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Runaway wedding photographer leaves QC newlyweds feeling jilted (WQAD Moline) - A lot of couples are spending this winter planning their summer weddings. But before you start laying down cash to book a wedding photographer, you might want to hear what some outraged Quad City brides have to say.

Theater review Awful beauty in Lorca's words (The Oregonian) - A knife hangs over Federico Garcia Lorca's "Bodas de Sangre" ("Blood Wedding"). And the stark production by Miracle Theater's Spanish-language ensemble, Teatro Espanol, directed by Olga Sanchez, effectively highlights the images of menace in the poetic text.

Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice Review [PSP] (GameSpot) - An action-packed story mode and plenty of extras make Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice a worthy sequel to one of the PSP's more innovative action games.

Review: Even Longoria Parker can't revive 'Over Her Dead Body' (Albuquerque Tribune) - There's life after death for Eva Longoria Parker in "Over Her Dead Body," her first big-screen movie as the top-billed star.

'Caramel' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com (Calendarlive.com) - "Caramel" opens with a shot of a torrent of the sticky stuff, a vista that plays like a rising tide of unalloyed sweetness to domestic viewers.

Movie Review: Over Her Dead Body (Blogcritics.org) - A poor entry in the romantic comedy genre. I'm sure it sounded like a good idea in the pitch meeting. What executive in his/her right mind wouldn't laugh at the idea of a dead woman haunting her still living fiance's new girlfriend? It sounds like it would write itself. I can see the people in the room getting all atwitter about making it happen. "Yes! This is a concept...

Bush Sees 'Troubling Signs' for Economy (Washington Post) - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- President Bush pressed Congress to pass an economic rescue package, saying Friday's labor report marking the end of a 52-month streak of national job growth was another "troubling" sign that the economy is sputtering.

France's Sarkozy Quietly Weds Former Model Carla Bruni (Washington Post) - PARIS, Feb. 2 -- Just as French President Nicolas Sarkozy had predicted, the news media did not find out about his wedding until after it happened.

Books Review: He's on Top and She's on Top edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Blogcritics.org) - Rachel Kramer Bussel strikes two worthwhile blows for the sex-positive cause. "When I conceived of He's on Top and its companion volume, She's on Top, I wanted to pay homage to the power – physical, mental, and emotional – that goes into being a true top," writes the prolific Rachel Kramer Bussel in "Tender Tops and Sensual Sadism," her introduction to the anthology of "male...

ASK MICK LASALLE, Chronicle Movie Critic (San Francisco Chronicle) - Hi Mick: After being inspired by "The Lives of Others" and "After the Wedding," I have been having trouble finding movies that compare. It has led me to a kind of movie melancholy in thinking of how difficult it is to find the whole package of emotional and...