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Leaders ban some weddings in Somalia (AP via Yahoo! News) - Islamic leaders Monday banned youthful Somalis from marrying without the consent of their parents, saying such unions violate Islam.

New Generation of Camcorders Records Memories Directly on DVD (Derby Daily Reporter) - (ARA) - From weddings to graduations to new babies, memories fade, but videos of the occassion preserve the moment. DVD camcorders, which combine the versatile capabilities of a camcorder with the unbeatable convenience of DVD media, are the perfect solution.

Weddings (Argus Leader) - NEGRIL, Jamaica - Alicia Walter and Matthew Fey were married May 19, 2006, in Negril. Honor attendants were Gwindy Walter and Eric Houselog. The couple will live in Harrisburg. The bride is a graduate of the University of South Dakota with a degree in nursing.

Somalia: Elopements Banned (New York Times) - The Islamists who control much of the country have banned Somalis from marrying without the consent of their parents, saying such unions violate Islam. The practice of masaafo, roughly equivalent to eloping, is common because it allows couples to wed without their parents scuttling the union because they deem the dowry too small. Weddings often cost up to a year?s savings for an average Somali.

Teen Fashion Designer Dreams About Her Own Wedding Day (Harrisburg Daily Register) - (ARA) - It's no surprise that weddings are a serious business. They are, after all, a $25.3 billion industry.

Weddings and Engagements (Hartselle Enquirer) - Kira Michelle Smith of Hartselle and Ryan Michael Morgan of Hartselle were wed Sept. 9, 2006 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Hartselle. Rev. WG Henry of Madison officiated the ceremony.

Local DJ starts his own store (The Ironton Tribune) - PROCTORVILLE — Dave Thompson loves weddings so much that he’s been to about 800 or so in the past decade. He’s also a regular at proms, churches, festivals and other gatherings. No, he isn’t a movie inspired wedding crasher; he’s the disc jockey.

News forms now available here (Perry County News) - The Perry County News uses forms to obtain information for events such as births, engagements and weddings, and now those forms are available online. Simply click on the “Online Forms” button under the “Sections” header on the left side of this page.

Business briefcase (The Daily News of Newburyport) - Linda Dale Brown of Salisbury and more than 60 members of the Massachusetts Justices of the Peace Association Inc. have volunteered to officiate free of charge at the weddings of any active-duty U.S. serviceman or servicewoman currently serving in or being deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Echo boomers driving wedding business (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - The percentage of households in America may have fewer married couples, but the amount of money spent on weddings is growing 25 percent faster than the gross domestic product. That's one of the findings in a report on the wedding industry by The Mercanti Group, a Minneapolis-based financial advisory firm.