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Shop to give dresses to 20 unemployed brides (Detroit Free Press) - If you're unemployed and in need of a bridal gown, today could be your lucky day. Maria's Bridal in Rochester is giving away wedding dresses to the first 20 brides-to-be who show up at the shop between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Brides must have a valid Michigan Unemployment Insurance debit card to prove they're unemployed. The gowns come in sizes 6-14.

Can't find brides, Haryana barters away little girls (The Times of India) - Rural Haryana operates a barter system that ensures its sons find brides on the promise of exchanging their sister, cousin or female relative of whatever age.

Hitched: Premier Bridal Show Connects Vendors and Brides-to-Be (Jackson Free Press) - Brides, brides, and more brides. Chatting with their lady companions, they formed a long line in the lobby of the Embassy Suites Ridgeland. All of them were waiting to get into the bridal show on Tuesday, July 28, put on by Premier Bride magazine .

Brides-to-Be Battle Cancer (KSHB-TV Kansas City) - Some brides-to-be get a chance to share their special day with families coping with terminal cancer.

Brides Garden a natural for smaller gatherings (The Columbus Dispatch) - In planning their wedding, Julie Rukin and Jeff Cormell knew they wanted an outdoor spring ceremony.

Here come 'Brides' – and a legend ... (The Sacramento Bee) - Glenn Casale, desperate for someone – the perfect someone – to direct "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" in the round at Music Circus, called his old friend Leland Ball in New York City.

Video of the Day: Running of the Brides (FOX 5 Washington D.C.) - Hundreds of brides-to-be and their teams packed the Filene's Basement store at Mazza Gallerie in Northwest Washington on Friday in hopes of hunting down the perfect wedding gown at an unbelievable price.  Check out video and photos from this year's event here on our website.

Photo Gallery: Running of the Brides (FOX 5 Washington D.C.) - Hundreds of brides-to-be and their teams packed the Filene's Basement store at Mazza Gallerie in Northwest Washington on Friday in hopes of hunting down the perfect wedding gown at an unbelievable price.  Check out photos from this year's running here on our website.

Film to show hidden misery of Mao's slave teenage brides (New Kerala) - London, Aug 2 : The audiences will see a tale of joy and sorrow when the film titled '8,000 Girls Ascend the Heavenly Mountain' is released in autumn, dramatizing the lives of thousands of girls aged 13 to 19 who went to China's remote far west in the 1950s to follow soldiers sent to colonise the turbulent Muslim region.

Consumer Stories...Bridal shop closes leaving brides without dresses (WBTV Charlotte) - CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - There's a sign on the door of the building that, until recently, housed Noble Brides in Pineville. It explains why the shop owner, Scott Noble, had no choice but to shut his doors.