All sorts of information can be obtained online nowadays, from criminal and civil records to real estate and divorces files, but checking if someone is already married is a little tougher, which ...

New Hampshire’s largest newspaper is defending its decision to refuse to publish marriage notices for gay couples. New Hampshire is one of five states to have legalized gay marriage. Two men getting ...

Kelly McBride, ethics faculty member at The Poynter Institute, a St. Petersburg, Fla., school dedicated to teaching and inspiring journalists, said that by publishing these announcements, newspapers ...

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