PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, June 22, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, June 22, 2005

More Couples Are Skipping a Large Wedding for the Home of Their Dreams

Tom and Katie may not be worried about wedding costs, but for most couples weddings are becoming a huge expense, now averaging thirty thousand dollars in the U-S. But according to K-B Home, couples are increasingly trading one night with 200 friends in a rented ballroom for years of entertaining guests in their own home. As the average age for marriage climbs, financially independent couples spending their own money -- or even their parents -- are finding that rather than getting married and renting while they save up to buy, or taking on these two large expenditures simultaneously, they'd rather put the bulk of their wedding budget toward starting their life together in their new home. According to a recent K-B-Home.com Poll, 24 percent of respondents purchased a home within six months of getting married. For many, skipping the large wedding and using that money towards their new home may make more sense.

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Own a Piece of History ... The Original 'Watergate Lock' Hits the Online Auction Block

Bid-4-Assets has announced that it will auction the original Watergate lock that was "jimmied open" in the Watergate scandal. The online auction remains open through June 30 on the Bid-4-Assets Web site, bid-4-assets.com.

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LeAnn Rimes, Kimberly Locke, Crystal Gayle, and Lee Greenwood Among Artists Participating in Curb Records' World War II Tribute Album

Country music legends Crystal Gayle and Lee Greenwood, among many other musical performers, have added their timeless voices to an album of World War II era music that will be released on June 28 on Curb Records. "Salute! The World War II Tribute Album" features popular songs from the World War II era performed by some of America's leading contemporary recording artists.

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PRNewswire -- June 22

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