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Kat Von D and Jesse James Get Engaged, and Twitter Gets Snarky

By Mary Phillips-SandyJan 20th 2011 – 5:45PM

It's the romance of the century. OK, maybe not. Tattoo artist/reality star Kat Von D and tattooed motorcycle dude Jesse James have announced their engagement just six months after revealing their relationship -- and just seven months after James' contentious divorce from Sandra Bullock became final. In her previous...

Where Single Ladies Are Scarce, Men Scramble to Put a Ring on It

By Katie DrummondSep 17th 2010 – 4:06PM

(Sept. 17) -- Men don't need to really, really love it to put a ring on it. They just need to like it well enough and be spurred by nightmares of solitary life in an apartment reeking of cats and desolate loneliness. That's at least the case in selected urban areas, where single women are scarce and have more eligible...

Man Arrested After Bragging About 14-Year-Old Girlfriend on Facebook

By Ben MuessigSep 13th 2010 – 4:45PM
Lower Chichester Police Dept.

Lower Chichester Police Dept.

(Sept. 13) -- There's always a risk of oversharing on Facebook -- especially when you're a 27-year-old man attempting to illegally marry a 14-year-old girl. Police arrested Robert Nickson Jr. of Delaware County, Pa., earlier this week after learning of his alleged sexual relationship with a teenager through the couple's...

Bristol Palin-Levi Johnston Relationship Timeline

By Carl FranzenJul 31st 2010 – 6:34PM

(Aug. 3) -- Last month, Sarah Palin's eldest daughter, Bristol, shocked the world (and her mom) by announcing her (re)engagement to ex-boyfriend and baby-daddy Levi Johnston on the cover of Us Weekly. Now, she's turned to another celeb tabloid to break the news that she's breaking it all off, again. As People reports...

Background on engagement

An engagement or betrothal is a promise to marry, and also the period of time between proposal and marriagewhich may be lengthy or trivial.

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