270-game winner Mussina says he’s quitting - Houston Chronicle
NEW YORK New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina says he s retiring. Mussina announced his retirement Thursday after winning 20 games this past season. He becomes the first pitcher to call it quits following a 20-win season since Hall of Famer
Source: www.chron.com

Here Comes the Bride: 322 Bridal Fashion Ideas - Nymag.com
From left to right: What to Wear: J.Crew dress, Calypso dress, BCBG dress. Accessories: Simply Vera by Vera Wang earrings, Pollini shoes. Wedding Gowns: Melissa Sweet gown, Anna Maier/Ulla-Maija Couture gown. If your head is spinning with visions of
Source: nymag.com

Megan Fox Plans a Small Wedding - People
Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox at Chateau Marmont Photo by: Lester Cohen / WireImage Despite reports to the contrary, Transformers hottie Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green are “still engaged,” he tells PEOPLE and they’re busy planning the

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes spent wedding anniversary with kids - AZCentral.com
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent their wedding anniversary at home with their children. The Batman Begins actress rushed home from New York to Los Angeles on Sunday evening to be with Tom, their two-year-old daughter Suri and Isabella, 15, and
Source: www.azcentral.com

Katie Holmes Celebrates Two-Year Wedding Anniversary Without Tom - Entertainmentwise
Katie Holmes spent yesterday working instead of celebrating after her husband Tom Cruise was a no-show on their two-year anniversary . The All My Sons actress opted for an evening alone in New York whilst Tom - who is currently working on his latest
Source: www.entertainmentwise.com

Lockerbie victims’ families call payment repulsive - Newsday
For Siobhan Mulroy, who lost six relatives when a terrorist bomb ripped apart a Pan Am 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the final restitution from Libya doesn’t bring relief, or satisfaction, or closure. The feeling, she said, is closer to revulsion

Resources weigh on JSE - The Times
The JSE sank deeper into the red by noon as a result of resource and gold stocks coming under pressure as a lack of market confidence and recession fears continued to impact on bourses around the world. The local bourse followed Asian markets lower

UPDATE 2-Gold steady after early falls, recession fears linger - Reuters India
Gold slips over 1 pct before rebounding * Nikkei bounces after falling sharply on recession fears * Oil down below $56 a barrel * Platinum up ahead of Tuesday’s Johnson Matthey report (Updates prices) By Lewa Pardomuan SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Reuters

Three charged over heroin ring raids in Melbourne’s east - News.com.au
THREE people have been charged with heroin trafficking after police raids on five properties in Melbourne’s east following a three-month investigation. Croydon Divisional Tasking Unit police arrested a 47-year-old woman at 12.30pm yesterday behind a
Source: www.news.com.au

U.S. warns Syria against intervention in Lebanon - Xinhua News Agency
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — The United States on Monday reiterated its warning against alleged Syria’s interfering in Lebanon after recent terrorist attacks in Damascus. “The recent terrorist attacks that took place in Tripoli (Lebanon) and

Iran president blames Wall Street turmoil on U.S. ‘military engagement - Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Monday that the turmoil on Wall Street was rooted in part in U.S. military intervention abroad and voiced hope that the next American administration would retreat from what he called
Source: www.latimes.com

‘Bride’ arrested on wedding day - Times Online
She had something old, something new, something borrowed and a man in blue. This is the moment that a newlywed bride was arrested, still wearing her wedding dress and minutes after exchanging vows with her new husband, as part of a crackdown on
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Calif. Gay-Marriage Ban Appears to Lose Support - Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — Backers of a referendum to ban same-sex marriage in California are winning the fundraising race, but analysts and public polls suggest that voter sentiment appears to be turning against them. The main backer of Proposition 8, which
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

McCain’s homeland security strategy could take an ‘eBay approach’ - CNET News
WASHINGTON–Government needs better engagement with the private sector to develop a stronger homeland security strategy for emergency response, government and industry representatives said Wednesday–and may even turn to companies like eBay for

Minister marries her lesbian partner - Guardian Unlimited
Treasury minister Angela Eagle became the first female MP to tie the knot in a civil partnership yesterday when she wed her partner of 18 years. The 47-year-old Labour MP for Wallasey took part in a civil partnership ceremony with BT engineer Maria

Arson over controversial book - The Australian
BRITISH police arrested three men today in connection with a fire at the offices of the publisher of a book about the Prophet Mohammed and his child bride. The men, aged 22, 30 and 40, were arrested in north London under anti-terrorism legislation

Israeli bride crosses border to marry in Syria - MSNBC
Dressed in a white wedding dress, Arin Safadi crossed into Syria from Israel on Thursday to get married. Arin Safadi, a 25-year-old Druse from the village of Ein Qinya in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, was greeted by her fiance and his family

A reel bride - Atlantic City Press
Daria Canale, of Huntington, Valley, Pa., does some surf casting in style Wednesday at the Sixth Street beach in Ocean City. Her husband, Joe Canale, who has a house in Ocean City, married Darai this past Friday and the two were on the beach

Fall Wedding Guide 2008 - Sun-Journal
For many, the stress and whirlwind of wedding planning can get crazy. And it often leads to brides and grooms crash dieting in order to fit into their dress and tux. But once the big day and honeymoon are over, newlyweds are prone to gaining back the

XL holiday firm collapse: Victims fly home as anger mounts - Daily Telegraph
XL passengers stranded in Greece vent their anger. ; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1791628102 http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1139053637 A mass airlift to bring back some of the 85,000 tourists caught out

Michelle Singletary - Washington Post
Need advice about how to handle your personal finances? Whether the struggle is saving for retirement, organizing your bank files, or talking about money responsibility with your spouse or loved one, Post personal finance columnist Michelle
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Beijing Time - Guardian Unlimited
The name of Tiananmen Square evokes one thing - the student massacre of 1989 - to most westerners, and another to most Chinese: it is the venue for “the daily re-enactment of the birth of the Chinese nation”. When the half-millennium-old Tiananmen

Man discovers Bianca Jagger’s ring - Epping Forest Guardian
Austrian authorities say an unidentified man has found Bianca Jagger’s diamond-encrusted platinum ring worth 160,000 in a small town outside Salzburg and has turned it over to police. The ex-wife of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger reported the

Hasidic couple invites town to wedding - Montreal Gazette
Mazeltov! After a week of bad publicity over anti-Semitism in this Laurentian resort town of Ste. Agathe, here’s a bit of good news. A Hasidic couple is getting married here next week in an outdoor ceremony, and the whole town is invited. Not only

Del Martin, lesbian pioneer and bride, dead at 87 - Salon
Wednesday came the sad news that Martin and Lyon, who had been together for 55 years, got to be newlyweds for only a few months. Martin died Wednesday morning at UCSF Hospice, with Lyon by her side, according to the San Francisco Chronicle . Martin

Slice of Diana’s wedding cake sells for $1,830 - MSNBC
Chief petty officer cook David Avery with the royal wedding cake made for Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding. A slice of the cake which was given to Moyra Smith, who worked for the Queen Mother at Clarence House was sold at an
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Bianca Jagger loses ring worth 200,000 euros in Salzburg - eNews 2.0
It was an expensive trip to Salzburg for human rights activist Bianca Jagger, as she lost a ring worth 200,000 euros (293,000 dollars) to the city last weekend, Austrian media reported Wednesday. Jagger, in town for the Salzburg Festival, asked
Source: www.enews20.com

The Reverse Maddox Corollary - ESPN.com
This hasn’t been the happiest NFL season so far. Katrina. New Orleans. The Superdome. Thomas Herrion. Wellington Mara. Lake Minnetonka. Ken Hamlin. Mike Martz. Dwayne Carswell. Owens-McNabb. The ongoing subplot of Tom Benson possibly abandoning New

Dead Malaysian infant and teen ‘married’ - Times of India
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian infant dead 50 years and a teenager who died of kidney failure three decades ago were “married” at the weekend by a temple medium in a ceremony on the resort island of Penang. The ghost nuptials come during the month long

SPITZER RESIGNS - New York Post
Originally posted at 8:38 a.m. Updated at 1:20 p.m. New York’s randy governor gave a red-faced resignation speech this morning in the wake of revelations that he patronized prostitutes while traveling on official business. Effective next Monday Gov

Recession survival: top 20 tips - Daily Telegraph
Suddenly the “R” word is everywhere. The British Chambers of Commerce became the first business group to predict a recession this week; it added that 300,000 more people will lose their jobs by 2010. There are ways to beat the credit crisis

Platinum Futures Gain in Tokyo as Oil Rally May Spur Inflation - Bloomberg
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) — Platinum futures in Tokyo gained for a second day as crude oil prices rose, prompting speculation higher energy costs will fuel inflation and demand for the metal as a hedge against it. Platinum, palladium and natural rubber

Chinese Treat Shopping as an Olympic Event - Washington Post
A boy looks at one of the Five Friendlies, the mascots of the Beijing Games, at the Olympic Superstore. A manager says 35,000 people a day shop there. (By Elizabeth Dalziel — Associated Press) BEIJING, Aug. 19 — There is souvenir shopping, and then

London shares outlook - flat, NY closes higher, ahead of BoE minutes - Forbes
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Leading shares look set to open flat as Wall Street closed Friday higher after oil prices fell back ahead of the release of the BoE minutes later in the week with the spotlight likely to be Monday on BHP Billiton as it

Bride beats groom the night before their wedding - ScrippsNews
BREMERTON, Wash. — The night before her wedding, a 31-year-old Poulsbo, Wash., woman beat up her fiance — after her son informed her that he had just witnessed the man kiss a female friend of his mom. Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies were called to

Young Groom Charged With Murdering Bride - WCPO
A man called 911 saying his wife drowned in the tub after falling asleep. Two days later police arrested him for her murder. Ryan Widmer will make his first appearance on those charges Thursday morning before a Warren County judge. “I never saw him

Young Groom Charged With Murdering Bride - WCPO
A man called 911 saying his wife drowned in the tub after falling asleep. Two days later police arrested him for her murder. Ryan Widmer will make his first appearance on those charges Thursday morning before a Warren County judge. “I never saw him

Elvis and Priscilla say I Do again in doll set - Asheville Citizen-Times
MEMPHIS, Tenn. The marriage didn t last all that long, but for the Elvis Presley faithful, the wedding day is special still. And now, Elvis fans have the official, Graceland-approved Elvis and Priscilla wedding dolls to remind them of that

GROOM DOOMED AT OWN PARTY - New York Post
BATAVIA, NY - A man in western New York landed in a heap of trouble on his wedding day when cops summoned to break up a fight realized there was a court order barring him from going near the bride - who happened to be his former wife. Timothy Cole

Mickey Marley s old horse found close to death - Belfast Telegraph
Starving, exhausted and utterly abandoned, it s hard to believe this emaciated horse was once the pride of Belfast. Marley , named after his former owner Mickey Marley, who entertained generations of children in Belfast city centre with his

Edinburgh festival: The Two Widows - Guardian Unlimited
Operas do not come very much lighter than The Two Widows, Smetana’s comic successor to The Bartered Bride. This is the second time it has been championed by Scottish Opera, and although it might seem flimsy stuff on which to hang the recently
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Million-Dollar’ Madam Allegedly Pimped Kids - ABC News
A two-year investigation by the Denver Police Department has led to the arrest of a suspected madam who authorities said ran a million-dollar prostitution ring that offered the sexual services of up to 50 women and children. Hong Tang, 28, was

Man accused of fake bomb threat faces new drug charges - Chicago Tribune
A Palatine man charged with making a false bomb threat at the DuPage County Courthouse last month and with trying to bribe a deputy to ignore it was accused Monday of being a drug ringleader in the western suburbs. Marc J. Mueller, 30, of the 1200

Charlotte A. Cavatica: Bloodthirsty, Wise And True - NPR News
[She] is not prettified in any way. She is merely endowed with more talent than usual. I came out ahead because of not trying to patronize an arachnid. All Things Considered , August 4, 2008 A few weeks ago, when I was on Cape Cod, I grew
Source: www.npr.org

Thousands hit as wedding list firm Wrapit shuts down - Times Online
Two thousand couples who have wedding lists with the online gift service Wrapit face losing 5million of presents after the company was put into administration. Newlyweds face the difficult task of contacting an estimated 100,000 guests to tell them
Source: business.timesonline.co.uk

Honeymoon shooting groom Benjamin Mullany dies in hospital - Times Online
Ben Mullany, the husband of a bride shot dead on their honeymoon in Antigua, died yesterday after being flown home to Morriston Hospital in the Welsh city of Swansea. Mullany never recovered from a coma. He had been left with a bullet lodged in the

Citizens use YouTube to keep gov’t in check - Silicon.com
Citizens are used to CCTV surveillance but a parliamentary group says that cameras are being turned on governments to keep them in line. “Sous-veillance” will see video sharing sites such as YouTube used by citizens to shine a spotlight on things
Source: www.silicon.com

Veronicas Jess Origliasso in porn photo shock - News.com.au
THE Secret Life of The Veronicas was exposed yesterday - literally - after raunchy pictures of a girl believed to be one of the pop twins were splashed over an international porn site. In a controversial scenario reminiscent of the recent sex
Source: www.news.com.au

Prespire to retire! - Salon
Aug. 4, 2008 | Recent gloomy talk of recession has given way to even gloomier talk of stagflation, that dreaded combination of rising prices and slow growth. But until a few weeks ago, I’d remained calm about my financial prospects. “Let the Chicken
Source: www.salon.com

Hastert’s new Washington career: ’senior adviser’ - WLS
WASHINGTON — When you ring Dennis Hastert’s Washington office nowadays, the receptionist who answers still identifies it at Speaker Hastert’s office. But the Illinoisan who served as speaker of the House longer than any Republican is on a new career
Source: abclocal.go.com

John Mayer’s Jennifer proposal - femalefirst.co.uk
John Mayer is reportedly set to propose to Jennifer Aniston this autumn. Jennifer - who has been dating ‘Gravity’ singer John since April - is expected to show off her engagement ring when she promotes new movie ‘Management’ in September. A source
Source: www.femalefirst.co.uk

Brides-to-be race for wedding dresses at Filene’s Basement - Chicago Sun-Times
Brides-to-be scramble for wedding dresses at Filene’s Basement during the State Street store’s annual wedding sale. They came from across the country. They wore ribbons, hats, sparkle wigs, bunny ears and T-shirts sporting their ad-hoc team names

Weddings and Events Go Green - Chicago Tribune
* Use recycled or tree-free paper and soy-based inks. Choose small cards, use a reply postcard instead of a card and envelope. Create a Web site with directions, hotel suggestions, etc. For paper with seeds embedded, visit plantablepaper.com

Pizarro: Take a chance on ‘Mamma’ or a classic flick this weekend - Silicon Valley
If you’ve got a little “Mamma Mia!” fever, consider a visit to San Jose’s Camera 12 Cinemas Saturday. Fans can channel their inner Abba at a special singalong screening of the musical at 9:20 p.m. And there will be song lyrics available for anyone

And the bride wore white - time and time again - Daily Telegraph
As recession looms, the era of the recycled party frock is upon us. Who can justify splashing out on something new these days when there’s probably a suitable item nestling in the back of the wardrobe? Call it vintage, if you like, but even posh

Mongolian Hakuho marches on at Nagoya sumo, moves to 8-0 record - International Herald Tribune
NAGOYA, Japan : Grand champion Hakuho overpowered Toyonoshima on Sunday to maintain his perfect record close in on victory at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The Mongolian wasted little time in getting a grip of Toyonoshima’s belt and driving the

Fedor Emelianenko makes short work of Tim Sylvia at Affliction show - Los Angeles Times
Red and white lights created a rose-colored glow inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, a fog machine sent wafts of vapor through the arena and a distinctly Orange County crowd filled every available seat. There was nothing artificial about Affliction’s

10 soldiers killed in Afghan attacks - News.com.au
MILITANT attacks killed 10 international soldiers and tens of Afghans overnight in one of the bloodiest days for foreign forces helping Afghanistan fight an Islamic insurgency. At least 40 insurgents were also killed in two days of fighting in the
Source: www.news.com.au

Indian groom skydives 2.1 km to wedding venue - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhuanet) — An Indian air force official Sunday landed on his wedding ceremony ground by dropping in from 7,000 feet (2.1 km) high sky. Shisir Mishra, an accomplished sky diver, jumped from a helicopter and landed in a sports
Source: news.xinhuanet.com

Jesse Ventura may again climb into the political ring - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Jesse Ventura , the former pro wrestler and sometime-actor who improbably won the governorship of Minnesota a decade ago, may again roil his state’s political waters. Then again, he may not. Ventura has been hinting for months that he might make an
Source: feeds.latimes.com

Chess boxers slug it out - News.com.au
A RUSSIAN man has been crowned world champion in the novelty sport of chess boxing, a game that requires equal skill at moving pawns and throwing punches. Mathematics student Nikolai Sazhin, 19, competing under the name “The President'’ knocked out a

Keith Urban’s labour ring - Boston Globe
Keith Urban has bought his pregnant wife Nicole Kidman a $73,000 ring to give her when she gives birth. The country star plans to give Nicole the expensive Cartier Trinity band when the actress, who is expected to welcome her new arrival into the