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Gold's High Price Leaves Afghan Brides, Grooms Blue (Fox News) - Take pity on the Afghan bride. Or maybe just as appropriate — take pity on the groom.

New spin on old favorite wedding rituals (Seattle Times) - Most couples planning a wedding consider the question of how best to honor cherished wedding rituals. Many brides and grooms find themselves...

Don't pass on the china (Seattle Times) - For some brides, fine china is a tradition not worth following in an era that is eminently more casual. But even if you don't entertain at...

The Big Hitch (Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance) - Describes the kinds of loss wedding insurance will cover, what it will not cover, and how much coverage is typical. Notes that the litany of exclusions should make brides and grooms vow to say no to getting insured.

Gold Prices Disappoint Afghan Brides (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Take pity on the Afghan bride. Or maybe just as appropriate -- take pity on the groom. Centuries of pageantry and tradition combined with a recent 26-year high in gold prices are taking a toll on the amount of jewelry a bride here can expect to wear on her wedding day, a marker of family pride and a social expectation that can make or break a ceremony, a huge occasion in Afghanistan.

Financial Literacy ABCs (WALB News 10) - Special from CSMonitor.com Here Comes the.... Bill! Nuptial sticker shock is a sobering fact for brides and grooms as wedding bells produce ever-larger wedding bills.

Here Comes the.... Bill! (WLBT 3) - Nuptial sticker shock is a sobering fact for brides and grooms as wedding bells produce ever-larger wedding bills.

Gold Prices Disappoint Afghan Brides (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Take pity on the Afghan bride. Or maybe just as appropriate - take pity on the groom. Centuries of pageantry and tradition combined with a recent 26-year high in gold prices are taking a toll on the amount of jewelry a bride here can expect to wear on her wedding day, a marker of family pride and a social expectation that can make or break a ceremony, a huge occasion in

Books, web sites on emotions and engagement (Sun-Sentinel) - ''The Conscious Bride: Women Unveil Their True Feelings About Getting Hitched,'' by Sheryl Paul, MA. $12.95, New Harbinger Productions. http://www.consciousweddings.com includes message board for brides. Paul does phone counseling with brides. Contact information is on her Web site.

'Water' dripping with unanswered cries (Baltimore Sun) - According to ancient yet extant Hindu laws, widows of all ages - even child brides who never knew their husbands - should either throw themselves on their spouse's funeral pyre, adopt a life of renunciation, or with the family's permission marry a brother to the deceased. Water offers a fervid outcry against these practices. But this flowery, literary feature too often takes the form of a romance