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Burning Brides @ NXNE 2009 (ChartAttack.com) - Background/Composition: The Philadelphia hard rock trio, made up of husband and wife Dimitri Coats and Melanie Campbell (on guitar/vox and bass, respectively) and drummer Pete Beeman, opened for the Black Lips at Yonge-Dundas Square on June 18. Burning Brides have toured with Eagles Of Death Metal and Peaches and released their latest album, Anhedonia , on June 17 in Canada.

More brides angle for cheaper weddings (The Pantagraph) - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brides are still saying “I do” in 2009, but they’re saying “I don’t” to lavish weddings.

More older Singaporeans seeking foreign brides (The Malaysian Insider) - SINGAPORE, June 18 – It’s official: More older Singaporean men whom Cupid missed are seeking marital bliss by marrying non-Singaporean women. Compared to 1998, when only 18 per cent of such marriages involved men above 40, that proportion doubled to 35 per cent last year. These men also tend to marry foreign women significantly younger, with four-fifths of their brides being under 40. These ...

Throw a wedding without breaking the bank (Dallas Morning News) - JOHN F. RHODES/DMN To save money, bride-to-be Jennifer Bryan of McKinney got her favors and paper supplies at cost from a family friend, and her flower girl's dress came from Costco.Call it the Year of the Recessionista Bride-to-Be. With their weddings this season, these brides (and some of their moms) have found creative ways to throw a celebration on a shoestring.

RCMP discover wedding dress on highway, owner sought (Edmonton Sun) - We’ve all heard of runaway brides – but a runaway wedding dress is another story.

Good news, brides: Downturn doesn't keep wedding guests away (The Pantagraph) - NEW YORK -- In Michigan, one of the states hit hardest by the recession, Wendy Higgins has reluctantly told a favorite niece she may not have enough money for her wedding present in August. | Guests: Ceremony is favorite part | MyPantagraph: Create your wedding, find businesses

Married With Children (New York Times) - This vivid account of Queen Victoria’s marriage analyzes her suffering under what she called “the yoke” of matrimony.

Calling all frugal brides and grooms (The Express-Times) - We want to know how you scaled back your dream wedding.

Rain, rain give us a break (The Intelligencer) - Some June brides get rain on their wedding day. Helen Rodriguez got a virtual monsoon.

Method for AP-Brides.com poll on weddings (AP via Yahoo! News) - The Associated Press-Brides.com Poll on weddings was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from May 28-June 1, 2009. It is based on landline and cellular telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,000 adults, including 939 adults who have ever attended a wedding and 530 adults who have attending a wedding within the last two years. Interviews were conducted with 800 respondents on ...