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U.K. Brides' Fathers Not Expected to Fund Weddings, Survey Says (Bloomberg.com) - Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Most U.K. under-25s don't expect brides' fathers to pay for their weddings and more young people are likely to borrow money to get married, according to a survey by Capital One Financial Corp.'s Hfs Group.

23 Chinese couples tie knot in group wedding (Saipan Tribune) - Dressed in white, 23 young brides accompanied by their black-suited grooms walked cheerfully to the garden beachside of Hotel Nikko Saipan for their much-awaited group wedding celebration on Saipan yesterday.

Rainbow brides shun dream of a white wedding (Telegraph.co.uk) - More and more brides are following the example of Jordan and Camilla Parker Bowles by ditching white wedding dresses in favour of more colourful gowns.

Abandoned Brides: Canada's Shame India's Sorrow (Nanaimo Daily News) - The men travel to India in the hundreds to meet a new bride, offering promises of a better life back in Canada. Instead, the women are often left penniless, shamed and stranded in a nation that views them as social outcasts. Series begins: Pages A6-A9.

Undead use a little mischief to shake up society's zombies (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Saturday's Zombie Walk was the first of three monster invasions scheduled to go streetside in Seattle this Halloween season. Part performance art, part traveling costume party, the Zombie Walks are a protest against the zombiefication of our television nation.

Indian wedding: How to spend a crore (Rediff.com) - Bridal Asia saw its biggest year ever this month, signalling that the behemoth Indian wedding industry is still going strong.

Man makes weddings into movies (Poughkeepsie Journal) - Saying "I do," the first kiss, the playful cake fight and Grandma dancing "The Electric Slide" are all wedding memories people hold dear. So videographer Jesse Menard started a business called Joyful Moments that would help them remember.

Forget booze and baudiness. Today's bachelor and bachelorette parties are all about making that 'last night' a creative (Republican American) - relatively tame bachelor and bachelorette parties. But what is lost in raunchiness is made up for in creativity. Today's brides and grooms are more likely to take a trip to Miami Beach, visit a spa, go on a golf weekend, have a slumber party or play paintball than hit up the strip clubs.

30-seat luxury coach a hit, despite gas price squeeze (Republican American) - WATERBURY -- Despite soaring fuel prices, Mark DiChiara is smiling.

The scene (Penn State Collegian) - Allen Street Grill , 100 W. College Ave., will feature Jason 0. (231-4745). Bar Bleu , 114 S. Garner St., will feature Open Mic at 9:30 p.m. Specials include happy hour from 9 to 11 p.m. and $5 Molson pitchers until midnight (237-0374).