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FAMILY MONEY: Wedding will be their first real budgetary test (Kansas City Star) - June Watts and Roman Lee come from different backgrounds, but they have similar views about money. Lee, a 34-year-old pharmaceuticals salesman for Ortho-McNeil, comes from a large family. The ninth of 10 kids, he said he didn’t get a lot of experience growing up with saving or spending.

2003 Summer Fancy Food Show Review (Web-Exclusive) (The Gourmet Retailer) - SEPTEMBER 01, 2003 -- Once again, the Big Apple played host to the largest specialty food trade exhibit in America. The aisles were packed all three days for the 49th Summer NASFT Fancy Food Show in New York City, an event that came early this year, running from June 29 through July 1.

Hooky travel: The pros, cons (Sun-Sentinel) - Maybe your daughter is the flower girl at your sister's wedding ... in Mexico. Maybe you have the chance to take your son on a business trip to London. Maybe your in-laws are throwing a 50th-anniversary bash across the country. Maybe you simply can't take vacation at the same time the kids have their school vacation.

N.Y. society news generates laughs (Tacoma News Tribune) - NEW YORK - It is true that some of the wedding announcements in the Sunday Styles section of The New York Times are grandiose. They are heavy on navel-gazing details like early e-mail exchanges between bride and bridegroom, and boast a litany of insufferable abbreviations to highlight their schooling and good breeding.

Express-News: Week in review (San Antonio Express News) - In case you missed it this week's in the daily Express-News.

TV Today (The Philadelphia Inquirer) - Live With Regis and Kelly (9-10 a.m., Ch. 6) - Sean Paul performs; Valerie D'Elia talks about wedding travel deals. The Tony Danza Show (10-11 a.m., Ch. 6) - Actress Emma Thompson (Nanny McPhee); film critic Joel Siegel; party planner David Tutera; Tony's Week in Review.

Mickey & Trudy Thompson Murder Case (The Auto Channel) - This story was sent to TACH today from Mickey Thompson's sister Collene (Thompson) Campbell. We have not yet checked the accuracy of the information, but have no reason to doubt its veracity. I think it makes for interesting reading, however, please read with an open mind.

Other Voices: But What News Goes in That News Hole? (9 Letters) (New York Times) - Responses to a column on how The New York Times allocates its space and to a column on the Times's coverage of a teenager involved in Internet pornography.

The Maven: Pomp and Happenstance (TheStreet.com) - Coverage of the Disney-Pixar merger misses the big picture. AOL-Time Warner anyone?

Spin Control (Chicago Sun-Times) - On occasion, readers complain that critics seem overly enamored with "the new." ("Who are these bands you write about? I've never heard of them!")