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Gold Prices Disappoint Afghan Brides (AP via Yahoo! News) - Take pity on the Afghan bride. Or maybe just as appropriate — take pity on the groom.

The Big Hitch (Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance) - Describes the kinds of loss wedding insurance will cover, what it will not cover, and how much coverage is typical. Notes that the litany of exclusions should make brides and grooms vow to say no to getting insured.

Gold Prices Disappoint Afghan Brides (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Take pity on the Afghan bride. Or maybe just as appropriate -- take pity on the groom. Centuries of pageantry and tradition combined with a recent 26-year high in gold prices are taking a toll on the amount of jewelry a bride here can expect to wear on her wedding day, a marker of family pride and a social expectation that can make or break a ceremony, a huge occasion in Afghanistan.

Gold Prices Disappoint Afghan Brides (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Take pity on the Afghan bride. Or maybe just as appropriate - take pity on the groom. Centuries of pageantry and tradition combined with a recent 26-year high in gold prices are taking a toll on the amount of jewelry a bride here can expect to wear on her wedding day, a marker of family pride and a social expectation that can make or break a ceremony, a huge occasion in

Books, web sites on emotions and engagement (Sun-Sentinel) - ''The Conscious Bride: Women Unveil Their True Feelings About Getting Hitched,'' by Sheryl Paul, MA. $12.95, New Harbinger Productions. http://www.consciousweddings.com includes message board for brides. Paul does phone counseling with brides. Contact information is on her Web site.

'Water' dripping with unanswered cries (Baltimore Sun) - According to ancient yet extant Hindu laws, widows of all ages - even child brides who never knew their husbands - should either throw themselves on their spouse's funeral pyre, adopt a life of renunciation, or with the family's permission marry a brother to the deceased. Water offers a fervid outcry against these practices. But this flowery, literary feature too often takes the form of a romance

Mother shares story of losing 3 daughters in car accident (Winsted-Lester Prairie Journal) - Almost 500 women gathered at First Baptist Church in Cokato to hear Deb Mayer’s inspirational story of loss, faith and strength. The morning began with a brunch and a fashion show of young and old bridal gowns from the area to compliment the theme, “Three Brides in Heaven.”

KHNL News 8 Headlines (KHNL News 8 Honolulu) - Special from CSMonitor.com Here Comes the.... Bill! Nuptial sticker shock is a sobering fact for brides and grooms as wedding bells produce ever-larger wedding bills.

Virgin Territory: Canadian Hit, 'Trout Stanley,' Makes U.S. Debut in NYC (Playbill via Yahoo! News) - Claudia Dey's Trout Stanley, the lauded, lyrical Canadian play about never-married virgin twins, makes its American premiere May 19 at The Culture Project@45 Bleecker in Manhattan.

The family car for the bride's Big Day (Malta Star) - So long to the romantic dream car for the Wedding day! A recent survey shows that most brides in the UK prefer their family car to transport them to their Wedding venue.