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Bulging brides (Toronto Sun) - A wedding dress can be a fine motivator for fitness and weight loss. Brides don't have to count on nuptial stress to drop pounds to be picture perfect. Nearly-weds facing the double pressure of shaping up and slimming down while planning a wedding can find help here. Brides-to-be say, "I do" to Sun Media's get-fit-fast exercise and diet options.

Michelle Preli Named Editor in Chief, Brides.com (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Michelle Preli has been named Editor in Chief of Brides.com, it was announced today by Brides.com's Vice President Susan Rerat. Her appointment is effective immediately.

Afghan 'opium brides' pay the price for poppy eradication (Express India) - Termed as 'opium brides', the daughters of poor Afghan poppy farmers are often given to drug traffickers if their fathers are unable to pay the loan taken for growing the illicit crop because of the official action.

Bill boosts protection for mail-order brides (The Daily Record) - ANNAPOLIS — 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.

Afghan 'brides' pay the price for opium fight (The Times of India) - As Afghanistan battles to check growing poppy production, there thrives a disturbing trend behind the scene, where daughters of poppy producers pay the price for the unpaid loans owed to the drug traffickers.

Afghanistan: 'Opium Brides' pay the price (NDTV) - To read the biggest stories of the day on your mobile, type mobile.ndtv.com on your phone browser.

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.

Russian Mail Order Brides Need No 'Evolution' (adrants) - The mail order bride thing is questionable at best but this new commercial for loveme.com which spoofs Dove's Evolution and claims Russian woman need no retouching spoofs the original perfectly.

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) - TORONTO - Descendants of Canada's war brides of the Second World War have access to a valuable tool for family research, thanks to a British website and the National Archives of the United Kingdom.

-- UP land deal: SC dismisses plea against Big B (rediff.com) - Termed as 'opium brides', the daughters of poor poppy farmers are often given to drug traffickers if their fathers are unable to pay the loan taken for growing the illicit crop, because of the official action.