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.

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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