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04/26/2011 - Updated 05:31 PM ET

Like a divorce, without the marriage

Daniel Emerson says breakup “felt like it was a divorce.”
Daniel Emerson says breakup “felt like it was a divorce.”
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By Joel Page, for USA TODAY

Nation & World

Trays of printed Social Security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia.

Americans depend more on federal aid than ever

Benefit programs now account for a higher share of personal income than ever before.

Money

Aflac says it got more than 12,000 auditions to be the voice of the Duck.

Aflac Duck gets a Minnesota accent

Aflac is betting a TV advertising sales manager from Minnesota has the voice to drive the Duck.

Sports

Tiger out 'a few weeks' with minor knee injury

Tiger Woods said on his website he has a mild sprain in his left knee and Achilles' tendon.

Life

It's official: Katie Couric is leaving the 'CBS Evening News.'

Katie Couric leaving 'CBS Evening News'

It's official: Couric is leaving her anchor spot at 'CBS Evening News' desk.

Travel

Disney publicity photo shows professional dancer Tony Dovolani from

Disney World adding princess-themed rooms

The "Royal Rooms" are a bid to keep customers happy and willing to pay premium rates.

Your Life

For wedded bliss, pursue your passions together

It works for William and Kate: Personality plus excitement has led them to the altar of 'nirvana.'

Tech

This Feb. 27, 2011 picture shows the Biosphere 2 complex in Oracle, Ariz. With new projects and experiments, researchers say Biosphere 2 may be even more relevant today than when those first people passed through the airlocks on Sept. 26, 1991. The focus now is figuring out how we'll survive on our own warming planet.

Human terrarium looking good at 20

Scientists use the huge facility to figure out how we'll survive on our own warming planet.

Opinion

Obama: Leaving blacks in the cold?

Obama's broken vow: I'll help jobless blacks

DeWayne Wickham, on the president's record: "This is not an easy column for me to write."

Markets

Dow S & P 500 NASDAQ Financial markets