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Watertown bridal shop gives away 300 gowns for military brides (Newton Tab) - 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.”

Now, even Hindu brides walk down the aisle (The Times of India) - Welcome to the new age fusion wedding, where Indian rituals are blended with western and Bollywood's been partially nudged out by Hollywood.

Brides-to-be consider surgery (Stuff) - More than half of Britain's brides-to-be and 39 percent of grooms are considering cosmetic surgery or an aesthetic treatment in preparation for their wedding, according to a new study.

When ‘the Dress’ Turns Into 5 or 6 (New York Times) - Multiple wedding-dress purchases are part of what continues to be a high level of spending on weddings, a $40-billion-plus industry.

Pressured to marry, African girl fights for her education (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) - DERRE, Mozambique — Last year, after the hard rains had gone from these highlands and it was time to pull the sweet potatoes from the red earth, young men from nearby villages began coming around to ask after the slender seventh-grader with the almond eyes and the shy smile.

What the guidebooks and lore don't tell you (Concord Monitor) - Late this summer, my editor, Felice Belman, granted me nine days off to travel to Vologda, Russia, for a journalism expedition and then bought me a guidebook about the Russian culture. The muted cover made the place look grim, and the pages inside grimmer.

Brides don't need to have showers (Seattle Times) - Ask Carley: Advice on bridal showers from Carley Roney, editor in chief of The Knot.

New couples, new traditions (The Beaver County Times) - Times photo by KEVIN LORENZI Emily Hockensmith and Matt Hockensmith pose with their favorite Christmas tree ornaments at their home in Rochester Township. Emily's is a wedding cake that was a wedding gift and Matt's is a modeled after a "schrute buck" from the t.v. show "The Office."

Scandinavian saint honored Sunday (The Grass Valley Union) - The 22nd annual Santa Lucia celebration will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Foothill Flowers, 102 W. Main St, Grass Valley. The traditional Scandinavian celebration consists of a pageant portraying Santa Lucia with court of Lucia brides and star boys. Students from Yuba River Charter School and Nevada Union High School will participate. Santa Lucia was born in Sicily and burned at the stake by ...

A day in Tigers life: change family plan phone service (The Charleston Gazette) - Its every mans nightmare: Pulling out of your own driveway, you hit a fire hydrant and 37 mistresses drop out of the sky. Tiger Woods private flings have become pubic fodder. He is taking an "indefinite break" from golf, but he carries on. Here n...