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Bringing Home The Troops: 7 Reasons To Date A Military Man

Obama is bringing the troops home from the war in Iraq, and it's a single woman's dream.

Obama is bringing the troops home from Iraq, and it's a single woman's perfect opportunity to snag a man in uniform. So, dust off your patriotic heels and show our men in service just how much you appreciate their sacrifices.

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Is Green Zone A Date Movie?

Matt Damon tackles the politics, WMD and Greg Kinnear in this Iraq War picture.

This Friday (March 12) Matt Damon is back to his badass, running, gunning and thinking ways with Green Zone. The handsome Oscar-ino (for Best Original Screenplay) teams up with "Bourne" episodes 2 and 3 director Paul Greengrass for this political blow 'em up. The big question, though, is "Green Zone" a date movie?

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Iraqis Are Paid For Mixed Marriages

The al-Maliki government will $2,000 for Sunni and Shiite to wed.

You may or may not know this but the Iraqi government's latest attempt to reconcile disparate factions involves a little matchmaking. According to The Washington Times (and many, many other sources), Nouri al-Maliki's government is paying couples $2,000 to couples willing to cross sect lines and marry someone from the other major branch of Islam. In some countries, it's quite irregular for Shiites and Sunnis to wed. In more secular nations, like pre-invasion Iraq, it was fairly common.

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Brad: Angie Is Irresponsible & Obsessed With Death

Emotionally drained by "morbid," "irresponsible" Angelina, Brad sulks to Nick Drake.

The media has two more stories circulating that detail several specifics on Brad's ever growing list of Things Angelina Is Doing Wrong. To begin with, he's sick of her fascination with death. According to the Daily Mail, an "inside source" has revealed that "[Angelina] been trying to persuade Brad to make a decision on where they should be buried but he thinks the whole thing is morbid." Brad also thinks Angelina is "irresponsible," citing her recent decision to take son Maddox on a tour of an Iraqi refugee camp on July 23.

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Is Our Facebook Romance Real?

Her first love found her on Facebook. But is their new romance real, or just fantasy?

The guy I lost my virginity to found me on Facebook a few months ago. I opened my inbox to read, "Is this Teri? If so, hit me back." It was an absurdly casual message, as if he had no idea I associated him with puking from anesthesia in the parking lot of an abortion clinic. The shock I felt when I saw the name *Jeffery in my inbox is a testament to how successful I had been at forgetting everything that happened between us.

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Lara Logan: American

The CBS war correspondent many have gotten a little loose in Iraq.

CBS war correspondent Lara Logan may be in a tight spot. Not like getting bombs dropped on her but more like the love triangle/ home wrecker variety. Everyone needs to cool out. Crazy stuff happens in a war zone, aight? Hopefully all of this will get squared away in short order.