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Rice Could Be Banned At Weddings (KTHV Little Rock) - Rice at weddings is for the birds. At least that's how officials in Venice, Italy, feel. Venice's mayor is considering a ban on throwing rice at weddings. Rice is a traditional way of wishing newlyweds prosperity and fertility.

Banning rice at weddings to keep pigeons away (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Throwing rice at newly-weds will soon be banned in Venice as the city steps up its fight against pigeons soiling its squares and chipping away at monuments.

Weddings and Engagements (Princeton Town Topics) - Rutherford-McClintick. Andrea Christine Rutherford, daughter of Audrey and Paul Rutherford of Princeton, to David McClintick, son of Dean McClintick of Billings, Montana, and the late Dorothy McClintick, on August 18 at the Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

LATEST HEADLINES (PlanetOut) - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday denied a Methodist organization's request to continue getting tax breaks for a public pavilion in Ocean Grove, N.J., where it allows weddings but not same-sex civil-union ceremonies.

N.J. Methodist Group Loses Tax Exempt Status for Pavilion Where It Banned Gay Weddings (The Advocate) - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday denied a Methodist organization's request to continue getting tax breaks for a public pavilion in Ocean Grove, N.J., where the religious group allows heterosexual couples to wed but has banned civil union ceremonies between same-sex couples.

Big Season Expected For Wedding Travellers (Scoop.co.nz) - The South Pacific is increasingly the wedding location of choice for New Zealanders, with large numbers of Kiwi couples already starting to book their 2008 weddings and honeymoons in the islands, says New Zealand’s largest travel retailer.

Forward.com (Forward) - American rabbis are routinely sent to weddings and funerals and fundraisers galore, but in 2008, one of them is asking to be sent where none has gone before: Congress.

'The Knot' reveals latest wedding trends (National Jeweler) - New York—Leading wedding resource The Knot declares environmentally friendly weddings and smaller bridal parties among the newest trends for today's brides and grooms in the Fall 2007/Winter 2008 issue of The Knot magazine.

The wine that binds us (Creative Loafing Tampa) - What does a wine critic drink at her wedding?... By Taylor Eason.Far from today's romance-infused experiences, weddings, up through the Middle Ages, were about politics and survival. Families united in economics and power, love be damned. But in this modern age, amorous couples, after the maudlin ceremony and the raucous party, fend for themselves after exchanging vows. In October, I will be ...

Too old for dollies? Not at this Dixon store (Waynesville Daily Guide) - Jodi Elder Daily Guide Most little girls enjoy playing with dolls, dressing and primping them for imaginary tea parties, weddings or other special occasions.