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Mass. judge OKs pre-'06 N.Y. gay weddings (MSNBC) - The marriages of more than 170 gay couples from New York who wed in Massachusetts before last July are valid because New York had not yet explicitly banned same-sex marriages, a Massachusetts judge ruled.

Weddings with a warranty (The State) - If anyone knows the value of a good insurance policy, it’s Romeo Lavarias.

NY Gay Couples Married In Mass. Have Weddings Validated (365Gay.com) - (New York City) Estimated to be in the hundreds, same-sex couples from New York state who were married in Massachusetts between May 17, 2004 and July 6, 2006, have now had those marriages declared legal.

New plans for old Loretto Academy (The Kansas City Star) - John Bregin Jr. has been the host for 1,000 weddings and events at the historic Loretto Academy on 39th Street during the past 10 years. Now he wants to expand on that success.

Fair is lovely in Bihar's heart of darkness (IANS via Yahoo! India News) - Patna, May 17 (IANS) Hundreds of weddings are being solemnised in Bihar s traditional marriage season in summer called lagan , but many dark complexioned boys and girls - especially the latter - are finding themselves spurned.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy brings street-corner swing (The Wichita Eagle) - When they were first starting out, the guys in Big Bad Voodoo Daddy would play anywhere they could: weddings, dive bars, the occasional strawberry festival (they're from Southern California -- what do you expect?).

Corporates court big-spending Indian weddings (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian weddings, long renowned for their penchant for lavish spending, are attracting corporates across a clutch of industries, transforming the wedding services industry into a more organised business.

Modern Weddings (Today's News-Herald) - (Family Features) - In recent years, wedding traditions have changed dramatically, and the bride and groom aren't the only ones affected.

Weddings made easy with Web (Park Record) - Wedding planning may get easier with the continued rise of the Net, according to Ben Ginster.Ginster and his wife, Karen, started a Web site,

Comedy: Comedy club 4 kids (The Herald) - Instilling the ego and backchat of a stand-up comedian in your child could turn them into a mini-Robin Williams, a hyperactive, sugar demanding primadonna specialising in poo jokes, impressions of Spiderman and you dancing at weddings.