Many couples that split argue over real estate, a car or the kids. But one New York surgeon who gave his wife a kidney during their marriage is asking for some compensation-or the kidney.

Richard Batista, is a surgeon at Nassau University Medical Center, went public with his demands for kidney compensation because he's become frustrated with four long years of divorce negotiations with his ex-wife, Digital Journal reported.

Recession appears to be the solution to the empty nest syndrome experienced by elderly Americans with a growing number of adult children returning home to cut cost.

The journey back home is attributed to a host of factors including joblessness, foreclosed homes and high cost of living. The 2007 U.S. census said 55 percent of males and 48 percent of females ages 18 to 24 still live with their parents.

Las Vegas may soon have a competitor for the title wedding capital of the U.S. in Lower Manhattan as New York City upgraded its Marriage Bureau in a bid to attract couples who want a quickie wedding ceremony.

The bureau, which used to be housed in a small office marked by cracked floor tiles and plastic chairs in the municipal building opposite city hall was moved to a swanky 24,000 square foot palace.

Las Vegas may soon have a competitor for the title wedding capital of the U.S. in Lower Manhattan as New York City upgraded its Marriage Bureau in a bid to attract couples who want a quickie wedding ceremony.

The bureau, which used to be housed in a small office marked by cracked floor tiles and plastic chairs in the municipal building opposite city hall was moved to a swanky 24,000 square foot palace.

Having an empty nest may work wonders for marriages, a study by the University of California Berkeley's Institute of Personality & Social Research suggests.

The study was based on the marriage of 100 women and the different stages they went through such as early married life, child-rearing and separations. It had three landmark ages which researchers used to study the women's level of satisfaction when they were 43, 52 and 61.