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Salute to brides (Boston Herald) - In gratitude for their service, more than 100 New England military brides-to-be received a free designer wedding gown yesterday, courtesy of Watertown-based company Vows Bridal...

Military Brides-To-Be Get Free Wedding Gowns (WBZ Boston) - A Watertown bridal outlet is giving 300 military brides free wedding dresses.

Perks, bargains catch eye of area brides, shops say (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) - Saying "yes" to the dress is still a priority for brides-to-be, despite an economy that often says "no." At Touma's Bridal Tuxedo, owner Samira Touma still has customers willing to pay up to $2,000 for that perfect bridal gown.

Teen brides ‘not telling truth’ (Daily Dispatch) - TWO teenage brides have been taken to a place of safety by police, while elders of The Gospel of God church insist that the girls are lying about the alleged involvement of the church in their forced marriages.

Washington Post Examines 'Child Brides,' Maternal Mortality In Yemen (Medical News Today) - The Washington Post on Saturday examined marriage of young girls and maternal mortality in Yemen, a country that represents the "most vivid manifestations of how tribal doctrines prevail over modern attitudes." According to the Post, there is no minimum age for marriage in Yemen, and girls as young as eight are forced into arranged marriages, with many giving birth shortly after they reach ...

Here come the brides! Tila Tequila engaged to Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson (New York Daily News) - Tila Tequila claims she is getting married to Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson. Donning black lingerie, the bisexual MTV reality star sat alongside her fiance Wednesday morning as she announced the news to her fans on a USTREAM video.

Watertown bridal shop gives away 300 gowns for military brides (Watertown Tab & Press) - The first 100 of more than 300 brides-to-be received a free wedding dress from Vows bridal outlet on Monday as part of “G.I. Gown Giveaway.”

More girls in India are refusing to become child brides. (Los Angeles Times) - Despite a 2006 law banning the age-old practice, most parents in rural India still want to marry off their daughters before the legal age of 18.

Rakhi Sawant to counsel Perfect Brides (The Times of India) - The search for the Perfect Bride finally comes to an end. The grand finale will reveal the winners of the race to the mandap between the two finalist couples - Rumpa-Hitesh or Priyanka-Rajbeer.

BRIDES Magazine Releases Survey Results; Defines THE 'NEW AMERICAN WEDDING' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - A study by BRIDES Magazine reveals how and why couples are recasting the traditional wedding and what defines THE NEW AMERICAN WEDDING as we enter 2010.