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Not-so-bulging brides (Salon.com) - Has pre-wedding dieting gotten out of control?

Cohabiting Brides and Grooms (Zenit News Agency) - ROME, JULY 15, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.

The Honeymoon's Over, Now Lose the Weight Together (Richfield Reaper) - (ARA) - For many, the stress and whirlwind of wedding planning can get crazy. And it often leads to brides and grooms crash dieting in order to fit into their dress and tux.

Brides, grooms can now say 'I do' in final frontier (The Oklahoman) - Couples wanting an out-of-this-world wedding can now sign up to say their "I dos” from space. An elite wedding package that includes a 45-minute chartered space flight for the bride, bridegroom and three friends can be purchased for $2.2 million. Oklahoma-based Rocketplane Global and Japanese wedding planner First Advantage teamed up to offer couples the experience. The bride and groom would ...

Closed bride shop refund unlikely (BBC News) - Brides-to-be who were left without dresses when a bridal shop closed are unlikely to get their money back.

General News (Clarion News) - The Knox Community Theatre “Act I” Inc. will present the musical melodrama “Males Order Brides or Big Harry’s Scandalous Scheme!” 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19 in the Wentlings Corners Community Hall.

There have been a couple of really special weddings that I've been involved with lately. Special in that the brides ... (Rome Observer) - One important factor that two of them had in common was that they planned ahead at least a year in advance. Planning for such a pivotal event is so important when every detail has to be perfect. If you just throw your wedding together at the last minute, it will be just that, thrown together.

Review: Woodminster's 'Seven Brides' is light and silly (Contra Costa Times) - The best thing to do is just sit back and enjoy this light and fanciful story of a group of young men living in an isolated cabin in the woods and their eagerness for female companionship.

The Dilemma of 'Virginity' Restoration (Time Magazine) - Doctors in Europe are increasingly performing hymenoplasties for brides seeking to simulate virginity. But critics say the practice reinforces oppressive religious strictures

EU Caps Roaming Fees for Text Messages (BusinessWeek) - Mobile operators can no longer charge travelers up to 10 times what they pay in their home countries