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Kiwi brides grin and bare it (Stuff) - Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue - the wedding photos. Kiwi brides are following overseas trends and are being photographed in their lingerie to spice up their wedding albums.

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 (Ridgecrest Daily Independent) - (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.

Nic starts new trend (Herald Sun) - MELBOURNE brides are copying Nicole Kidman's look for their own wedding day. Kidman's demure Balenciaga gown -- with its lace panelling and asymmetrical sleeves -- signalled a new trend in bridal wear.

The Bride Price (New York Times) - In Afghanistan, some daughters sent off to be married are just children.

Your Seattle Pilots ... reader memories (Seattle Times) - When I was 10 years old, I spent much of the summer of 1969 in the left-field bleachers at Sicks' Stadium with my...

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?

Modern cakes sweeten weddings (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - Huyen Tranberg sat at the small table, plastic fork poised over the tableau of thinly sliced cake layers. Her sister, Stephanie Waite, and niece, Amanda Waite, quietly nibbled away. This was the moment of decision for Tranberg's July wedding reception. Not the raspberry filling; allergies were an issue. Nor the carrot cake; too sweet for their taste. But the chocolate ... now that was a winner.

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.

Yo ho! Pirates of Disneyland (The News & Observer) - Shiver me timbers! Thar be changes ter one of yer favorite Disneyland rides, Pirates of the Caribbean, 'n' sum lily-livered fans are ready ter mutiny over 'em.