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Dream Weddings Bridal Show offers a bevy of bridal ideas, exhibitors (Conroe Courier) - In 2006, brides are getting personal about their weddings and they're doing it in a rainbow of colors.

Danish satirist, a Muslim, sees laughs ebbing away (International Herald Tribune) - "It's getting hard to be a Muslim comic in this country," said Omar Marzouk, who is as in demand at leftist cocktail parties in Copenhagen as he is at Middle Eastern weddings.

SAN MATEO / Ex-jurist guilty of pocketing cash for weddings / San Mateo County commissioner took $600 from 4 couples (San Francisco Chronicle) - A former San Mateo County commissioner who was paid $123,000 a year to hear small-claims cases was found guilty of taking $600 in cash for weddings he performed in his courtroom during business hours. Clark Leslie, 55, was convicted Monday of four...

Authorities warn about thieves striking homes during funerals, weddings (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier) - APLINGTON ---- In the days after Glenn Johnson's mother died, most people offered kind words and compassion to help him through early days of mourning. Others preyed on the opportunity.

Former commissioner convicted of accepting cash for weddings in courtroom (KESQ) - SAN MATEO, Calif. A former San Mateo County commissioner is facing possible jail time after being convicted of accepting cash for performing weddings in his courtroom.

This Week in Weddings: (WECT 6 Wilmington) - If a bride wants her brother in the wedding but the groom doesn't want him to be a groomsman, how do you handle it? Click through for Carley's answer!

El Paso Church Offers Free Weddings (KFOX 14 El Paso) - A local church is offering free wedding services this Valentine's Day. The Word of Life Church in east El Paso is inviting anyone who is married by a court to come in and be married in front of God.

It's four weddings and a doctor for Saudi man! (New Kerala) - London: A Saudi man, caught up in a tug-of-war between his divorced parents, landed up in the hospital after they forced him to marry four times in six months.

Weddings, births and more keep area residents busy (Clark County Democrat) - Mrs. Annie Lee Welch of Chance celebrated her grandson’s wedding in Birmingham on January 21 in Birmingham at the Avondale Church of Christ. The officiating minister was Dr. Bill Davis of the Sylvania Heights Church of Christ in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Dance diva to perform 'Mata Hari' in Miami (Miami Herald) - For critically acclaimed modern dance soloist Nejla Yatkin, Middle Eastern dance is neither commercial nor controversial. It's home. Raised in Germany by parents of Egyptian and Turkish ancestry, Yatkin remembers belly dance as a mainstay in weddings and family gatherings: ``Belly dance was something that always brought people together. It was a very community-based event.''