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14 Brides Cancel Weddings After Fire (WYFF 4 Greenville) - ASHEVILLE, S.C. -- After an arson fire gutted one of the buildings at an inn complex, 14 brides who had weddings planned at the Asheville inn have canceled their reservations.

Scoop: Did Bruce Willis audition brides? (The San Francisco Examiner) - SAN FRANCISCO – Did Bruce Willis use a casting department as his own personal dating service? A report in Page Six claims the newlywed, a former longtime ladies’ man, met bride Emma Hemming on the set of his movie “Perfect Stranger” two years ago — but it wasn’t exactly a chance encounter.

Couple caught parading brides (Vi?t Nam News) - HCM CITY — 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.

Brides on a budget use ingenuity (The Kansas City Star) - In two months, Laura Breen and James Duffy will say “I do,” but the wedding they started planning in June 2008 looks much different from the event they’ll have in May.

Brides on a Budget - Can you have a dream wedding for half the cost? (KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau) - Local brides and a bridal consultant offer ways to trim the budget but not cut back on your dream wedding.

Couple arrested for selling brides (News Interactive) - A MAN and his wife have reportedly been arrested for running an illegal marriage brokerage for South Korean men looking for Vietnamese brides.

More Church Weddings? (Fulton County News) - When Eileen Weir of Boston gets married in November, she'll probably walk to the church to save the cost of a limo. She purchased a wedding dress for $200 at the annual "running of the brides" event at Filene's Basement and plans to make her own invitations.

We've come a long way, baby (Concord Monitor) - Have you seen the e-mail with the marriage advice for young brides? The tips claim to have been culled from a 1950s home economics text book, and after reading some of the how-to-please-the-hubby hints, we finally get why so many of our mothers spent the day in their heels, their pearls and their medicine cabinets.

Bride Theft Custom Leads to Divorce (Institute for War and Peace Reporting) - Eight out of ten divorces in Kyrgyzstan involve brides who were “stolen” by their husbands, women’s rights groups say. According to this controversial tradition, men kidnap women and pressure them into marriage, after which the bride’s family is presented with a fait accompli.