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Prices take shine off Pakistan weddings (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Pakistan's traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle this matrimonial season thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks.

Materialism, bad planning ruin weddings (Ball State Daily News) - Summer is wedding season, or as I call it, "Big-Pain-in-the-Ass Season." As mailboxes overflow and burst with wedding invitations heralding these special, sacred, beautiful ceremonies, I wonder how many more weddings I can handle before I snap.

Prices take shine off Pakistan weddings (Press Trust of India) - Karachi, Nov 8 (AFP) Pakistan's traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle this matrimonial season thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks.

WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser) - See the wedding and engagement announcements from the latest Sunday Advertiser by clicking here.

Miss Manners: Say 'I do' to weddings (Inside Bay Area) - DEAR MISS MANNERS: My partner and I have attended several weddings of heterosexuals in Wisconsin, which, ironically, passed the first statewide Gay Rights Bill in the 1980s and now bans so-called gay marriages.

- Weddings - Standard Speaker (The Hazleton Standard-Speaker) - Maggie Mistal and Craig Zabransky were married in a private ceremony performed on a sunset beach in the Florida Keys with the immediate family of both the bride and groom in attendance. Conrad and Maryann Zabransky hosted a night-before reception at the

Tale of two strokes: Donor's gift helps save good friend (The Capital Times) - The Prestigiacomo and Berge families have grown up and old together. For more than 35 years Chuck and Rose Marie Prestigiacomo and Mary and Paul Berge have cheered on each other's children at local swim meets, attended Badger homecoming parties and golfed together. They've gone up north on vacations together. They've attended each other's children's weddings and graduations and celebrated ...

Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: Of Muppets, Monkeys, and Mexican Wrestling [Altarcations] (Gawker) - ChiChi! Joo got the yayo, mane? No boss, we got something better. The addictive shit that is the uncut NYT Weddings & Celebrations section. Our pusherman? Phyllis Nefler, moving mad weight weekly,...

Say 'I do' to a bit of culture at wedding (Detroit Free Press) - Weddings are all about personalization. Adding a bit of your heritage to your celebration is a great way to bring meaning to the milestone. Take a look at how different cultures embrace their wedding vows: Elaborate henna designs are nearly synonymous with the traditional Indian bride.

Weddings then and now (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - What has changed over the years In the last 50 years, according to the AARP magazine, many aspects of weddings, including the cost, the gown, the honeymoon and the age at which couples married, have changed – some drastically. Enjoy a look back in time. In 1958, 1.5 million weddings were held.