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• Called off weddings can now be sold

  May 20, 2013 4:34 AM

  The wedding's off, but it's too late to cancel the arrangements. That's where BridalBrokerage.com steps in. The site arranges swaps, helping couples who call it off "sell" their wedding packages to other couples looking to save some money. They can save thousands of dollars, while the couple that canceled... more »

• Woman fakes cancer to get free wedding

  April 11, 2012 8:13 AM

  WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) - Strangers donated the beautifully embroidered wedding dress, the rings, the honeymoon time-share in Aruba. They acted quickly, too, because the bride was dying of cancer. Or so she said. The New York state attorney general's office said Tuesday that Jessica Vega, 25, has been... more »

• Sir Paul McCartney set to marry for the third time

  September 17, 2011 11:23 PM

  LONDON (AP) - Paul McCartney is set to tie the knot at the venue where he first married more than 40 years ago. Officials say the former Beatle and fiancee Nancy Shevell have posted a notice of intention to marry at London's Marylebone Register Office. Westminster Council said the notice... more »

• Olympian motivates CSU-Pueblo students days before Kardashian wedding

  August 17, 2011 7:39 PM

  He's earned the title World's Greatest Athlete and his family has a hit reality TV show. Bruce Jenner was at CSU-Pueblo today to kick off fall orientation. The Olympic gold medalist gave students a pep talk about finding their inner champion. Jenner won the gold medal for the decathlon in... more »

• Perry backs a constitutional limit on marriage

  July 30, 2011 4:05 PM

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he supports ac constitutional amendment limiting marriage to a man and a woman, though just last week he said New York's gay marriage law is fine with him. In an interview Saturday with The Associated Press, Perry said he supports federal... more »

• Florence celebrates Royal Wedding

  April 28, 2011 7:26 PM

  Main street in the small town of Florence, Colorado is all a buzz about the upcoming Royal Wedding. Local shop owners have dressed the streets with a ''Bit of the Brit'' in honor of the Royal family and their big day. British flags, food,wedding gowns and silver tea... more »

• Royal Wedding to be streamed live

  April 28, 2011 6:58 PM

  The Royal Wedding in Great Britain will be streamed live to the world tomorrow morning. The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be the first time a royal wedding has been available live on the internet. The event is expected to be viewed by two billion people... more »

• Prince William to wed on April 29

  November 23, 2010 2:16 PM

  LONDON (AP) - Prince William's private secretary says the prince and Kate Middleton are playing a "very active role" in planning the events for next April 29. That's when they're scheduled to be married at Westminster Abbey in London. The prince's aide says the couple knows that the world... more »

• Father turns heartbreak into heart warming event

  November 14, 2010 12:37 AM

  Saturday night was supposed to be a joyous night for the Shafer family. "My youngest daughter was to be married this evening." explains Mac Shafer, the father of the bride. Sadly, it never happened. "We had a tough time and it didn't work out." says Shafer. With few options on... more »

• Father of the bride becomes best man

  November 13, 2010 5:07 PM

  What would you do if your daughter's wedding canceled and you couldn't get your money back on the reception dinner? One father in Colorado Springs is becoming the best man by hosting a dinner for others in need. We are working on this story and others tonight at 10pm. more »

• Close call for wedding party

  June 23, 2010 10:58 PM

  It was a close call in Eastern El Paso County Wednesday afternoon after the carburetor on an RV caught fire and sparked a grass fire. Friends and family were preparing for a wedding at the property along Peyton Highway when the fire started. They all jumped in with shovels, hoses... more »

• Couple runs 5K race to the alter

  May 10, 2010 3:14 PM

  Jennifer Robinson and Dennis Holler ran a 5K race in Florida Sunday, then the bride ran down the aisle into wedded bliss. "It's a little non-traditional, but for us it's a tradition. We like to run on Sunday mornings," Dennis added. The groomsmen wore tuxedo t-shirts with "Team... more »

• Something stolen makes Colorado newlywed blue

  May 4, 2010 9:41 AM

  A Colorado newlywed says someone broke into her house and stole a computer and a video game system on her wedding day. Ashley Lindenberger of Pueblo reported the thefts occurred Sunday. She says the laptop and Xbox combined were worth about $1,400. Police say Lindenberger told them she was staying... more »

• Mother of bride delivers passer-by's baby

  April 21, 2010 9:28 AM

  A Wisconsin woman who went into labor on the way to a hospital got some help from the mother of a bride at a nearby wedding party. Ben Sherwood of New Berlin was driving his wife Kimberly to the hospital Saturday when she told him they wouldn't make it. They... more »

• Wedding guest injured playing Russian roulette

  March 28, 2010 9:04 AM

  Russian television has aired a video of a wedding guest shooting himself in the head with a rubber bullet in a game of Russian roulette. An excerpt from a wedding video airing on NTV television shows a man addressing the groom, then whipping out a pistol, pointing it to... more »

• Woman gets married, has baby on same day

  March 2, 2010 10:01 AM

  An Ohio woman taken to a maternity ward in her wedding dress became a newlywed and a new mom on the same day. Jamie Phillips says she felt contractions while her father walked her down the aisle during her wedding ceremony Saturday in Toledo in northwest Ohio, but she... more »

• Lawmaker says time to ban marriages between first cousins

  February 21, 2010 9:58 AM

  A Maryland state legislator says it's time to ban marriages between first cousins and stop playing what he calls "genetic roulette" with their offspring. Henry Heller, a Democratic delegate, or state representative, says he wants to bring Maryland "into the enlightened world of other states such as West Virginia and... more »

• Groom recovers from swine-flu coma

  February 4, 2010 1:48 PM

  It was the wedding that almost didn't happen. "I was in a coma for 17 days," said Clint Larson. "It still doesn't seem real to me." Just before New Year's, he and his fiance Karen Wilkinson both came down with H1N1. Karen woke up one morning and... more »

• More men get economic boost from marriage

  January 19, 2010 11:43 AM

  Historically, marriage was the surest route to financial security for women. Nowadays it's men who are increasingly getting the biggest economic boost from tying the knot, according to a new analysis of census data. The changes, summarized in a Pew Research Center report being released Tuesday, reflect the proliferation... more »

• Couple hopes to finance wedding with recycled cans

  January 8, 2010 10:43 AM

  The Northwest is known for it's natural beauty and support of the environment, so it shouldn't be a surprise that a Spokane, Wahsington couple is holding a recycling drive. What is surprising is what they plan to do with the proceeds. Peter Geyer and Andrea Parrish plan to... more »

• Browns fans tie the knot while tailgating

  December 11, 2009 10:39 AM

  Finding the wedding dress was the easy part for bride Donna Parco. The perfect veil, though, required some orange dog bones and glue. "This morning, I put on three layers of clothes and that was that," said Parco. "I always dreamed of getting married in blue jeans." ... more »

• Cell phone wedding in Colorado Springs

  December 8, 2009 12:30 PM

  Here's a couple that knows how to roll with the punches-- Ruth Ann and Pete Kronberg were set to get married in Colorado Springs Sunday. Their pastor was in a car accident--he's OK, but couldn't make it to the ceremony. So the pastor was put on speaker on the... more »

• Treasure in the trash

  November 12, 2009 10:30 AM

  Angelo Pericolo is an admitted neatnik, but his clean streak landed him in a heap of garbage this week. His wife, Bridget, rarely wears her wedding rings and hardly ever eats or drinks anything in the living room. But on Monday she did both, and then took off her... more »

• Police: Student is suspect in Yale killing

  September 14, 2009 1:45 PM

  Police have identified a suspect in the killing of Annie Le, whose body was found stuffed behind a wall in a high-security laboratory building at Yale University, law enforcement sources told NBC News on Monday. The suspect, a student, has defensive wounds, and failed a polygraph test, the sources... more »