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Week in Review, Big-budget teen parties (CNN.com) - December 9, 2005

Beyonce's destiny (The Mercury) - BEYONCE Knowles is planning to marry fiance Jay-Z in the Caribbean next year. The sexy R&B star and her rapper boyfriend have begun planning their US summer wedding day - but are determined to keep the details a secret.

Richie flies solo (The Mercury) - REALITY TV star Nicole Richie and her fiancee, club disc jockey Adam Goldstein , have called off their wedding, her publicist said today. "They've broken off their engagement," publicist Cindy Guagenti said, adding that the decision was mutual.

Sacramento News & Review (Sacramento News & Review) - ©Copyright 2005 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.

Gay seminarian's quest: be minister, voice of hope (Austin American-Statesman) - An epiphany struck Karen Thompson during a class discussion on spirituality and the Holocaust at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. When she asked herself whether she would have stood up for the Jews, she says now, it occurred to her that she wasn't even standing up for herself.

Film Review (Syracuse New Times) - Whiskey School. (Pompeian Pictures; 89 minutes; unrated; 2005).

M&G's CEO barred from leaving Zim (Mail and Guardian) - Trevor Ncube, the owner and publisher of the Mail & Guardian and Zimbabwe's Standard and Independent had his passport impounded as he landed in Bulawayo on Wednesday.

The Aging Boom: Age Discrimination (WKSU Kent State University) - Growing old is inevitable, and usually better than the alternative. But in a culture obsessed with youth, aging just isn't hip. Today, in the next segment of our series , "The Aging Boom" we examine why despite legal protections instituted more than 40 years ago, prejudice against older Americans persists. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports.

Letter from the editor: Surf's up in Mini-Cassia (South Idaho Press) - When I first came to the South Idaho Press I selected an article from the news wire for our Weekend Page about a man who traveled to Hawaii for a big surfing contest.

Dogs will be dogs, even if husband and wife (Fayette County Review) - “Two dogs were married in a lavish church ceremony and reception in Michigan in front of 70 guests. ‘We gathered here today,’ said the Rev. Joseph DeRose of Evangel Christian Church in Rossville, Mich., ‘to celebrate the joining of paws of Bobby and Gracie on this beautiful Sunday.’