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From brides to babies, local consumers still spend on milestone events (The Capital) - Hanging from the ceiling is a baby nursery chandelier for $875. Nearby is the $599 Creations Summer's Evening Crib. And then there's the $900 Orbit stroller, which has been selling like crazy at the Lil' Lamb Shop, a high-end baby boutique in Annapolis.

Age gaps with brides grow as grooms age (UPI) - STANFORD, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- Stanford University researchers in California say wealth may have a smaller impact on older men marrying younger woman than previously thought.

Here come the Homemaker brides! (The Frederick News-Post) - Wedding photos, wedding dresses and a wedding cake were the order of the day as 11 of the Frederick County Homemakers clubs gathered on April 29 for the oprganization's spring annual meeting.

African child brides in need of midwives (Mudgee Guardian) - Organisers were elated at the number of local residents who packed out the AREC pavilion to hear Dr Catherine Hamlin speak and watch her film on the Fistula Hospital at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on Thursday night.

Jockstrip: The world as we know it. (UPI) - 'Wedding planner' gets prison for fraud ... Man accused of bigamy after wives connect ... Minn. couple claim $180M jackpot ... Age gaps with brides grow as grooms age ... The world as we know it from UPI.

Age gaps with brides grow as grooms age (Moldova.org) - Stanford University researchers in California say wealth may have a smaller impact on older men marrying younger woman than previously thought.The researchers said their study suggests the older an over-40 groom is, the more likely it is that his bride is significantly younger, the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News reported Wednesday.The team said they were shocked to find the pattern unchanged by ...

Visa-scam wedding planner jailed (BBC News) - A bogus wedding planner who married Scots brides to African men is jailed for two years.

New Times / Special Issues (New Times Weekly) - There's not much to say about weddings that hasn't already been said. After all, people have been celebrating them in some form or another for hundreds--if not thousands--of years. The best we could do while assembling this annual Brides publication...

New exhibit at the Royal BC Museum honours war brides (Gabriola Sounder) - VICTORIA, BC - During the 1940s, thousands of war brides from foreign countries left everything and everyone they’d ever known and travelled overseas to join their servicemen husbands. This spring and summer, the Royal BC Museum presents an exhibition honouring these women’s stories.

Jenna Bush bucks tradition with low-key nuptials (USA Today) - Jenna Bush is getting married Saturday, a semi-historic event that America will not get to see. CNN will not be going live to the ceremony. People magazine will not be snapping cover pics. Paparazzi will not be hanging from hovering helicopters.