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Couple caught parading brides (Vietnam Net) - VietNamNet Bridge – A marriage broker and his wife have been arrested by HCM City police for illegally parading 69 women before three South Korean men for the latter to choose their brides.

A Sale to Benefit Charity and Thrifty Brides-to-Be (New York Times) - A two-day bridal gown sale at a Massachusetts Goodwill featured 1,200 designer dresses on sale for $80 to $250.

Stressed brides unable to contact inn staff (Asheville Citizen-Times) - ASHEVILLE – Soon-to-be brides with events scheduled at the destroyed Richmond Hill Inn are still waiting for answers.

Is Economy Bringing Brides to Church? (ABC News) - Couples Say They Are Choosing Faith Over Lavish for Weddings.

Brides-to-be get bargain at Roxbury Goodwill (7 News Boston) - ROXBURY -- Hundreds of new wedding dresses were on sale for as little as $80 at a Goodwill store in Roxbury thanks to a generous retailer who donated the gowns.

In tough times, Goodwill helps brides on a budget (Boston Globe) - (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff) Lisa McKenna carried an armful of gowns for a friend who is getting married. By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff Looking for frills and lace at a reasonable price, hundreds of people are flocking to the headquarters...

Fast News:Iron Brides begins airing March 26 (The Cabinet) - CONCORD – Beginning March 26, the first 13 episodes of "Iron Brides" will be broadcast weekly on MY-TV and carried on cable TV from NH's Lakes Region, south to Cape Cod. Part reality TV, part game show and part primer for brides-to-be, Iron Brides will air Thursday nights at 11 p.m.

Bankrupt firm drives brides to despair (Times Online) - WHEN Nicola Whitfield-Brown got married last summer there was a lavish reception, a honeymoon in Hawaii — but no presents.

You don't have to loathe these TV brides (Concord Monitor) - Reality TV has already done to brides what Stephen King did to clowns. George Jobel and Jeffrey Thayer see no need to further shrew up the image of the lately betrothed. Their home-grown version of the bride genre, premiering Thursday at 11 p.m. on MyTV, aims to be a different sort of, um, beast.

FASHION FLASH: Help for prom queens and brides (The MetroWest Daily News) - Anton's Cleaners outfits teens for prom night; and brides (and dogs) get a little help from Greyhound Friends and Second Chances Thrift Store.