States seek to make it safer to find love online
Something just didn't seem right when Ilana Angel met her Internet date at a bar. He furtively looked around the room and immediately suggested they go someplace else in his car, leaving hers behind at...
View ArticleDating site bans 30,000 'ugly' members
A dating website that caters specifically to individuals deemed "attractive" by their peers recently dumped about 30,000 members because, it claims, they were only granted access to the service due to...
View ArticleThe Omnipresence of Facebook
Facebook is still the IT thing; it’s connected to everything from movies to surveys, research and statistics, including one that says one in five divorces involves some mention of Facebook. As the...
View ArticleOnline dating: Is it worth it? See what a study says, and share your stories.
Anyone who’s done it knows that online dating can be a giant pain in the neck. But it works. A new study analyzing 400 academic studies related to online dating found that although it’s far from...
View Article'Catfish' focuses on fake relationships
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick compared the alleged hoax about a "girlfriend" that ensnared linebacker Manti Te'o with the documentary "Catfish."read more
View ArticleOnline romance scam victims identify with Te'o
How could someone be fooled by a fake girlfriend for months? Barb Sluppick, who has operated the RomanceScams.org website for the past decade, knows the answer to that question all too well.read more
View ArticleLegal recourses limited for Te'o to seek
Former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o would be hard-pressed for relief from a civil suit. Manti Te'o says he has received a confession from Ronaiah Tuiasosopo for leading the former Notre Dame...
View ArticleWoman in Te'o fake girlfriend photo speaks out
The woman whose photo was used as the "face" of the Twitter account of Manti Te'o's supposed girlfriend says the man allegedly behind the hoax confessed and apologized to her....read more
View ArticleMan at center of Te'o hoax says he was in love
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo fell in love with Manti Te'o and said all his energy went into pretending to be the woman the Notre Dame linebacker came to know as Lennay Kekua. Tuiasosopo, the 22-year-old...
View ArticleA&M professor tormented for weeks before jumping to his death
A Louisiana man has been arrested and is accused of using his underage relative to lure a Texas A&M University professor into an online relationship that ended with the professor jumping to his...
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