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Be frugal & alter your wedding tab: Brooklyn brides find ways to save (New York Daily News) - Something old, something new, something borrowed, something . . frugal? Savvy Brooklyn brides are finding ways to cut wedding costs without sacrificing style.

Wrapit brides' fear over new firm (BBC News) - Brides who lost presents when gift registry firm Wrapit went bust face its founder over his plans for a new gift website.

Brides cut traditional corners (KY3 Springfield) - A depressed economy isn't stopping blissful brides-to-be from spending on their big day, but many are cutting a few traditional corners.

Madison staging ‘Seven Brides’ (The Oneida Daily Dispatch) - MADISON — Though Maveret Umstead’s drama class at Madison High School puts on several productions a year, it is time again for the spring musical.

Brides only limited by imagination for cake (The Montana Standard) - MELVILLE, N.Y. When it comes to custom-designed wedding cakes, simple doesn't mean plain, and over-the-top doesn't mean gaudy. When a bride sits down with a cake designer and says she wants something with clean lines, she still may want delicately designed sugar flowers, edible pearl trim or lacework that matches her grandmother's antique veil. In the world of designer cakes, it all makes sense.

Wedding woes (BBC News) - Wrapit brides tell of their fears over new firm

Here come the brides — and DJs and limos (The Daily Mail) - CATSKILL — Brides, grooms and prom-goers can start planning their big day — or night — today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the New York Bridal and Prom Winter Exposition at Anthony’s Banquet Hall.

School Events April 1 - 7 (The Oneida Daily Dispatch) - Below is a brief list of some of the events taking place this week at area schools. • Saturday, April 4 - ACT exam at various schools. • Thursday, April 2 and Friday, April 3 - “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” at 7 p.m. with tickets for $3 for students and senior citizens and $4 for adults.

Some visit Pol Pot's grave looking for luck (AP via Yahoo! News) - He was one of the greatest mass killers of the 20th century, but that doesn't stop the hopeful from praying at Pol Pot's hillside grave for lucky lottery numbers, job promotions and beautiful brides.

A Taste of Passover, With a Mexican Accent (New York Times) - For Patricia Jinich, who grew up in Mexico, Passover and holiday cooking were a mix of European and Mexican when she was a child.