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DVD review (The Record) - What I liked: You don't have to have an engagement ring on your finger to get something out of this workout. The DVD, led by trainer Marie Forleo, offers customizable workouts -- programmable in the order you'd like to do them -- in addition to "pre-built" ones for each day of the week.

This week's films (Las Vegas CityLife) - (R, 99 mins) See review this issue. Opens wide

Listless ‘License to Wed’ lacks laughs (The State) - Since Shakespeare’s time, there’s been a hard and fast rule for romantic comedies. You’ve got to have a wedding. “License to Wed” tests that truism, and how. This halting, sometimes sweet, sometimes silly, always insistent farce has a little romance, a little wedding wisdom, the odd nice moment and the nice odd moment, and Robin Williams, running at half speed. That was enough to make “RV” a hit, ...

10 Smart Tips For Before You Say 'I Do' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - SEATTLE----With wedding season in full-force, many couples are undoubtedly overwhelmed with the last minute details leading up to the big day. Yet, despite the monstrous checklist that marriage planning creates, there are some important steps that many couples could be overlooking that could possibly lead to disaster after the romance has lost its bloom, according to Seattle-based family ...

Bush says no shift on Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - President George W. Bush put off changing course in Iraq for at least two months on Thursday but the U.S. House of Representatives signaled its frustration by calling for combat troops to leave by April.

Reif Case to Go to Grand Jury (R News) - CANTON, NY -- A grand jury will determine whether a wounded state trooper was justified in killing a Potsdam man. Discrepancies between witness accounts and state police explanations prompted the impartial review.

BOOK REVIEW Lisa See's new novel filled with unexpected lessons (The Naperville Sun) - In 17th-century China, a land grappling with major political and societal shifts, Peony, a young girl approaching her 16th birthday and the day of her arranged marriage to a man she has never seen, becomes enraptured with the operatic love story "The Peony Pavilion."

In The Bronx, A Check's Timing Is Questioned (New York Press) - Though a large campaign check might have arrived just days before City Council Majority Leader Joel Rivera's wedding, his aides insist the timing is merely coincidental.

Review: Evening (Box Office Prophets) - Susan Minot's novel Evening is a complex exploration of the fragmented and disordered memories of a dying woman, focusing on the weekend of her friend's wedding and the tragic events that occurred.

After the Wedding (Reel.com) - (2006) Starring: Mads Mikkelsen , Rolf Lassgard Director: Susanne Bier Synopsis: The manager of an orphanage in India receives an unusual offer that leads him back to his native Denmark.