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We had heard rumors that the relationship between 38-year old TechCrunch publisher Michael Arrington and 22-year old Exonerated PR founder Calley Nye might have been more than strictly professional. Thanks to a tipster's sleuthing, we found that blabby blogger Robert Scoble had confirmed that the pair had consummated their relationship on Facebook. Since unpublishing posts written by former friends-with-benefits is all the rage these days, that might explain why Nye's latest post on TechCrunch has disappeared from the site — just like Arrington removed the relationship status indicator from his Facebook profile. After the jump, the official screenshot of Arrington's profession of affection for the most recent addition to the TechCrunch contributor list.

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