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Burning Brides Set To Hang Love In Late April (ChartAttack.com) - Philadelphia/Los Angeles rock trio Burning Brides will release their new Hang Love album on April 24 through Modart. The record, produced by lead singer/guitarist Dmitri Coats , features 10 songs and is described on the band's MySpace page as a "push through the noose of darkness and beauty into the deep, heavy waters that separate melody and terror, murder and vulnerability, love and hate, open ...

22 Brides sisters going it alone, but not always (The Star-Ledger) - How much: Suggested donation $5 in New York; call (212) 477-4155 or visit www.rockwoodmusichall.com. $10 in Asbury Park; call (732) 775-9144 or visit www.thesaintnj.com. $8 in advance, $10 at door in Red Bank; call (732) 842-4503.

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.

ASK AMY (Washington Post) - Dear Amy: My husband and I are questioning the old custom of parents of the bride paying for the wedding. We are paying for our second wedding as parents of brides, and we are somewhat surprised that the parents of grooms honor the custom.

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.

Here come the brides (The Washington Times) - If "Because I Said So" were a magazine, it would fall somewhere between mom's Redbook and daughter's Cosmo, with big, vibrant, full-color pages depicting gorgeous gamins, perfect pastries, home decor, some parenting tips, and (of course) an abundant serving of sex talk and relationship advice.

Women, not men, choose spouses on island (USA Today) - In an archipelago of 50 islands off the western rim of Africa, it's women, not men, who choose their husbands. But the treacherous tides and narrow channels that have long kept outsiders out of these remote islands are no longer holding back the modern world.

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.