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Why guns and weddings dont mix

More Reason Why Guns & Weddings Don't Mix

In Turkey, a wedding goes wrong when an AK-47 is involved.

The most recent wedding plus guns equals bloodshed math problem occurred in Turkey. And this jive turkey went down like this: a fellow, fresh off of going from bridegroom to husband celebrated by rattling a few rounds out of his AK-47. And this young Turk was likely of the untrained variety and sprayed down guests when he lost control of the rifle. His dad and two aunts were killed and several others were wounded. Proving once again that guns and wedding just don't mix.

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Why Guns And Weddings Don't Mix

The bleak tale of a real shotgun wedding gone wrong.

While the concept of a shotgun wedding has been around since, well, before shotguns were invented, rarely do the firearms ever actually show up at the wedding. And for good reason, though guns don't kill people, excitable people with guns do. A couple in Sicily ended up having their wedding day turned upside down with a firearm mishap.

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Mariah & Nick Cannon Are Having A Baby

The R&B diva says she is pregnant.

Per the gossip rags, Mariah Carey has become impregnated with a baby by Nick Cannon. Like Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley, lots of people thought that this marriage wouldn't last.

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Is A Shotgun Wedding Right For You?

Knocked up? Thinking of tying the knot? Think a little harder.

Brandy did it a decade ago. Jennifer Garner and Gwyneth Paltrow did it a few years ago. Christina Milian did it just last month. And plenty of regular people have done it for most of recorded history. We speak, of course, of the old shotgun wedding; a tradition that, fortunately these days, rarely involves a shotgun. Are you pregnant and considering a shotgun wedding? If so, we recommend you ask yourself a few questions first.

It's Official: Christina Milian & Hubby Expecting

It's Official: Christina Milian & Hubby Expecting

Less than a month after marrying The Dream, Milian announces that she's very pregnant.

Two and a half months ago, a friend of Christina Milian's spilled the beans that the R&B singer was engaged to marry Grammy-nominated producer The Dream (aka Terius Hagert Youngdell Nash). Three and a half weeks ago, Christina and The Dream tied the knot in a hush-hush Las Vegas wedding/elopement. And last night, Christina confirmed to People what a lot of fans have suspected for a while: that the wedding might very well have been of the shotgun variety.

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Worst Places To Get Married

Is there anywhere worse to get married than in a cemetery? We think so.

The officials of Wisconsin Memorial Park cemetery in Brookfield, Wisconsin have decided that it's time to expand their business. With five chapels, a reception hall, and kitchen, they've realized that their facilities are suitable for far more than funerals. In fact, they can't imagine a better place to hold a baptism. Or Bar Mitzvah. Or for that matter, a wedding.

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Jamie Lynn Spears Still Thinking Marriage

Britney Spears' little sister still is going to marry Casey Aldridge.

In Spears family news, Jamie Lynn is still getting married to the father of her child. Casey Aldridge and Jamie Lynn Spears have a plan and are going get hitched one of these days. Also, OK! magazine has had enough of the posturing of patriarch Jamie Spears and are ending their spending on the family Spears. And finally, Adessa Eskeridge is suing the Los Angeles airport for that bit of chicanery involving her as the fake Jamie Lynn that one time.

Is Beyonce With Child?

Is Beyonce With Child?

Was the April ceremony a shotgun wedding?

Rumor has it that Jay-Z and Beyonce's rushed wedding was due to an impending arrival. It would be great if that was true, but what would it be like to grow up with 2 massive icons from the same industry? We're guessing not very easy. Maybe their kid will want to be a botanist or a helicopter pilot instead of trying to live up to the legacy.