LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Oh God, not today! June brides begging for clear skies (Boston Herald) - If the wet weather has got you feeling blue these days, try being a bride. The relentless rain has dampened weddings for a bevy of Bay State brides, who have spent the days before the big one praying...

Some US Brides Opting for Alternatives to Wedding Bands (KYW News Radio 1060) - It's wedding season and there are reports of brides in other parts of the US opting not to get a wedding band, instead replacing it with a necklace or bracelet.

Helping Taiwan's Immigrant Brides to Assimilate (Worldwide Faith News) - Title: Agencies Facilitate the Assimilation of Taiwan's Immigrant Brides Taiwan Church News 2832 5-11 June 2006 Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong. Written by David Alexander

Brides take comfort in creation (The Plain Dealer) - Some brides would rather starve on their wedding day than risk a splash of salad dressing or a drop of sauce ruining their dream dress. Charlotte Feldman of Berea wouldn't have believed it until she witnessed it a few years ago at a wedding in New York.

The illegal child brides of India (Daily Mail) - Forced to marry at six, mothers by 12, their bodies destroyed by 20, SUE LLOYD-ROBERTSfinds the unspeakable abuse of India's illegal child brides is worse than ever

Here Comes the.... Bill! (KCBD-TV) - Nuptial sticker shock is a sobering fact for brides and grooms as wedding bells produce ever-larger wedding bills.

AUDIO from Medialink: Online Buzz -- Photo Stamps & Mom-Tested Cars (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - ------It's that time of year again -- time for endings and beginnings. Seniors are graduating, and brides and grooms are saying their vows. Regina Lewis has more on that story & what other online trends have Americans hopping on their computers and searching.

Flood watches issued as more rain is predicted for waterlogged Maine (USA Today) - FEMA prepared to close its disaster center in southern Maine as more rain added to the misery for those who've suffered through one of the rainiest stretches of weather in recent memory. A flood watch was posted for Friday afternoon for much of southern Maine, and more rain was on tap for the weekend.

Here Come the Brides - The Complete First Season (DVD Talk) - The Product: It arrived amidst some of the most turbulent times in American history. A war in Southeast Asia was dividing the generations, and the call for civil rights had reached a fever pitch.

'With this - necklace? - I thee wed' (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News) - Some brides these days are snagging really big rings - big enough, that is, to drape necks and encircle wrists. The wedding band is being appended, if not replaced, by the wedding necklace or bracelet, pieces that symbolize togetherness in a more contemporary way.