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Brides launch fair with high gales of laughter (Wakefield Today) - WIND-buffeted brides climbed aboard a vintage open-top double decker bus during gales to launch Wakefield Hospice's latest fundraiser.

Filene's Basement's "Running of the Brides" Sale Slated for This Friday (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - The seventh annual "Running of the Brides" takes place at Filene's Basement in Columbus on Friday, February 2, 2007. Hundreds of brides-to-be and their helpers are expected to be at the store at 3704 W.Dublin-Granville Road when the doors open at 8:00am.

Best-dressed brides shop in Suzhou (Asahi.com) - SUZHOU, China--The first thing any newly engaged woman starts dreaming about--aside from her fiance--is what to wear on her wedding day. And for savvy brides in China, getting a bargain is as enticing as finding the most fashionable wedding gown around.

Fla. Man Warns About Mail-Order Brides (WKMG Local6.com via Yahoo! News) - A Jacksonville man who was once taken advantage of by a woman he met online has a warning for anyone who turns to the Internet for dating or looking for a mail-order bride, according to a WJXT-TV report.

Loving lace: Brides buy into lace gowns' romance, tradition and flexibility (Gloucester Daily Times) - So many brides love tradition and romance. They love dancing and cake, and they love lace. "Every bride wants to look like Cinderella," says Mark Badgley, half of the design duo Badgley Mischka.

Jax Man Warns About Online Dating, Mail-Order Brides (WJXT News4Jax.com via Yahoo! News) - A Jacksonville man who was once taken advantage of by a woman he met online has a warning for anyone who turns to the Internet for dating or looking for a mail-order bride.

LET US KNOW: Bridesmaids wanted (York Daily Record) - Feb 1, 2007 — The happiest day in some couples' lives can also be one of the most expensive. Brides and grooms often do what they can to save money, but bridesmaids often spend hundreds, even thousands, of dollars on the big day and the parties leading up to it.

Wronged husbands demand changes to India's dowry laws (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Jyoti Prakash Maheshwari has kept photographs of his former wife with great care: they show the couple smiling in gardens and shopping malls in Dubai and Qatar.

Here, women propose marriage and men can't refuse (CNN.com) - ORANGO ISLAND, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- He was 14 when the girl entered his grass-covered hut and placed a plate in front of him containing an ancient recipe.

Brides in the New World (BellaOnline) - Learn more about early American brides, from Native Americans to the Colonial Era. This is the second in a series of articles about the evolution of bridal fashion, featuring museums with wedding gowns currently on display.