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Margaret Anne Hunter of Alexandria, Va., said she met Thorne Wesley Jameson Groves online, and the relationship fast blossomed into romance. She said Groves claimed he had AIDS, and thus couldn’t consummate the relationship, but wanted to be happily married before he died. The two indeed married, but Hunter quickly became suspicious — not only did none of Groves’ relatives come to the wedding, but he never removed the bandages covering his chest — for broken ribs suffered in a car accident, he said — and he never needed to visit the doctor or pay medical bills. When the truth came out, that Groves is really Holly Anne Groves, a 26-year-old Texas woman, Hunter did what Americans do best: she sued, asking for $575,000 in damages for fraud and misrepresentation. The figure includes the cost of the wedding, food, rent and cable TV. And her online services bill. (Reuters) ...“It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.” —Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), British author.