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Marriage is no longer the natural state for most American women, according to figures published yesterday. While popular culture — from Little House On The Prairie to The Simpsons — has long portrayed the married couple as the cornerstone of the American social unit, the reality is increasingly different. For what experts say is the first time, more American women are now living without a husband than with one. In 2005, 51 per cent of women told the national census they were living without a spouse, up from 35 per cent in 1950 and 49 per cent in 2000, according...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 10/30/02 - USS Abe Lincoln, 'Nose-Art', Ramallah, Darwaz, Basra, Irbil BREAKING: USS Abraham Lincoln, 'Nose-Art' and Operation Southern Watch BREAKING: Ramallah - Terrorists Refuse to Clean Up PA BREAKING: Hamas in Riyadh BREAKING: Darwaz - US helps treat epidemic BREAKING: al-Shalamcha, Basra, Iraq Iran body exchange (again) BREAKING: Kabul - Afghan detainees Released, Treated very well Irbil, free Iraq and free women, Kandahar, Kuwait ========= USS Abraham Lincoln ========= Aboard the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, somewhere near the North Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Aboard the carrier USS Abraham...