BAHA, 1 November 2006 A man in his 80s celebrated his marriage to a woman in her 70s after passing the premarital medical test. Witnesses said that the families of both the bride and the groom attended the lavish wedding, the Al-Yaum newspaper reported yesterday.

Ridgecrest Daily Independent, CA - Oct 28, 2006… The groom graduated from the University of California at Irvine with a bachelor of science degree in political science and is currently a second-year student …

Prep football: Turnovers costly for Marietta
Marietta Times, OH - Oct 27, 2006… Jackson defensive lineman Rob Marhoover stripped Marietta quarterback Michael Groom of the ball, picked up the loose pigskin and rambled the rest of the way …

Bow dreams to groom talent
Calcutta Telegraph, India - Oct 29, 2006A second archery academy is in the offing to groom local talent. The management of the public sector steel behemoth, Steel Authority …

1. The ring’s the thing: Bulgarian soccer club Litex Lovech wants its talented striker, Ivelin Popov, to curb his wild off-field living. Well, that’s certainly common enough in sports. The twist here is that Litex has ordered Popov to get married in the coming year, presumably because married people have boring social lives. Perhaps more strangely, Popov — who just turned 19 this week — says he

BOI DEPUTY HEAD DISCIPLINED FOR FIRED CLERK’S ALLEGED BRIBE-TAKING 
Taipei, Oct. 29 (CNA) The deputy head of the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) was given a reprimand Sunday after a senior clerk was detained a day earlier on suspicion of collaborating with a snakehead ring that smuggled Chinese prostitutes into Taiwan.

Authorities say Colorado ring hid methamphetamine in Elmo doll, other toys for transport 
Authorities said Wednesday that they have broken up a methamphetamine ring that shipped the drug in toys including an Elmo doll. Agents said 19 people were in custody, including the alleged leader of the northern Colorado drug ring, and that they seized more than 45 pounds of what they described as high-quality methamphetamine.