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Brides.com Names Columbia, Missouri Natives Janet & Chrissy Palmer Winners of the 2008 Mother-to-Daughter Bridal ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - With Mother's Day around the corner, Conde Nast's premier destination bridal website Brides.com is wrapping up its week-long celebration of the 'Mother-of-the-Bride' by awarding Columbia, Missouri child daycare professional Janet Palmer and her soon-to-be-wed daughter Chrissy with the grand prize in its inaugural Mother-to-Daughter Bridal Sweepstakes.

Report cites human trafficking in region (The Spokesman-Review) - Human trafficking activities – ranging from mail-order brides to forced teenage prostitution – are causing “considerable concern” in the Spokane region, a new study concludes.

80 accused in immigration weddings scam (CNN.com) - ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- A federal sting of four companies accused of arranging fraudulent marriages for U.S. citizenships, complete with wedding photos of brides in gowns and elaborate fake cakes, has netted more than 80 arrests, authorities said Friday.

No Water, No Bride, Wait For Monsoon (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA)) - BUNDELKHAND, May 11 (Bernama) -- What do water scarcity and shortage of brides have in common? Plenty, it seems. In the arid regions of Madhya Pradesh, central India, water scarcity has led to another pressing issue for its eligible men -- shortage of brides.

NO WATER, NO BRIDE, WAIT FOR MONSOON (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - BUNDELKHAND, May 11 (Bernama) -- What do water scarcity and shortage of brides have in common? Plenty, it seems.

NO WATER, NO BRIDE - 2 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - Like the monsoon, potential brides continue to shy away from the historical place -- home to the world's renowned 10th century erotic Khajuraho temples -- as marriageable man linger in loneliness without a female companion.

Marriage Fraud Sting Nets Arrests in Florida (New York Times) - Orlando companies are accused of arranging fraudulent marriages for United States citizenships, complete with wedding photographs of brides in gowns and elaborate fake cakes.

President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular' (AP via Yahoo! News) - President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.

Living briefs: Sunday, May 11, 2008 (The Oklahoman) - FITNESS Wedding weight Of all brides-to-be, 83 percent want to slim down for their wedding, and t

Jenna Bush's wedding is low-key affair at ranch (USA Today) - Jenna Bush couldn't see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. She and Henry Hager said "I do" Saturday at President Bush's ranch in Crawford where the corn is thigh-high, roads are named Cattle Drive and the Texas flag is painted on the rooftops of barns.