LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Downside of Marriage Boom (Institute for War and Peace Reporting) - Judges and doctors concerned at growing numbers of underage brides. Thursday is traditionally wedding day in this northern city - and the sight of motorcades decorated with flowers is becoming increasingly frequent as more and more couples tie the knot.

Butterfly Kiss-Off (New York Times) - Among entomologists and conservation groups, the painted lady has provoked a controversy a microcosm of contemporary conservation-versus-corporation conflicts.

Smaller New Orleans phonebook reflects new city (CNN.com) - NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- On a recent hot day, the new phonebook landed with a thud on the stoop of a house that one year ago lay under water, a notable sign of normalcy.

Curled for the Big Day (Manila Bulletin) - Clueless on how to style your hair for the big day? For brides who would like to veer away from the usual updo for their wedding, letting your hair down with loose curls is another option. This look is especially apt for garden weddings and celebrations of the more casual kind.

Inspiration For Panic! Video? Booze And Infidelity: VMAs Behind The Camera (Vh1) - 'I said, "Look, it's got stilts, brides crying and infidelity. It's perfect," ' director recalls. Director Shane C. Drake had plenty of really good ideas for Panic! at the Disco's "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" video. He just can't remember any of them.

‘Cause I’m not the bride…again (Manila Bulletin) - Naughty. How nice! Liked the last column? The Bitter Bridesmaid rejoiced when she saw all the juicy stuff people (brides, grooms, suppliers, guests) have sent me! You know I’m going to share those delicious stories with you sans the names in the name of fair play, so read on.

Inspiration For Panic! Video? Booze And Infidelity: VMAs Behind The Camera (MTV Music Television) - Most fits of drunken inspiration deservedly meet a quick end, but not director Shane Drake's idea for Panic!'s video. "I said, 'Look, it's got stilts, brides crying and infidelity. It's perfect.' And they were totally sold."

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (RainbowNetwork.com) - Bless my beautiful hide! Seven gorgeous young brothers are in town and they’re desperate to get hitched and drag their mates back to the woods for an all-singing, all-dancing riot of pastel colours, trendy haircuts and rippling, country bumpkin muscle.

Safe surfing (Detroit News) - Your son Googles "rivers in Thailand" for social studies and runs across offers for mail-order brides. Your daughter finds Web pornography while researching human reproduction for her health class.

Injustice lingers in Tunisia for women (AP via Yahoo! News) - In a country praised as a standard-bearer of women's rights in the Muslim world, Basma Hammami says the women in her family have been victims of lingering injustice.