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Company rents out robot as temp worker (AP via Yahoo! News) - It can greet people, show DVDs and hand out balloons. "Ubiko," a robot-on-wheels with a catlike face, is joining the crew of temporary workers supplied by a Japanese job-referral company to stores, events and even weddings.

Use fire trucks for fires, not weddings (Eagle-Tribune Online) - There was no major public safety crisis in Derry, N.H., about a month ago, when a Fire Department ladder truck was used as part of the wedding celebration for a local firefighter.

We'd like you to meet Dawn Wickham, owner, Kismet Weddings (The Idaho Statesman) - Number of years in city: 3 in Meridian, 5 in Boise and 2 in Caldwell. Job: Wedding planner and ordained minister. Family: Husband, Derek; father, Dennis Oliveira; brother, Jason Oliveira.

Robot Serves As Temp Worker in Japan (San Francisco Chronicle) - It can greet people, show DVDs and hand out balloons. "Ubiko," a robot-on-wheels with a catlike face, is joining the crew of temporary workers supplied by a Japanese job-referral company to stores, events and even weddings. Next month, the 44-...

New Generation of Camcorders Records Memories Directly on DVD (Hope Star) - (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.

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

Weddings and Engagements (Princeton Town Topics) - Farrell-Kelsey. Katharine Anne (Annie) Farrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Farrell of Princeton, to John Forsyth (Jay) Kelsey IV, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kelsey III, also of Princeton, on October 21 at Nassau Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes officiated.

Botswana: Seepapitso Should Have Consulted (AllAfrica.com) - Just over a week ago, state-owned Daily News ran a story stating that Bangwaketse Paramount Chief Seepapitso IV has placed a moratorium on weddings and Kgotla cases until the ploughing season is over. That will be around the second week of January.

Make Out of Town Wedding Guests Feel at Home (Kewanee Star Courier) - (ARA) - Weddings are a big occasion not only for the bride and groom, but for their friends and families as well. It is a great chance for people who don't see each other as often as they would like to reconnect.

Bring back the suits in NFL (Inside Bay Area) - THERE ARE TWO occasions for which I wear a suit: weddings and funerals. That's it.