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That dreaded ?M? word (The Star)
Tired of being asked ?When are you getting married??, our writer ponders over how to reply without coming across as being rude.

Older Workers: Once Trashed, Now Treasured (ThirdAge)
Ryan just wanted to work again. After enduring five months of unemployment last year, the 60-year-old posted her resume on a couple of Web-based jobs boards, convinced her age would work against her.

PLMST cast announced (The Port Lavaca Wave)
Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre has announced the cast for its 2009 season opener, Over the River and Through Woods, written by Joe DiPietro. Dorinda Norrell and Steve Bales are reprising their roles as Ada and Frank, from the 2001 production.

Marriage matchmaking going strong online (Seattle Times)
Some believe the biodata tradition is on the rise, in part because of the rapid pace of modern life and the increasing popularity of matrimonial Web sites.

The hockey news! Get the latest Knights and NHL coverage in the pages of our Sports section (London Free Press)
There was a time when Sciencetech Inc., a London firm that designs and makes optical instruments, couldn't find qualified people to fill its jobs.

Acting local, hiring global (London Free Press)
A London hi-tech company finds workforce salvation abroad. The Free Press's Jennifer O'Brien reports.

How Chromosomes Meet In The Dark: Switch That Turns On X Chromosome Matchmaking (Science Daily)
A research group lead by scientists at the University of Warwick has discovered the trigger that pulls together X chromosomes in female cells at a crucial stage of embryo development. This is an important mechanism as the binding together of too many of too few of a particular chromosome can cause a number of medical conditions such as Down Syndrome.

Weird matchmaking party for 25 year old woman who claims to have cycled over 2,000 kilometres from Guangzhou to Shanghai (Shanghaiist)
The Chinese media is rife with reports of a 25 year old Shanghai woman, Chan Juan (pseudonym), who supposedly gave up her RMB10,000 job, spent RMB100,000 in search of the ideal husband and cycled over 2,000 kilometres from Guangzhou to Shanghai to attend a matchmaking party that was organised just for her. She was promised by the organiser that 1,000 young men would be waiting for her but ...

e-Annoying Web site collects, pokes fun at online dating services (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
The couple appears on the television screen to attest to viewers about how eHarmony, the online matchmaking/dating service, helped them find each other and now they are in love.

How Chromosomes Meet In The Dark - Switch That Turns On X Chromosome Matchmaking (Medical News Today)
A research group lead by scientists at the University of Warwick has discovered the trigger that pulls together X chromosomes in female cells at a crucial stage of embryo development. Their discovery could also provide new insights into how other similar chromosomes spontaneously recognize each other and are bound together at key parts of analogous cell processes.