Internet Dating Services: BETTER DATING BUREAU HELPS SEPARATE THE PEACHES FROM THE LEMONS
Horror stories about blind dates are beginning to be replaced by horror stories about Internet dating services.The services, which act as personal ads online, are growing in popularity, but how do you know if the person you're corresponding with is telling the truth about himself or herself? A new service called the Better Dating Bureau claims to resolve the issue. The service offers background checks and a recent photo of those who subscribe to the bureau. It also claims to be...
Internet Dating Services: Army investigates online `Kassanova'
A colonel allegedly romanced and proposed to at least 50 women, using an Internet dating service for tall people
The Army said Wednesday that it was investigating a 50-year-old colonel who allegedly proposed marriage to dozens of women he contacted using Internet dating services. Col. Kassem Saleh, a married man derisively referred to as "Kassanova" by some of the American and Canadian women he allegedly wooed on the Internet, met many of them through a Web site that arranges dates for tall men and women. Sarah Calder, 33, of Calais, Maine, said some of the women...
Internet Dating Services: Romance banished by despair
"Hooking Up." That's the name of the newest television dating show. For one year, ABC's news division followed a dozen professional women around New York, recording their attempts to pursue men using Internet dating services.According to a New York Times review, the show "shines a bright light on the lives of single women who, desperate for love, date many men and sleep around." It also shines a bright light on why...
Internet Dating Services: Vietnam vets groups accused,
State sues to recover donations used for personal benefitBy MICHAEL P. MAYKOmmayko@ctpost.com
HARTFORD Donations raised to support Vietnam veterans' causes were instead spent on Victoria Secret's lingerie; subscriptions to Internet dating services and liquor, according to a Superior Court lawsuit filed by the state Tuesday.Now Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner James T. Fleming are seeking to recoup money raised for Connecticut Vietnam Veterans Inc. and Vietnam Veterans of America Inc. by their paid...
