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Brides moving away from tradition registry items to more practical pics (Midland Reporter-Telegram) - By Megan Lea Buck Assistant Lifestyle Editor Creating a gift registry can be an exciting process for a bride. It's a chance to decide what items the soon-to-be married couple needs or wants to enhance their life together. Traditionally, bridal registries consisted of fine china, crystal stemware, sterling silver flatware and silver-plated serving dishes. Midland's modern brides are finding, just ...

Couples bare all for 'Battle Of The Brides' competition (New Kerala) - London, Aug 14 : Every bride wants to make sure that everything is perfect for her wedding day and the three wives-to-be who have participated in GMTV's Battle Of The Brides competition are no exception, as they bare all for the chance to win their dream wedding.

No Longer Just for Babies and Brides: New Registry Launches for School Teachers to Create Classroom Wish List (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - A new online registry for teachers created by Minnesota-based Anderson's, is launching in time for back to school. Similar to registries for babies and brides, Gold Star Registry is designed to allow teachers to post a wish list of the supplemental classroom tools that enhance their learning environment, such as skill-builders, achievement awards and learning incentives.

Northwood's own 'Bridezilla': TV series features Megan Cantu as one of its bossy brides (The Toledo Blade) - It's hard to say when Northwood resident Megan Cantu became a bridezilla, one of those demanding, fire-breathing brides who wants to control every element of her wedding. Was it when she threw her fiance's "SINGLE" T-shirt in the toilet a few days before the wedding and said, "He belongs to me. I own him. He is not single"? Maybe it was when she got mad at her dad for not having selected a ...

BLUSHING BRIDES (New York Post) - DAYTIME sweetheart Ellen DeGeneres is going to wed her gorgeous girlfriend, Portia de Rossi , tomorrow in Los Angeles. An insider told Page Six, "Their wedding is definitely happening," and Saturday is the big night. "Twenty people were invited,"...

Wedding gifts can be only a click away (Midland Reporter-Telegram) - By Megan Lea Buck Assistant Lifestyle Editor With fine china or money for a honeymoon only a click away, the Internet has revolutionized the concept of the bridal registry. Web sites such as weddingchannel.com and theknot.com offer assistance to brides in all stages of planning their big day. When it comes to picking out potential wedding gifts, these sites provide one-stop shopping for brides ...

The Honeymoon's Over, Now Lose the Weight Together (Carteret County News-Times) - (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.

Johann Hari: The rebellion of the child-brides (Independent) - Late last year, a tiny little ten year old girl turned up alone at the court in Sana, Yemen, and declared: "I have come to get a divorce."

Weddings cut fanfare with recession woes (Miami Herald) - Wedding guests this year may want to get in line early for dessert. With housing prices down, inflation on the rise and financial worries at fever pitch, brides and grooms are scaling back, too. Among the cost-cutting strategies: smaller cakes.

Couples look for ways to trim wedding costs (Miami Herald) - A tip for wedding guests in an economic downturn: Line up early for dessert. With housing prices down, inflation up and financial worries at fever pitch, brides and grooms are scaling back, too. Among the cost-cutting strategies: smaller cakes.