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Free wedding gowns spark brides frenzy (Miami Herald) - Almost 50 brides-to-be walked away with free wedding gowns after a Today show segment was filmed Wednesday in South Beach.

'Running of the brides' nets 50 free gowns (Miami Herald) - Almost 50 brides-to-be walked away with free wedding gowns after a Today show segment was filmed in South Beach Wednesday.

Brides-to-Be, Get Ready to Run (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - It's shopping as a full-contact sport. And the women who take part in the "Running of the Brides" at Filene's Basement in Chicago wouldn't have it any other way.

Brides stranded by fly-by-night NRI grooms (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) - More NRI grooms abandoning brides, say cops; experts prescribe marriages be registered For Mira it was a dream come true when she got married to Sanjoy Shastri (both names changed), a Los Angeles-based software engineer, a year back. In a few days, Sanjoy left for Los Angeles with Rs 8 lakh and gold ornaments and promised to take Mira back. A month later, Mira's dreams were shattered when she got ...

BOOK REVIEW: River gothic (Centre Daily Times) - Teenage brides in literature aren't exactly known for their ability to pick men, but Hedie Rails Ducharme is soon to find out that happy endings in Jacques Landings, Mo. are just about as scarce as ivory-billed woodpeckers. Despite her husband's penchant for buying her fancy shoes, Hedie is no Cinderella and actually ends up having more than a few things in common with Bluebeard's wife.

BOOK REVIEW: River gothic (The Charlotte Observer) - Teenage brides in literature aren't exactly known for their ability to pick men, but Hedie Rails Ducharme is soon to find out that happy endings in Jacques Landings, Mo. are just about as scarce as ivory-billed woodpeckers. Despite her husband's penchant for buying her fancy shoes, Hedie is no Cinderella and actually ends up having more than a few things in common with Bluebeard's wife. Clement ...

Journal seeks advice from newlyweds (Poughkeepsie Journal) - What do you know about planning and participating in a wedding now that you wish you knew then? The Poughkeepsie Journal wants to interview recently married people who have words of wisdom for brides- and grooms-to-be. Please e-mail your name, town and phone number today to Kathleen Wereszynski Murray at kmurray@poughkeepsiejournal.com.

Trashing for treasure : Brides get gowns down and dirty for photos (South Bend Tribune) - Jen Wontorski of Hamlet laughs as she attempts to climb out of the Yellow River at Wytoughan Park in Knox. Scooping up the water-laden skirt of her wedding dress in one hand, she takes the arm of her husband, Rick, to maintain her balance on the slippery rocks.

Miss Manners (Provo Daily Herald) - DEAR MISS MANNERS -- Once upon a time, brides only wore white when it was their first marriage and to signify their purity. Today, brides wear white after living with a man for some period of time and even after having children. Am I old fashioned and out of sync with the times to believe a bride should only wear white if she is a virgin? In my opinion, other women should wear something in a ...

Shane Co. betting Orlando brides will love wall-size display of loose diamonds (Orlando Sentinel) - An earlier version of this story included an incorrect street for the location of the store.