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Carousel's 'Seven Brides' provides down home fun (Lisbon Morning Journal) - AKRON - Theatregoers are in for a real treat with this classic boy meets girl musical with comedic undertones. The Carousel Dinner Theatre's presentation of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" has it all.

Lucy Liu's Beautiful Asian Brides moves forward Updated: 2006-04-03 09:30 (China Daily) - Hold on. It's not about wedding but movie. The star of "Lucky Number Slevin," Lucy Liu, is set to star in "Beautiful Asian Brides."

'Brides' run away with costume contest (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - Despite appearances, the six women in white weren't fleeing from the alter or any jilted would-be husbands. Nope. These self-proclaimed "runaway brides" were simply running for fun, exercise and a chance at costumed immortality.

Magazines finding Web sites are vital (International Herald Tribune) - Getting married and wondering how you would look in a mermaid-style sheath? Brides.com, a new Web site, takes you to a virtual fitting room, lets you pick from one of four body types and shows you how each would look in six different styles of gowns.

Rural S. Korea sees bumper crop of foreign brides (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - South Korean men in rural areas are having a tough time wooing local women with prospects of spending a lifetime with them on the farm and are increasingly turning to brokers to find foreign brides.

Bumper crop of foreign brides (Daily Times) - South Korean men in rural areas are having a tough time wooing local women with prospects of spending a lifetime with them on the farm and are increasingly turning to brokers to find foreign brides. In 2005, more than one in three men in rural areas married a women from overseas, mostly from

Bridal Land Celebrates 35 Years of Service to New York's Brides and Grooms (PR Web) - Bridal Land is expecting online sales to increase by over 200% through the 3rd quarter. The company, which is celebrating over 35 years in business, manufactures and distributes personalized ribbon, imprinted napkins, printed matches, personalized drink stirrers, bridal party gifts and wedding apparel. [PRWEB Apr 3, 2006]

Sout Koreans turn to overseas brides (People's Daily) - More and more South Koreans are marrying foreigners due to a shortage of local brides and a change in Koreans' attitudes, according to government figures released on Thursday.

As Magazine Readers Increasingly Turn to the Web, So Does Condé Nast (New York Times) - These investments mark a new level of commitment to the Web by Condé Nast and reflect the new reality: The Internet is an indispensable companion to print.

Foreign brides popular in South Korea (UPI) - SEOUL, March 31 (UPI) -- Foreign brides are increasingly popular in South Korea, and 14 percent of all marriages in 2005 were with a foreign partner, the Korea Times reported Friday.