Teenagers scale back spending on the prom (Asbury Park Press)

This year's prom kings may swap their tuxedos for suits and some queens will accept their tiaras in secondhand cocktail dresses while they slow-dance in a decorated gymnasium.

Tuxedo optional as proms scale back spending (The Phoenix)

and JAMES MacPHERSON By ASHLEY M. HEHER Associated Press Writers This year's prom kings may swap their tuxedos for suits and some queens will accept their tiaras in secondhand cocktail dresses while they slow-dance in a decorated gymnasium.

Tuxedo optional as proms scale back (Lawrence Journal-World)

This year’s prom kings may swap their tuxedos for suits and some queens will accept their tiaras in secondhand cocktail dresses while they slow-dance in a decorated gymnasium. At high schools across the country, the traditional prom spectacle at ritzy hotels is giving way to crepe paper-covered basketball courts, as the recession eviscerates jobs and roils budgets.

Tuxedo optional as proms scale back spending (San Francisco Chronicle)

This year's prom kings may swap their tuxedos for suits and some queens will accept their tiaras in secondhand cocktail dresses while they slow-dance in a decorated gymnasium. At high schools across the country, the traditional prom spectacle at ritzy hotels...