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Have special plans this 09/09/09? Everyone from brides and grooms to movie studio execs are celebrating the upcoming calendrical anomaly in their own way. In Florida, at least one county clerk's office is offering a one-day wedding special for $99.99. The rarity of this Sept. 9 hasn't been lost on the creators of the iPod, who have moved their traditional Tuesday release day to Wednesday to take advantage of the special date. Focus Features is releasing their new film "9," an animated tale about the apocalypse, on the 9th. Not only does the date look good in marketing promotions, but...

World will end today... (Well it is 9/9/09 - and the doom-mongers are predicting a disaster) By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 09th September 2009 If you're reading this, then it's pretty safe to say that he world hasn't ended. Today, the ninth day of the ninth month of the ninth year, was heralded by some doomsayers as the end of the planet. Over the past few weeks, web chatrooms devoted to alien conspiracies, doomsday cults and numerology - the belief that numbers have mystical significance - have been buzzing with talk of 09/09/09. Some warned of an outbreak of killer swine...