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No More Child Brides in Colorado! Plus, a Celebrity Plea for Cousin Marriages (Wonkette) - Humbert Humbert, your days are numbered in the Centennial State! Reports AP via Fox News: “Gov. Bill Owens signed a measure banning child brides, ending an uproar sparked by a court ruling that...

Gov. Owens: No More Child Brides in Colorado (Fox News) - Colorado Gov. Bill Owens signed a bill into law on Tuesday that bans child brides in the state by setting a minimum age of 18 for common-law marriage or 16 with parental consent and judge's approval.

War Brides Provide Inspiration For Amelia Curran And The Mercy Band (ChartAttack.com) - Amelia Curran And The Mercy Band will be honeymooning in Newfoundland, as her latest piece of musical matrimony, War Brides, takes the troubadour back home.

Colo. governor signs bill banning child brides (The Arizona Republic) - DENVER - Gov. Bill Owens signed a measure banning child brides, ending an uproar sparked by a court ruling that said 12-year-old girls could enter common-law marriages in Colorado.

Owens signs bills banning child brides (Summit Daily News) - DENVER - Gov. Bill Owens signed a measure banning child brides on Tuesday, ending an uproar over a court ruling that 12-year-old girls could enter common-law marriages in Colorado.

Stage Review: CLO stages a lively and robust 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Although just about anything can be the basis for a musical, as Stephen Sondheim has showed, Plutarch must be one of the oddest sources -- especially for a musical comedy.

Brides of Palestine (Salon.com) - Last week hundreds of Palestinian women formed a suicide bomb squad. Are female suicide bombers really different from males?

Backstory: A town of foreign marriages (The Christian Science Monitor) - Taiwanese men, unable to find local brides, turn to brokered unions - with mixed results.

Colorado to Ban Child Marriages (ABC News) - Colorado Gov. Bill Owens Signs a Measure Banning Child Brides

Unique Wedding Favors Help Brides and Grooms Embrace Charity -- American Diabetes Association Launches a New, Online (PR Web via Yahoo! News) - (PRWEB) July 20, 2006 -- Today’s bride is adding a special touch to her wedding day by giving a donation on behalf of her wedding guests to the American Diabetes Association, in lieu of traditional wedding favors.