http://www.mail.com/subjects/12414-weddings.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12414-weddings.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092200-paper-wrap-the-office-ends-8-year.html NEW YORK (AP) — That's a wrap! Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. lives on, but "The Office" has closed shop. The NBC workplace comedy, set at the fictional company's Scranton, Pa., branch, aired its finale Thursday to end an eight-year run. As expected, office manager Dwight wed tempestuous co-worker Angela, with whom he prev... Fri, 17 May 2013 03:07:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092200-paper-wrap-the-office-ends-8-year.html 2013-05-17T03:07:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078492-pakistani-prime-minister-declares-victory.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. The 63-year-old Sharif, who has twice served as premier, touted his success after unofficial, partial vote counts showed his Pakist... Sun, 12 May 2013 00:38:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078492-pakistani-prime-minister-declares-victory.html 2013-05-12T00:38:58Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066378-wash-graduate-wears-wedding-gown-under-robe.html PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — With friends and family already gathered for her graduation from Washington State University, Cassie Dotts thought it would be a good time for another ceremony — her wedding. She married University of Idaho fisheries science graduate Ben Ho in a ceremony on Friday in Moscow, Idaho. Then she received her doctorate in veterinary medici... Mon, 06 May 2013 17:39:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2066378-wash-graduate-wears-wedding-gown-under-robe.html 2013-05-06T17:39:10Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2064652-trombone-shorty-aaron-neville-close-jazz-fest.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For more than two decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has closed with a performance by the city's own Neville Brothers. On Sunday, that tradition changed. Aaron Neville performed on a stage with his new band while young brass band frontman Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews closed the festival's biggest stage — where the Nev... Sun, 05 May 2013 23:07:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2064652-trombone-shorty-aaron-neville-close-jazz-fest.html 2013-05-05T23:07:26Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2060582-safrica-officials-suspended-wedding-scandal.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Five South African officials, including police and military commanders, have been suspended after a chartered plane carrying about 200 guests from India to a lavish family wedding was allowed to land at a South African air force base, the government said Friday. The scandal, in which the passengers allegedly bypassed customs procedures... Fri, 03 May 2013 19:47:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2060582-safrica-officials-suspended-wedding-scandal.html 2013-05-03T19:47:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2055550-colorado-ushers-law-with-midnight-unions.html DENVER (AP) — The first gay couple granted a civil union in Colorado said their vows before hundreds of people early Wednesday morning at a downtown Denver municipal building where couples and members of the public gathered. The new law legalizing civil unions took effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, and both Denver and Boulder began issuing licenses immediat... Wed, 01 May 2013 16:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2055550-colorado-ushers-law-with-midnight-unions.html 2013-05-01T16:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1979500-gypsies-flock-to-bridal-fair-parents-negotiate.html STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria (AP) — Donka Hristova lets her mother pull her skintight mini-dress a half-inch down her leg. Checking her makeup one last time, she joins her two younger sisters in a provocative dance. The Gypsy girl knows she has to look her best. She is, after all, on an important life mission: catching the eye of one of the hundreds of young Gy... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:56:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1979500-gypsies-flock-to-bridal-fair-parents-negotiate.html 2013-03-26T14:56:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1880450-shovels-skis-wedding-tales-snowstorm.html From New Jersey to Maine, millions of people, many with Superstorm Sandy still fresh in their minds, dug out from underneath mounds of snow Saturday. Many were left with serious consequences. Hundreds of thousands lost power, and on New York's Long Island, abandoned cars littered the roadways, left by people who could not make it home Friday night as the ... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1880450-shovels-skis-wedding-tales-snowstorm.html 2013-02-10T01:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1808654-mass-couples-wedding-day-towns-zip-code.html AMESBURY, Mass. (AP) — Couples often hold weddings on significant dates, but a Massachusetts couple has come up with a new way of remembering their ceremony. Cheryl Bennett and Steven DeLong, longtime residents of Amesbury, are getting married Wednesday, the same date as the town's ZIP code of 01913. Forty-five-year-old mechanic DeLong and 31-year-old med... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1808654-mass-couples-wedding-day-towns-zip-code.html 2013-01-09T13:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1805790-hot-air-balloon-crashes-san-diego-backyard-wedding.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sunset wedding ceremony aboard a hot air balloon got off to a bumpy start when a gust of wind forced the pilot to make a crash landing in the yard of a San Diego home. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque says one of the 14 people onboard suffered a minor back injury Monday. The marrying couple told KGTV (http://bit.... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1805790-hot-air-balloon-crashes-san-diego-backyard-wedding.html 2013-01-08T07:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1804106-review-clarks-mystery-irresistible-read.html "Footprints in the Sand" (William Morrow), by Mary Jane Clark Piper Donovan, the heroine of a mystery series by Mary Jane Clark, is fearless and inquisitive, and this trait often puts her in danger. In "Footprints in the Sand," the latest in the series, she finds herself in a particularly lethal situation. She isn't a professional sleu... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1804106-review-clarks-mystery-irresistible-read.html 2013-01-07T14:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1793996-weddings-gay-marriage-legal-md.html TILGHMAN ISLAND, Md. (AP) — Same-sex couples in Maryland were greeted with cheers and noisemakers held over from New Year's Eve parties, as gay marriage became legal in the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line on New Year's Day. James Scales, 68, was married to William Tasker, 60, on Tuesday shortly after midnight by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawling... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1793996-weddings-gay-marriage-legal-md.html 2013-01-01T23:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790792-maine-same-sex-couples-marry-hours-law.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Arriving in a limo, Donna Galluzzo and Lisa Gorney had all the trappings of a traditional wedding: Rings, flowers, wedding vows, an entourage and a friend to officiate. With tears in their eyes, they were among the first gay couples to exchange wedding vows early Saturday morning after Maine's same-sex marriage law went into effect ... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790792-maine-same-sex-couples-marry-hours-law.html 2012-12-29T07:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790752-maine-greets-gay-marriage-with-midnight-weddings.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After waiting years and seeing marriage rights nearly awarded and then retracted, gay couples in Maine's largest city didn't have to wait a moment longer than necessary to wed, with licenses issued at the stroke of midnight as the law went into effect. Among them were Steven Bridges and Michael Snell, who held a commitment ceremony ... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790752-maine-greets-gay-marriage-with-midnight-weddings.html 2012-12-29T05:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790138-gay-marriage-law-maine.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Chris Kast and Byron Bartlett already consider themselves married after a 2010 ceremony overlooking Portland Harbor, but now they're doing it all over again — planning to be among the first to get a marriage license now that Maine's same-sex marriage law has taken effect. Portland City Hall opened at midnight to issue the first marr... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1790138-gay-marriage-law-maine.html 2012-12-29T04:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1784576-richard-adams-early-figure-gay-marriage-dies.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Adams, who used both the altar and the courtroom to help begin the push for gay marriage four decades before it reached the center of the national consciousness, has died, his attorney said Sunday. After a brief illness, Adams died Dec. 17 at age 65 in the Hollywood home he shared with Tony Sullivan, his partner of 43 years, att... Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1784576-richard-adams-early-figure-gay-marriage-dies.html 2012-12-23T22:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1784608-so-calif-couple-unlawfully-wedded-48-years.html REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — After spending nearly a half-century as husband and wife, Bob and Norma Clark are finally married. The couple from Redlands, an inland California city halfway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs, celebrated their 48th anniversary in August, and in November they were getting their end-of-life documents in order and sought a copy of... Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1784608-so-calif-couple-unlawfully-wedded-48-years.html 2012-12-23T18:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1766988-popularity-caribbean-island-soars-wedding.html ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) — A speck of an island in the Dutch Caribbean has become increasingly popular with gay couples after legislators legalized same-sex marriages in a region still openly hostile to gays and lesbians. Two men were recently married in Saba, marking the first ceremony of its kind in the region and setting off a frenzy of calls from gay co... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1766988-popularity-caribbean-island-soars-wedding.html 2012-12-14T17:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1763170-gimmicky-boost-lovelorn-las-vegas.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas, land of the quickie wedding, is in the midst of a serious love recession, and chapels in the city accustomed to playing the numbers were not about to let the latest money-making opportunity — Wednesday's auspicious 12/12/12 date — pass without a marketing push. They worked for months to turn the day into a major payout, luring ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1763170-gimmicky-boost-lovelorn-las-vegas.html 2012-12-13T05:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755288-minn-gay-couple-71-marriage-case-united.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Jack Baker proposed to Michael McConnell that they join their lives together as a couple, in March 1967, McConnell accepted with a condition that was utterly radical for its time: that someday they would legally marry. Just a few years later, the U.S. Supreme Court slammed the door on the men's Minnesota lawsuit to be the first sam... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755288-minn-gay-couple-71-marriage-case-united.html 2012-12-10T08:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755316-gay-couples-wash-start-taking-wedding-vows.html SEATTLE (AP) — Keith Bacon and Corianton Hale wore dress shirts as they recited their vows at Seattle City Hall, as the city hosted more than 100 weddings on the first day same-sex couples could marry in Washington state. A few hours later Sunday, the happy couple had changed into matching t-shirts that read "Looks Like We Made It." "It's tremendously mea... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1755316-gay-couples-wash-start-taking-wedding-vows.html 2012-12-10T08:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753906-same-sex-couples-wash-start-wedding-vows.html SEATTLE (AP) — Scores of same-sex couples crowded Seattle City Hall for a day of wedding ceremonies on Sunday, the first day they could marry after the state's voter-approved gay marriage law took effect. While numerous weddings were taking place across the state, both private and public, the city hall weddings were the largest public event, with more tha... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1753906-same-sex-couples-wash-start-wedding-vows.html 2012-12-10T02:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753124-same-sex-weddings-wash-to-sunday.html OLYMPIA, WASH. (AP) — Two retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses this week as Washington state's voter-approved law allowing same-sex marriage took effect. Former Air Force flight nurse Maj. Margaret Witt, of Spokane, and retired nurse, Army Col. Gret... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753124-same-sex-weddings-wash-to-sunday.html 2012-12-08T19:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1747818-gay-washington-couples-marriage-licenses.html SEATTLE (AP) — Hundreds of same-sex couples across Washington state started picking up marriage licenses Thursday as a voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage took effect. King County, the state's largest, opened the doors to its auditor's office in Seattle just after midnight to start distributing licenses. But hundreds of people had lined up hours ea... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1747818-gay-washington-couples-marriage-licenses.html 2012-12-07T02:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746774-gregoire-signs-wash-gay-marriage-law.html OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, which now joins several other states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. Gregoire and Secretary of State Sam Reed certified the election on Wednesday afternoon, as they were joined by couples who plan to wed and community ac... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746774-gregoire-signs-wash-gay-marriage-law.html 2012-12-06T06:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736898-west-point-chapel-hosts-same-sex-wedding.html WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Cadet Chapel, the landmark Gothic church that is a center for spiritual life at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, hosted its first same-sex wedding Saturday. Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate, exchanged vows in the regal church in an afternoon ceremony, attended by about 250 guests and conducted by... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736898-west-point-chapel-hosts-same-sex-wedding.html 2012-12-01T23:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1728912-valentino-haute-couture-exhibition-opens-london.html LONDON (AP) — If there's one name that represents red carpet glamour, it's probably Valentino. Over half a century, the legendary designer has created exquisite, classic gowns for the world's most glamorous women, from Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren to Sarah Jessica Parker and Gwyneth Paltrow. Now a new London exhibition is bringing... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1728912-valentino-haute-couture-exhibition-opens-london.html 2012-11-28T19:51:00Z