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Law aims to protect mail-order brides (Baltimore Examiner) - In an effort to prevent domestic violence and close a loophole in federal law, Maryland lawmakers want criminal background checks available on men who pay to meet mail-order or Internet brides through marriage brokers.

Run with the Brides (The Record) - And the winner was ... Anne Ayres of Landing, a thrilled bride-to-be who, at 8:30 a.m. Friday, purchased the first wedding dress at the first-ever “Running of the Brides” blowout held at Filene’s Basement in Paramus.

The Opium Brides of Afghanistan (Newsweek) - In the country's poppy-growing provinces, farmers are being forced to sell their daughters to pay loans.

Wed to Strangers, Vietnamese Wives Build Korean Lives (New York Times) - Such factors as the rising social status of Korean women and a surplus of bachelors resulting from a preference for sons is forcing many Korean men to seek brides in other Asian countries.

Blushing brides compete at sale (The Star-Ledger) - It had all the pluck of Pamplona with the panache of Paramus. And that's no bull. The hootin' and hollerin' began as the clock ticked away toward 8 a.m. yesterday.

Brides-to be mob closed dress store (The Florida Times-Union) - ST. AUGUSTINE - Nothing turns a bride into a bride-zilla faster than losing her wedding dress just before The Big Day.

Russias City of Brides triggers baby boom after love quests (Express India) - When Nick Wilsdon met his Russian wife, Anna, on the Internet, friends teased him about his mail- order bride. Turns out, he was a mail-order husband.

ERVOLINO: Here come the brides! (The Record) - And the winner was....

Here come the (angry) brides (The St. Augustine Record) - Bridal shop's abrupt closing a 'fiasco' as wedding dates near

NorthJersey.com: providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey! (The Record) - Filene's Basement held its annual "Running of the Brides" sale on Friday in Paramus. The United Spinal Junior Nets is ranked ninth in the country and is the state's only varsity team for wheelchair basketball.