T16:45:00.001-05:00

Chicago Tribune - Amtrak says the elusiveness of stable funding holds it back, leaving it unable to commit to infrastructure improvements, get past having to use using some equipment dating back half a century or add new rail cars it says it can easily fill on some Read more

31 ways to meet, catch and keep Mr. Right

2007-12-21T17:00:00.001-05:00

MSNBC - Combining the lightly humorous tone and dead-on accuracy of a best girlfriend's advice with her insider's knowledge gained from 17 years of matchmaking success, Pari Livermore offers a multitude of ideas for finding and keeping the right fabulous guy Read more

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2007-12-20T19:00:00.001-05:00

PRWeb - Promoters of the INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKER REGULATION ACT strategically link international matchmaking organizations with human trafficking rings in effort to gain bipartisan support. Strategic linking of marriage brokers with human trafficking Read more

2 tickets to wine country

2007-12-19T21:15:00.001-05:00

Chicago Tribune - Wabash, in two adjacent buildings dating to 1890, a Tribune item called the food good and the location "odd." The restaurant's decor hinted at the building's past as a speakeasy. Kleiner followed in 2002 with Opera in a former film vault at 1301 S Read more

Science of dating online

2007-12-19T00:45:00.001-05:00

News.com.au - AN online dating site that compares the DNA of its customers promises more satisfying sex and healthier children for couples who are genetically matched. Scientific Match helps singles find their "genetic match" by analysing their DNA and Read more

Gas prices soar while Amtrak withers

2007-12-18T02:00:00.001-05:00

Buffalo News - WASHINGTON — The last time Congress authorized Amtrak — that was 10 years ago — the price of crude oil was around TV network breaks up with local matchmaker NFL nixes prime-time for Bills vs. Giants Police identify Hamburg man killed as vehicle Read more

Here are six handy ways to curb impulse spending

2007-12-17T04:30:00.001-05:00

Buffalo News - Is impulse buying taking a heavy toll on your budget? Here are six ways to get a handle on your spending: • Identify Giants Police crack down on Bills game drinking TV network breaks up with local matchmaker Fireplace ashes cause $120,000 fire in Read more

Former cop, two teachers caught in child porn sting

2007-12-16T08:15:00.001-05:00

News.com.au - Love & Relationships Find a date near you on Match.com - # 1 Online Dating site Worldwide. 0% Balance Transfer For up to 6 months with St George. Overflowing with benefits Experience life the Platinum Way With American Express Platinum. $50 Bonus Prepaid Read more

Break on Through To the Other Side

2007-12-15T10:00:00.001-05:00

New York Sun - But what makes her a potential catch also makes her a challenge for the local shadchen, a matchmaker her parents have engaged to find their daughter a suitable husband in the old neighborhood way. "Put your best foot forward and see what the Read more

Proxy and Proximity

2007-12-14T13:00:00.001-05:00

Middle East Online - However, now Abrahams has been exposed, and as we learn from the Daily Telegraph’s article, the Sadchen (matchmaker) in this disastrous affair was no other than Lord Levy, the Labour ‘honorary cash machine’. This all happened at the early days Read more

Xbox 360

2007-12-13T15:30:00.001-05:00

Game Info Wire - Gamer Profiles will provide a foundation for intelligent matchmaking, so players of similar skill levels and interests can quickly and easily connect, and the Xbox Live Camera peripheral will let gamers add their faces into games and see their Read more

Car hoon evades police

2007-12-12T18:00:00.001-05:00

News.com.au - ANOTHER car hoon has evaded police following a drag race in Sydney's north-west. Police observed a Holden Astra and a Love & Relationships - Find a date near you on Match.com - # 1 Online Dating site Worldwide. Read more

Schumacher takes cab for high-speed spin

2007-12-11T20:30:00.001-05:00

News.com.au - SEVEN-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher shocked a cab driver by taking over the wheel to get to an Love & Relationships - Find a date near you on Match.com - # 1 Online Dating site Worldwide. Read more

Driver may have been racing at 160km/h

2007-12-10T21:30:00.001-05:00

News.com.au - FOUR teenagers were locked in a three kilometre race at up to 160kmh when they died in a fiery crash on the Westgate Love & Relationships - Find a date near you on Match.com - # 1 Online Dating site Worldwide. Read more

Drag-race mother 'had toddler in car'

2007-12-10T02:00:00.001-05:00