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More brides angle for cheaper weddings (The Pantagraph) - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brides are still saying “I do” in 2009, but they’re saying “I don’t” to lavish weddings.

Toronto strike closes daycares, cancels weddings (Canada.com) - About 24,000 unionized city workers walked off the job Monday morning, setting the stage for garbage pile-ups, closed daycare centres, cancelled summer programs and even the postponement of weddings.

Underground weddings end (ABC 7 Gulfshore News) - Underground weddings are coming to an end.

Shotgun weddings on rise in Japan as attitudes to pregnancy shift (Times Online) - The happy couple’s first dinner as husband and wife will be a magnificent banquet rich in iron, calcium and complex carbohydrates: the perfect menu for the most chic of shotgun weddings.

Same-sex weddings, heartland style (CNN) - The art of dodging tossed wedding bouquets had been mastered by Cindy Pollard. At 52, and with plenty of experience celebrating the big day for others, she'd learned how to back into corners and disappear when brides sent those flowers flying.

British serial bride facing jail term (The New Zealand Herald) - LONDON - Emily Horne has always liked attending weddings - especially her own. Yesterday the 30-year-old former model pleaded guilty in a Manchester court to a charge of bigamy.

Here comes the pooch? Pets at weddings: Why not? (Delaware County Times) - Kaycee English considers her dog Bowser part of the family, so including him in her wedding was an obvious choice.

British serial bride facing jail term (The New Zealand Herald) - LONDON - Emily Horne has always liked attending weddings - especially her own. Yesterday the 30-year-old former model pleaded guilty in a Manchester court to a charge of bigamy. She has been married five times but only her first,...

Scott Hudson's Sweet Storm a Timber-Hearted Love Story (The Village Voice) - Recently, NPR compiled a list of the worst songs played at weddings: "Send in the Clowns," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "Just a Gigolo." You might add to this the one playwright Scott Hudson chooses for his newlyweds to sway to in Sweet Storm . In the 1959 hit "Sleep Walk," Santo & Jo...

Reserve county garden for weddings (The Bernardsville News) - The Horticulture Department of the Somerset County Park Commission is accepting reservations for wedding ceremonies and photos for the Perennial Garden, the Rose Garden, and the Colonial Park Arboretum. The fee for each site is $75 per hour.