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Gimmicky date a boost for lovelorn Las Vegas
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 ...
Minn. gay couple in '71 marriage case still united
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 ...
Gay couples in Wash. start taking wedding vows
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 ...
Same-sex couples in Wash. state start wedding vows
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 ...
Same-sex weddings in Wash. to begin on Sunday
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 ...
Gay Washington state couples get marriage licenses
Hundreds of same-sex couples across Washington state started picking up marriage licenses Thursday as a voter-approved law legalizing gay marriage ...
Gregoire signs Wash. gay marriage law
Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, which now joins several other states that ...
West Point chapel hosts its first same-sex wedding
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 ...
Valentino haute couture exhibition opens in London
If there's one name that represents red carpet glamour, it's probably Valentino. Over half a century, the legendary designer has created exquisite, ...
Land mine kills 17 Afghans traveling to a wedding
A roadside bomb in western Afghanistan killed 17 civilians traveling to a wedding Friday, an Afghan official said. Abdul Rahman Zhuwandai, a spokesman ...
'30 Rock' heroine Liz Lemon to wed this month
Liz Lemon is getting married and you're invited. Fans of "30 Rock" might have reasonably assumed that Lemon, the harried TV producer played by Tina ...
Transgender Pakistanis face society's scorn
Dressed up in elaborate, feminine outfits and artfully applied makeup, they are showered with money while dancing at all-male wedding parties. But the ...
Winehouse wedding dress stolen from singer's home
Amy Winehouse's charity says two of the late singer's dresses — including her wedding dress — are missing and believed stolen from her former London ...
Fire at Saudi wedding kills 23 women, children
Saudi media reports say a blaze that erupted inside a tent at a wedding in the country's east has killed at least 23 women and children. The media ...
Iconic Scarlett O'Hara dresses restored, displayed
It turns out there will be another day for Scarlett O'Hara's green curtain dress. Many of them. The iconic dress and Scarlett's burgundy ball gown ...
Complaint: NY wedding site banned same-sex couple
Two upstate New York women turned away from a potential wedding site because they are gay have filed a discrimination complaint, setting up a possible ...
Pregnant NYC woman found slain day before wedding
A woman who was eight months pregnant was found stabbed to death Saturday in her apartment, the day before her wedding, police said. Vindalee Smith, ...
Blast in Afghanistan kills 19 en route to wedding
A roadside bomb tore through a minibus carrying people to a wedding celebration in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 19 people and ...
Shotgun wedding? Jeweler offers rifles with rings
Have you spent your life hunting for the perfect wife? Maybe you have met the one but are feeling gun shy? An Iowa jeweler is offering free rifles for ...
1991 wedding guest list made VP debate side issue
The day before the vice presidential debate the guest list for moderator Martha Raddatz's 1991 wedding has become an issue, of sorts. The list ...
Russian nationalists want wedding shooters jailed
It was an unusual wedding escort even for Moscow's brash style: A red Ferrari led a motorcade in which guests fired celebratory shots from car windows ...
Zimbabwe prime minister goes ahead with wedding
The Zimbabwe prime minister went ahead with wedding celebrations Saturday despite a court ruling that cancelled his marriage license on allegations ...
Zimbabwe prime minister's wedding in doubt
Attorneys for a jilted ex-lover of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai say a court ordered him to stop his wedding to another woman on ...
Avril Lavigne promises 'badass' wedding gown
Pop star Avril Lavigne, the designer, promises a "badass" wedding dress she might make herself when she marries rocker Chad Kroeger. "Either it's ...
Bolivia's VP and journalist marry in Aymara rites
The nation's vice president and his bride chose for their Saturday nuptials a temple of stone walls that the ancient Aymara people constructed some ...