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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.

Freeze frame / For Lancaster native, it's a nationwide day-in-the-life review redux (Lancaster Online) - A BAD STAY-IN-YOUR-pajamas-till-noon-and-hide-in-the-house day gave Joni Cole a good idea.

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.

Be sure to talk money with your honey (Kansas City Star) - Dating is about getting to know your mate. By the time you’re ready to tie the knot, you should have a pretty good idea about whom you’re marrying.

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.

She Says: It's a dreadful 'Nanny' (Glenwood Springs Post Independent) - I approached "Nanny McPhee" in a New-Age kind of way: I revved up my inner child, telling her, "Guess what, Kimmy? We get to see a kids' movie." I knew it was my only shot at finding "Nanny McPhee" somewhat tolerable. But even New-Age mind games didn't do the trick.

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.

BUSINESS BRIEFS (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - Citigroup was the leading senior manager of Virginia municipal-bond initial offerings last year, according to Thomson Financial. The New York investment bank handled nine new issues with a value of about $1.3 billion.

'When a Stranger' Dials UpSuper Bowl Record (Box Office Mojo) - Countering the Super Bowl with teen horror, Screen Gems bagged another genre hit with When a Stranger Calls. The remake rang in with $21.6 million, while Oscar contenders like Brokeback Mountain and Capote squeezed modest business out of Best Picture nominations...

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