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Brides of Bargain (Deccan Herald) - Bride trafficking continues to thrive in Haryana as women are bought like commodity costing less than cattle from faraway states like West Bengal. For these women life still remains a tryst with destiny...

Give your wedding a personal touch (The Virginia Gazette) - If you're like most brides-do-be, you've been dreaming about your wedding day since you were a young girl. Whether it's a lavish gala or an intimate affair, it will be one of the most important days in your life. To the tiniest detail, it must be perfect. If your big day is looming on the horizon, consider personal touches to make your dream wedding a reality. Start when considering the décor for ...

European jewelers court brides (Miami Herald) - French jeweler Cartier decorated the windows of its Fifth Avenue flagship earlier this year with ivory-and-gold wedding cakes to fete its new bridal salon, a room dedicated to diamond solitaires and wedding bands -- a feature it will roll out in other U.S. cities over the next few months.

Flowers, colors abound for fall weddings (The Virginia Gazette) - The choices are endless for fall brides. From flowers and colors to décor, fall brides can create the wedding of their dreams simply by using their imagination.

Keep your sanity while planning your wedding (The Virginia Gazette) - Working full-time or have friends and relatives spread all over the country or world? If you answered yes to either question, planning a wedding can be a logistical nightmare; but for savvy brides and grooms-to-be, online wedding planning has become a lifesaver.

'High Button Shoes' Opens at Goodspeed; "New" Styne-Cahn Song Added (Playbill via Yahoo! News) - Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn's tuneful, New Jersey-set High Button Shoes opens in a revised revival Aug. 8 at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT.

Got engaged over the holiday season? Now what? (The Virginia Gazette) - If you're among the more than 25 percent of brides-to-be who received an engagement ring over the holidays, it's time to begin the search for 'the one.' No, we're not talking about 'the guy,' we're talking about 'the dress!'

Create one-of-a-kind wedding memories (The Virginia Gazette) - All brides- and grooms-to-be want to have wonderful lasting memories of their big day. And one way almost every couple commemorates their wedding is with a big album full of pictures of family and friends. But what about the couple that wants a different spin on the usual wedding mementos, something that will be a truly unique -- and modern -- reflection of the beginning of their married life?

Where Did You Rent Those Diamonds? (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance) - A number of companies have sprung up to rent everything from dresses to diamond earrings. To see if renting jewelry was cost-effective as well as useful, we checked out four national online companies.

Pre-Marriage Lessons Aimed At Reducing Divorce Rate (KTHV Little Rock) - Arkansas is one of three states that have passed covenant marriage laws. In 2005, then Governor Mike Huckabee and his wife Janet, along with hundreds of other couples, participated in public covenant marriage ceremony at Alltel Arena on Valentine's Day.