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NEW YORK-- The ACLU is lobbying for the gay couple on "Modern Family" to get married. The ACLU says it is appealing to the fictional family to draw more attention to the real issue as it awaits Supreme Court decisions on two important marriage equality cases.
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CNBC's John Harwood has the latest details from the Supreme Court on the battle over gay marriage.
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week in regards to whether same-sex couples have the right to marry. Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean; Kellyanne Conway, The Polling Company; and CNBC contributors Keith Boykin and Jim Pethokoukis.
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The Supreme Court is about to consider gay marriage, but major US corporations have, in their own way, already decided it's OK.
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When does a divorce become a shareholder's problem? CNBC's Robert Frank has the story.
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Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm is locked in a contentious divorce that could lead to a record-shattering multi-billion dollar settlement. CNBC's Robert Frank and Joshua Schneyer, Reuters, offer insight.
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CNBC's Robert Frank reports billionaire Harold Hamm's divorce could take the top spot as the most expensive divorce on record.
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*Harold Hamm's wife, Sue Ann Hamm, sues for divorce and subpoenas financial records.
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Elizabeth Petrakis, Divorce Prep Experts CEO, offers insight on the news that a New York judge tossed out a prenup between her and her soon-to-be ex-husband Peter.
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NEW YORK, March 13- Every October, a group of about 100 divorcees pack into a hotel on Treasure Island Beach, Florida, for the annual gathering of the Straight Spouse Network- bound together by their shared separation from former husbands and wives who are now openly gay. Later this month the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the U.S.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 13- In Kentucky, a Bible Belt state where voters have passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, the movement to promote gay rights has two factions.
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WASHINGTON, March 12- Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, the lesbian couple at the center of a major gay rights case set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court this month, were in many ways a typical New York power couple. They met in a Greenwich Village restaurant in the 1960 s and lived together for decades, summering at a Long Island beach house.
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Mad Money is celebrating 8 years, and you're invited to join in by telling the crew your favorite moment.
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SHANGHAI, March 6- At Shanghai's Zhabei District marriage registration centre, officials divorced a record 53 couples in a single day this week- that's about one every five minutes- as couples rushed to untie the knot to avoid tougher tax laws on home sales.
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The "marriage penalty" that often made filing jointly more costly is mostly gone. But there are still instances when filing separately may be warranted.
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CHICAGO, Jan 30- Russell Wasendorf Sr., who admitted looting more than $100 million from futures broker Peregrine Financial Group, expects to die behind bars even if a judge ignores prosecutors and imposes a lenient sentence at a hearing on Thursday.
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Russell Wasendorf Sr, the former CEO, has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and is in an Iowa jail awaiting sentencing this Thursday. The lawsuit by Peregrine Financial trustee Ira Bodenstein alleges yet another use for the stolen funds: to cut free from his 24- year marriage to Connie Wasendorf.
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CNBC's Jane Wells walks into a bar to find out first hand if, according to a report by Psychology Today, women drink more after they say, "I do," but men drink less.
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PARIS, Jan 22- Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld sent two models dressed as brides alongside his tiny godson down the catwalk on Tuesday in a public show of support for French government plans to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption.
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LONDON, Jan 21- Prime Minister David Cameron is leading Britain into a minefield in seeking to renegotiate its terms of membership of the European Union.
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In the negotiations between spouses and their lawyers that settle ninety-five percent of divorces, infidelity can matter a lot.