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Keeping the menu in order, with plenty of Rice on the side (San Francisco Chronicle) - It seems like a wedding with so much rice being thrown, as we begin our seven Rs review of the weekend with several varieties of Rice: Top five Rices 1. Rice University. The Owls are 0-4 after Saturday's 55-7 loss to Florida State, but thanks to...

Finney friendship under scrutiny (Pioneer Press) - Bill Finney and Aaron Foster Sr. go way back. They knew each other growing up in St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood. Finney stood as best man in Foster's wedding. They've ridden motorcycles together to the annual rally in Sturgis, S.D.

News In Brief (Sunderland Echo) - CLUTCHING the picture taken on their wedding day, devastated John Stead today opens his heart about ... THE campaign to bring the Lindisfarne Gospels back home already looks doomed to failure – because th...

News In Brief (Sunderland Echo) - CLUTCHING the picture taken on their wedding day, devastated John Stead today opens his heart about ... THE campaign to bring the Lindisfarne Gospels back home already looks doomed to failure – because th...

Book Review: The Shark God by Charles Montgomery (Blogcritics.org) - Travel writers, award-winning Canadian travel author Charles Montgomery tells us in The Shark God , work as follows: they contact a country's tourist agency, promise to write glowing stories, and then ask for "free flights, hotels, meals, and booze. Especially booze." They then spend weeks "lounging in crisp linen sheets [and] watching BBC World News ." That certainly wasn't Montgomery's

In theaters (The Times of Northwest Indiana) - ALL THE KING'S MEN (Rated PG-13) Full review, D1. Grade C- FLYBOYS (Rated PG-13) Full review, D3. Grade B-

Business briefs (Poughkeepsie Journal) - Tying the knot does not come cheap. A wedding in the U.S. will cost an average of $26,800 this year, according to estimates from The Wedding Report, a market-research organization.

Surprise gift greets Coppell 911 operator (Coppell Gazette) - Coppell 911 operator Melissa Roberts, a 34-year-old bride-to-be, was surprised on Aug. 23 with a prize many engaged couples hope for. And in her serious, no-nonsense job, it was a welcome diversion.

Your Money Matters: Say 'I Do' to Home Buying (Hornell Evening Tribune) - (ARA) - Getting married marks a huge milestone for many people who have spent years dreaming about being a husband or wife. Another major milestone that often follows marriage is the first "big" purchase, which is typically buying a home.

Albom printing is huge (Detroit Free Press) - The line is so obvious I won't fight it: No more days to wait before Mitch Albom's second novel, "For One More Day," hits stores. According to Hyperion, the publisher, 2.2 million copies of Albom's tale of a suicidal ex-ballplayer and a visitation from his dead mother will be fanned out over the country today.