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Outer Banks wedding weekend showcases the area to brides (Outer Banks Sentinel) - The Outer Banks Wedding Association (OBWA) will produce its Eighth Annual Outer Banks Wedding Weekend and Expo Jan. 7-8.

Picking a wedding bouquet (The Charlotte Observer) - For some brides, only the most proper bouquet of rosebuds will do. Others would rather sashay down the aisle with chili peppers and pomegranates tucked among their posies.

Making a list, checking it twice (The Star Online) - Here’s a trend that will be more than welcomed by those who are thinking of taking the matrimonial plunge. BRIGITTE ROZARIO speaks to a woman who wants to help brides and grooms get better gifts.

In Memoriam: Playbill.com Remembers Those We Lost in 2005 (Playbill) - As 2006 dawns following a year's worth of grim reports about deaths from war, natural disasters and terrorism, those of us who cling to the theatre as a life raft to help us navigate the stormy world can't help but think of those from our own community who left us in 2005.

Twice the fun in Sydney (Sydney Morning Herald) - Canadian fashion designers Dean Caten (left) and Dan Caten (right) after presenting Dsquared's Spring/Summer 2006 women's collections in Milan. Photo: AFP

Bluff View Art District’s 10th Annual Day for Brides Set Jan. 8 (The Chattanoogan) - Bluff View Art District will host the 10th Annual Day For Brides on Sunday, Jan. 8.

In Ethiopia, young girls facing servitude turn to athletics (Boston Globe) - ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Virtually the only way for Tesdale Mesele, 13, to avoid being married soon into a life of housework and childbearing was to run.

Excess leads to calls for dowry regulations (Sun-Sentinel) - JOHANNESBURG, South Africa · In rural South Africa, a man seeking a wife has long had to pay a few cattle to her parents, as a token compensation for their loss and as a gesture indicating his financial ability to support a new family.

Evelyn Miller tops 2005 (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier) - WATERLOO --- Her face radiates sweetness in her pictures --- a huge smile that engulfs her face surrounding a body that should be hugging dolls, stuffed animals and kittens.

top jobs (Arizona Daily Star) - With a light touch, a cheeky wit and a huge reservoir of information, Anoop Chandola , University of Arizona professor emeritus of East Asian studies, has launched on a career in fiction, offering his readers a look at the culture, mythology, philosophy, history, religions and rituals of his native India.