Peaches Geldof has fallen out with her new hubby over the size of her wedding ring - and is refusing to wear it. [read more]

Lesley Ellen Craft, daughter of Norman and Raeann Craft of Waterford, is engaged to Christopher Mark Kavala, son of Kathleen Bort of Erie and Chris Kavala of Holiday, Fla. The couple plans a Nov. 6, 2009, wedding in Sanibel Island. [read more]

When Kath Kelly drunkenly bet friends she could live on a pound a day for a year they thought it was a joke. But Kath, 47, woke the next morning, decided a bet was a bet, and stuck to her budget - and squeezed in a holiday in France. [read more]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic? [read more]

The new schedule of the National Day Holiday from September 29 to October 5 has thrown many Chinese people's holiday plans into disarray. [read more]

SMALL business owners in the Riverland are struggling to stay afloat as the region's 40,000 people try to survive on incomes that continue to dwindle. [read more]

You want movies? We've got 'em. But before we get to the descriptions, a couple things to know about release dates: They're highly subject to change. Of late, they've become even more subject to change. Particularly with bigger-name films, it's become very common to have midnight screenings on the evening before the official opening date. It's not unusual for studios to open a film in a few ... [read more]

A British widow has been killed in a jet-ski accident in Canada while on a holiday to get over the death of her husband. Pauline Moore, 62, smashed into a reef. [read more]

On Benaroya Hall's 10th birthday, everyone from the maestro to the ushers has memories to share. [read more]

Physical gold demand; strong for another seven weeks - or not? A combination of low prices, weddings, Eid and Diwali are likely to give the physical market substantial support throughout much of September - the question is whether purchasers are buying more, or earlier, or both? [read more]