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Bill boosts protection for mail-order brides (The Daily Record) - ANNAPOLIS — In an effort to prevent domestic violence and close a loophole in federal law, Maryland lawmakers want criminal background checks available on men who pay to meet mail-order or Internet brides through marriage brokers.

Run with the Brides (The Record) - And the winner was ... Anne Ayres of Landing, a thrilled bride-to-be who, at 8:30 a.m. Friday, purchased the first wedding dress at the first-ever “Running of the Brides” blowout held at Filene’s Basement in Paramus.

Married to a stranger: Wives build new lives in South Korea (International Herald Tribune) - A combination of factors - including the rising social status of Korean women and a surplus of bachelors - is forcing many Korean men to seek brides elsewhere.

NEWSWEEK: Opium Brides on the Rise in Afghanistan as Government Moves to Eradicate Opium Production (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - As Afghanistan steps up its efforts to eradicate poppy crops, many poor farmers who rely on profits from the plants have had to sell their daughters to settle their debts from local traffickers who provide loans in exchange for opium.

Vietnamese brides become Korean wives (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune) - KWANGMYONG, South Korea The two couples' baby girls were born last month only two days apart, the younger one on the morning of the Lunar New Year. Each girl, everyone later agreed, had her Korean father's forehead and her Vietnamese mother's nose.

Opium Brides of Afghanistan (Newsweek) - In the country's poppy-growing provinces, farmers are being forced to sell their daughters to pay loans.

Wed to Strangers, Vietnamese Wives Build Korean Lives (New York Times) - Such factors as the rising social status of Korean women and a surplus of bachelors resulting from a preference for sons is forcing many Korean men to seek brides in other Asian countries.

Blushing brides compete at sale (The Star-Ledger) - It had all the pluck of Pamplona with the panache of Paramus. And that's no bull. The hootin' and hollerin' began as the clock ticked away toward 8 a.m. yesterday.

New businesses (Asheville Citizen-Times) - ASHEVILLE -- Nicole Riley, owner of event planning company Verge Events, is opening a business to connect brides, grooms and wedding vendors in one spot.

Brides-to be mob closed dress store (The Florida Times-Union) - ST. AUGUSTINE - Nothing turns a bride into a bride-zilla faster than losing her wedding dress just before The Big Day.