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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Colorful former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who turns 84 next month, on Friday married a 32-year-old woman who befriended him during his federal prison sentence for bribery and extortion. Edwards, a Democrat who served four terms as governor in the 1970s, `80s and `90s, did most of the talking after he and bride Trina Grimes Scott emerged from an elevator at the Monteleone Hotel in the French Quarter.

The two Britons suffering from swine flu are newlyweds who spent their honeymoon in Mexico, it was revealed today. Just weeks ago, Iain Askham, 27, and his new wife Dawn, 24, tied the knot and set off to Cancun for a dream holiday. But days after returning, they started feeling sick and have now found themselves at the heart of a possible global flu pandemic. The Askhams fell ill after returning from Mexico last Tuesday, where the outbreak of the H1N1 strain is believed to have first crossed from pigs to people. The couple, from Polmont, near Falkirk, flew home...

Senior Airman Matthew Bray and Airman 1st Class Yesenia Bray will celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary deployed to Iraq this March. Photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Morris, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. BAGHDAD — “There was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to volunteer for this,� said 21-year-old Airman 1st Class Yesenia Bray of her deployment to Baghdad.As one half of an Air Force couple currently serving in Iraq, her married life that began this past March had to be put on hold before it even had a chance to truly begin.But all that’s okay with Bray; she...

Around 800 Minnesota National Guard soldiers will be leaving for Iraq this summer, the Guard announced Tuesday. Two members of the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, who are slated to leave for Fort Sill in Oklahoma this May before later heading to Iraq, are also a pair of Minnesota newlyweds. "I always said before, if she ever does go, then I would do everything I could to go with her," said Richard Deering, who has already completed two tours of duty in Iraq. His wife Jen Deering found out she was being deployed last summer while the two were still just...

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2007 – Army Pvt. Imani Tumbling and Pfc. Angelo Tumbling will celebrate their first major holiday as a married couple and their first anniversary here in a combat zone. Army Pvt. Imani Tumbling and Pfc. Angelo Tumbling, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), share a laugh. The Tumblings are spending their first holiday season as husband and wife at Camp Striker, Iraq. After a whirlwind courtship that lasted four months, the two were married the month before they deployed. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kerensa Hardy, USA  (Click...

How would one go about introducing (or gauging support for) a law/regulation that would require credit issuing companies to remove items from someone's credit report based on the terms of a divorce decree? The thought being that it is too easy for one party in a divorce to ruin the other's credit by simply not paying under the terms of the decree. Obviously there would have to be some sort criteria for what debts would qualify, but for now I am just curious as to how things like this get proposed to people that can explore it further and have...

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Feb. 24, 2005 -- Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Bowe and his wife, Sgt. Brandy Bowe, spent their "honeymoon" on a Caribbean island. There was plenty of sun and stunning views of crystal-clear, blue-tinted waters. But this couple didn't visit Jamaica or the Bahamas. In fact, the only home the two Army Reservists have shared so far in their short marriage has been in Cuba – at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Kevin, who is responsible for the tools in his unit's motor pool, and Brandy, a military police officer, were married in December 2003, while she...

Newlyweds reality TV for the heterosexual crowd?

ewlyweds Tony Clayton and Jeana Johnson-Clayton had a simple request. Instead of the usual wedding gifts, they wanted long-distance calling cards. Not for themselves -- but for the GI's in Iraq. The couple married last month in Port Angeles, Wash., and got their wish. They have nearly 60 calling cards and more are still arriving. It's a personal issue with them. The new bride's son is a Marine who will soon be deployed to war zone. The Claytons said they'll be sending all the cards overseas -- so the troops will be able to phone home for the holidays. For...

I am proud as all hell to announce to FReeperdom that Bacon Man, my best friend of more than 20 years, and his amazing lady Hap have tied the knot! They were married yesterday afternoon, May 15, 2004, in a small ceremony at the Chapel at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, attended by family and friends. It was undoubtedly the best wedding I've ever been to. They're the best people I know, and their love is so strong that you feel better just being around them. Please join me in a huge Mazel Tov for the happy couple!

No, Jessica Simpson's not pregnant, but Nick Lachey is likely to start kissing his wife's tummy a little more in the new year. That's thanks to the pop starlet's new belly-button fragrance, made from pheromones, aromatic chemical compounds naturally emitted by humans that can act as an aphrodisiac. The perfume is part of D'lish Fragrance Inc.'s upcoming Dessert, a body-care line Simpson helped create. Due in Sephora stores nationwide in April, the line will also feature whipped body cream, chocolate body gloss, powdered sugar body shimmer, lip-plumping fragrance, bath bubbles, and hair and body treatments. All of the items are...