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  • The week's top 11 conversation-starters.

  • The week's top 11 conversation-starters.

  • The week's top 11 conversation starters.

  • The week's top 11 conversation-starters.

  • Wedding bells aren't ringing yet, but the cash tills are, as the countdown begins in tiny Rhinebeck to Chelsea Clinton's celebrity wedding Saturday."It's like having the Olympics in your town," exclaimed Alex Batkin, manager of the up-market Wing and Clover arts-and-craft boutique.Like the rest of the world, locals can only guess at details of the secrecy-shrouded marriage between Chelsea, daughter of former president Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her investment banker beau Marc Mezvinsky.

  • US President Barack Obama said Thursday he was not invited to Chelsea Clinton's nuptials -- reasoning the security footprint of two presidents at one wedding would have spoiled the event.Chelsea Clinton, 30, is to marry investment banker Marc Mezvinksy, 32, outside a town in New York state this weekend, and tight security measures will be in place to protect her famous parents, Bill and Hillary Clinton.

  • After an intensely secretive build-up Chelsea Clinton and her hedge fund manager beau were to marry Saturday at a star-studded wedding outside New York.Former Democratic president Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to attend their daughter's big day in Rhinebeck, a quaint rural retreat for New York's elite.Other details were kept secret right to the eve of the nuptials in an extraordinary effort to ensure privacy for Chelsea, 30, and husband-to-be Marc Mezvinsky, 32.

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  • The location remains semi-secret, but wherever it is that Chelsea Clinton gets married next Saturday, lots of people want to be there -- and lots will be disappointed.With only a week to go and almost all details still under wraps, US media hype over the nuptials of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton's only child is verging on hysteria.All that's sure is that Chelsea, 30, is to marry investment banker Marc Mezvinksy, 32, on Saturday and that her famous parents are excited.The rest is speculation. Plenty of it.

  • Carlo Ancelotti has warned his Chelsea players against the complacency that could allow the Premier League title to slip from their grasp.Ancelotti's side go into their final game of the season against Wigan at Stamford Bridge on Sunday one point ahead of second placed Manchester United who host Stoke.With home advantage and faced by opponents who have nothing left to play for this season, Chelsea are strong favourites to lift the title for the first time since 2006 and complete the first leg of a potential league and FA Cup double.

 
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