LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Brides.com Finds That 43% Believe TomKat Wedding Is 'Just Another Publicity Stunt' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Brides.com, the destination site from Conde Nast Publications, has found that 43% of its users think that this weekend's TomKat wedding is just another publicity stunt. While it goes without saying that brides-to-be love getting new information on wedding tips and trends, more than half of respondents said they're ready for the "wedding of the year" to be over.

Local mission helps child brides (The Plain Dealer) - Imagine a 9-year-old girl facing a forced marriage to a man old enough to be her father, or grandfather. Such Maasai girls, their futures often traded for cattle, can find refuge at the Bride Rescue Project in Kenya.

Father of the brides needs wedding with and without a hitch (Stamford Advocate) - When you're the father of the bride, you want your daughter's wedding to go off without a hitch. You also want it to go off with a hitch because otherwise your daughter wouldn't be married and essentially you will have spent all that money on a colossal hangover.

Bridal Shop Says 'I Don't' To Fuming Brides (NBC 5 Chicago) - There is anger and tears over the sudden closure of a Plainfield bridal shop that has left many brides scrambling before the big day.

Firefighters and brides (Arkansas News Bureau) - The Springdale Firefighter's Association made the right call when it endorsed his opponent, according to Springdale City Council member Ray Dotson. Such forthrightness is refreshing, especially for a candidate in a Nov. 28 runoff.

Doug Thompson (Arkansas News Bureau) - Firefighters and brides The Springdale Firefighter's Association made the right call when it endorsed his opponent, according to Springdale City Council member Ray Dotson.

Lauren Lipton (Book Reporter) - Lauren Lipton is a deputy editor at Cosmopolitan . Previously she was a senior editor at In Style and a staff writer at The Wall Street Journal, where for the popular Weekend Journal section she reported on supersize engagement rings, copycat brides who steal their friends' wedding ideas, and luxury homes with his-and-hers garages.

Saturday wedding show at Otsego Club (Gaylord Herald Times) - GAYLORD - Brides-to-be, their fiances, mothers and other interested parties are invited to the 2006 Wedding Show Saturday at the Special Events Center of the Otsego Club in Gaylord. The free event is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A bride’s ’hidden jewel’: Bradley Estate has booming wedding business (Town Online) - Bradley Estate event manager Beverly Ann Bonner has seen her share of happy brides.

Influx of war brides important to Canada (The West Elgin Chronicle) - Amongst the death and devastation of war, love was still alive. Peg Wheeler found love. Former Reverend for St. Peters Anglican Church in Tyrconnell, Wheeler is a war bride.