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Photo Op: Child Brides in Afghanistan (NPR) - Day to Day , July 7, 2006 · A photo essay featuring Afghan men and their young brides will appear in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine . Photographer Stephanie Sinclair, who captured the stunning images of the men with brides as young as 11 years old, talks with Alex Chadwick talks about the global issue of child brides.

Tips for Making Your Skin Radiant on Your Wedding Day (Derby Daily Reporter) - (ARA) - Every bride wants her wedding to be picture perfect - from the dress to the flowers to the food at the reception. And of course, brides want to be beautiful, both for the ceremony and for the wedding pictures.

Accounts of The Bitter Bridesmaid (Manila Bulletin) - What is the Bitter Bridesmaid? I talk about the things that lie hidden under the gossamer veil that is the wedding business. Brides, relatives, suppliers, guests…all of them have dirt to hide and I’m here to uncover them. Anonymously. Now don’t you hate that?

Brides in ghostly bliss (Daily News) - Ayi Yai Yo, me Colombian forgot that this is supposed to be the season for all those bitten by the conjugal bug to run to the registrar's office. But darlings with the changing times many of them have many other things to do before they step-in-to-the-church-on-time, specially the fairer sex.

Keep wedding traditions alive - make them your own (Star-Gazette) - Most couples planning a wedding consider the question of how best to honor cherished wedding rituals. Many brides and grooms find themselves torn, wishing to include traditional customs but less certain about the element of formality that rigid adherence can bring to the festivities.

'I do' (vow not to become Bridezilla) (Star-Gazette) - Have you ever heard of or met a Bridezilla? These are the brides that go more than a little overboard on the emotional Richter scale over their wedding.

iPod Weddings (NBC San Diego) - Thanks to iPods, brides and grooms can have instant access to their wedding pictures and video while they're still on their honeymoon.

Provider Of Wedding Services Operates In Slickness And In Wealth (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) - You might say the primary goal at The Knot is to tie up its customers for years.

Ask Mrs. Riches: Is He a Tightwad? (The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News) - Dear Mrs. Riches:My sister is married to, for lack of a better word, a tightwad. Both of them have decent-paying jobs, yet he has her cutting paper towels in half, reusing old sandwich baggies, and using butter containers instead of store-bought plastic food-savers. She wasn't like this before they were married, so I know it's all his doing. My sister must be so unhappy! What can I do to help?

Ask Mrs. Riches: Is He a Tightwad? (Motley Fool via Yahoo! Finance) - One person's cheapness is another's thrift. Who wins?