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"Brides Against Breast Cancer" (KIMA Yakima) - KENNEWICK -- Helping a great cause while saving hundreds, maybe thousands on the bridal gowns of their dreams! "Brides Against Breast Cancer" have set up shop, selling donated dresses at discounted prices.

Brides Against Breast Cancer Event (KVEW Kennewick) - KENNEWICK -- The "Brides Against Breast Cancer" Gown Sale is taking place at the Three Rivers Convention Center today through Sunday. The event is put on by Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation, which raises money to grant wishes for patients who are losing their battle against the disease.

War brides recall their bittersweet journeys (Chicago Tribune) - Foreign spouses of WW II GIs gather-some for the final time-to share stories of love, pain Memories washed over Delores Kirby as she peered out at the drizzly Chicago skyline Friday from the deck of a tour boat that cruised the Lake Michigan shoreline with 100 other elderly, well dressed women aboard.

Brides Worry About Getting Dresses After Sudden Bridal Shop Closing (WISC-TV Madison) - Some brides are concerned they won't have a dress for their wedding after a well-known bridal shop suddenly closed its doors.

BRIDES Magazine and the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation Announce Something Pink Wedding Gown Sale in New York ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - BRIDES magazine has announced that it will hold its first-ever "Something Pink" gown sale in New York City on October 4th, 5th, and 6th in support of the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation, an organization founded to grant final wishes to women with stage IV breast cancer and their families.

Molding the Ideal Islamic Citizen (New York Times) - Enjoy sex (in marriage), and abstain from dissent. Iran shapes a national identity.

Choreographic Evidence That Laughing Matters (New York Times) - Dance is not much known for its sense of humor. But there promises to be a few exceptions this season.

The Week Ahead: Sept. 9-15 (New York Times) - Fanfare, please. A visit from the ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY is always welcome, but this year the company's return to the Brooklyn Academy of Music feels nothing short of momentous.

My sage advice for soon-to-be brides (Star-Gazette) - I've never been one of those people who lamented that everyone I know is getting married all at once and I'm so busy with weddings. Until now. In addition to the many weddings my husband and I were invited to this year, two of my best friends are also getting married.

Marriage penalty? (Miami Herald) - A heads-up for future brides: You might want to have ''the talk'' with your guy before walking down the aisle. A new study supports a commonly held belief that married men fall short in the housework department. The study, published in the Journal of Family Issues, looked at more than 17,000 people in 28 countries. Married men, the study found, reported doing less housework than live-in ...