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Groom & doom after wedding Leaves ring for bride – then jumps into river
<p>A Bronx groom hurled himself into the Harlem River over the weekend — just hours after exchanging marriage vows with his longtime love.</p><p>Fernando Brazier, 28, took the fatal leap after leaving a suicide note for his bride, Trudian Hay, at the front desk of the Radisson Hotel in New Rochelle, where the couple and family members spent the night after celebrating their wedding.</p>
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
Playboy mansion? More like a squalid prison
The marriage proposal was apparently a rather romantic affair. On Christmas Eve, the couple watched a late-night movie together and then exchanged gifts: for him a framed photograph of their King Charles Spaniel, for her an engagement ring. ‘She burst into tears,’ he revealed on Twitter at the weekend. ‘This is the happiest Christmas in memory.’ ‘The most memorable Christmas ever,’ she tweeted in agreement. ‘I love him.’ All of which might be rather more touching if the prospective groom was not Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner who, at 84, is 60 years older than his fiancée, a platinum blonde model...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
Groom drinks too much at wedding, dies
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwanese groom died on his wedding day after having too much wine and beer to drink, police and local media said Monday. The man, 35, an insurance company worker surnamed Wu passed out at home after drinking too much Saturday at a high-end restaurant in Taipei among more than 100 wedding guests, the Liberty Times reported.
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
There goes the groom -- to jail
A groom was arrested at his own wedding for disturbing the peace after his nephew violated the dress code with low-riding pants, Kenner police said. Arrested at the wedding reception Friday were groom John Lucas, 53, of River Ridge, his brother, Walter Lucas, 52, and nephew Samuel Lucas, 19, both of St. Rose. "We got arrested like 20 minutes after they said 'I do,' " said Samuel Lucas, the 19-year-old with the allegedly low pants. "They spent $1,500 on dance lessons and they didn't even get to dance." The incident began Friday evening at the Crystal Plantation when the police...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
God Save the Queens
I've got a buddy with a couple of friends on the NYPD. He sent them this article from the Post (following my comments) covering the shooting.
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
NY: Crowd denounces police killing of groom
NEW YORK - An angry crowd demanded Sunday to know why police officers killed an unarmed man on the day of his wedding, firing dozens of shots that also wounded two of the man's friends. Some called for the ouster of the city's police commissioner. At a vigil and rally the day after 23-year-old Sean Bell was supposed to have married the mother of his two young children, a crowd led by the Rev. Al Sharpton shouted "No justice, no peace." At one point, the crowd of a few hundred counted off to 50, the number of rounds fired. "We...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
Drunken groom gone bad to walk down aisle in court
WEST BROOKFIELD, Mass. -- A new marriage is off to a tipsy start after a groom is arrested after attacking a guest at his own wedding reception. Deric Grendon, 24, of West Brookfield was let go on $100 bail, but he was later re-arrested for violating a restraining order his new bride took out on him after the assault. The charges against him include assault and battery on a police officer, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace. Witnesses say Grendon became violent during the party at of the Knights of Columbus Hall after...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
Groom Injured Guests (Hold muh Slivovitz 'n watch this!)
A Serbian bridegroom spent the night in jail after he injured 15 guests while trying to shoot an apple with a shotgun. Shooting the apple is a traditional part of a Serbian wedding and is supposed to bring good luck to the newly-weds, reports Glas Javnosti newspaper. But the groom, 47, who's also a police marksmen, used a shotgun instead of a pistol and 15 people were hit by ricocheting pellets. None of the guests were seriously injured but police were called to the incident and arrested their colleague and confiscated his gun.
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
1942: Its Lesson for Today
It was the very worst of times. It was the opening days of 1942. The story of that year is told in a new book, "1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls," by Winston Groom. When America and Europe recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of VE day - the day the Nazis were finally defeated - I wondered if we would ever have a similar day to mark the defeat of global terror. I looked again at "1942" sitting on my desk. As an editor, I am deluged with books to review. Only a few make it to my lap...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
1 Month Later, Missing Groom Shows Up
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. -- A missing groom is back home in California, a month after he failed to show up at his wedding. Kenneth Souza vanished April 3, the day he was supposed to get married in Redondo Beach. A police spokesman said Souza just showed up at home, knocked on the front door and went in and took a shower. Sgt. Phil Keenan said his department was forced to spend "a lot of resources" searching for someone who was "playing wolf."
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:02:54 PM
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