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Crazy 8s wedding: Plan now (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - To future brides who felt jilted because the wedding date 7/7/07 was already taken, take heart: there's still time to plan a wedding on 8/8/08.

Girls of Riyadh (Complete Review) - A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea.

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Hot Rod' is part clunker (Miami Herald) - "Hot Rod" flies high at times for the same reason it eats dirt at others.

GET READY TO LAUGH (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star) - Book review of 'Queen of Babble' by Meg Cabot

The new American way of death (Chicago Sun-Times) - The traditional Hispanic rite of passage into womanhood -- the quinceanera -- is finally coming into its own in this country. Quickly emerging as the signature Latina coming-out party, the Sweet 15, if you will, is now a wedding-like $400 million a year cottage industry.

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Hot Rod' is part clunker (Lexington Herald-Leader) - "Hot Rod" flies high at times for the same reason it eats dirt at others. A collaboration among "Saturday Night Live" regular Andy Samberg and longtime pals Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, the film consists of a simple premise - Samberg as a hapless would-be stuntman - and a lot of goofing off. Its absolute lack of structure, combined with the chumminess of the parties involved, leads ...

Book Review: Hot Tropics and Cold Feet by Diann Hunt (Blogcritics.org) - Lily and her friends are getting away. They head to Florida to try to help Lily calm her pre-wedding fears. While there, they begin to feel young again while doing some crazy stunts like getting henna tattoos and stalking Donny Osmond. As they open up to each other, they find that they each have issues in their lives that they need to confront. But the central plot revolves around Lily and ...

Review: Hot Rod (Canada.com) - A scene from "Hot Rod." There are many kinds of fools in film: Matthew Perry in Fools Rush In ; Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools ; Halle Berry in Why Do Fools Fall in Love . There are fools of April and fools to pity.

Region's farmers' markets go high-tech, customers can order online (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - Many farmers' markets now have their own Web sites, some simply listing time, place and a contact. But others are extensive, with page after page of market items and vendor information.

Felonies dropped against groom who scuffled with police (Zanesville Times Recorder) - CLEVELAND (AP) - A man accused of assaulting five police officers after his wedding convinced authorities that his actions resulted from a medical condition, prompting prosecutors to withdraw felony charges.