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Cocaine 'being used in weddings and village feasts' (Times of Malta) - The perception that cocaine is a recreational drug used only by the rich no longer holds as experts say it is even being consumed at village feasts, weddings and inside band clubs.

Puppy love: More pets partake in even formal weddings (USA Today) - Though pets have long been part of casual weddings, couples are increasingly including their dogs (and other pets, to a much lesser degree) in the wedding parties of some very formal weddings at the most ornate churches and refined locales, spending hundreds on doggie dress-up.

New Day for Shanghai Nights (New York Times) - Gay Pride Week in Shanghai included the essential “hot body” contest. The occasion was a daylong celebration with drag shows, Chinese opera performances, mock same-sex weddings — and, yes, a “hot body” contest — to help conclude Shanghai’s first Gay Pride Week. And as seven beefcakes, including two from New York and one from Indonesia , strutted onto an outdoor stage, a crowd of hundreds erupted ...

Simple weddings: Get me to the courthouse on time (Hartford Courant) - Some brides and grooms are scrapping their plans for big, expensive weddings. Despite the gloom and doom of the economy, couples are still game to say, "I do." Indeed, the number of weddings expected to take place in the U.S. in 2009 is on par with recent years, holding steady at about 2.2 million. But the style and scope of those weddings are in flux. Many couples are reconsidering big, blowout ...

Weddings (This Week Licking County) - Lauren Damato, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Damato of Grove City, and Brian Alonso, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Alonso of Circleville, have announced their engagement and plan to be married.

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.

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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.

Summer SONOMA issue now on sale (Sonoma Index-Tribune) - Wine Country weddings are the focus of a special nuptial edition of SONOMA, the prestigious lifestyle magazine published by The Sonoma Index-Tribune.

Certified for a June bride (Tideland News) - Tideland News Writer Heidi Barlow has been planning weddings for the past six years, but when a certification course became available at Carteret Community College, it was an opportunity she couldnât resist.