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annulments.sPubDate = "1/5/2004 11:00:22 PM GMT";
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annulments.appHeader = "Celebrity marriages that never existed";
annulments.sTitle = "Celebrity marriages that never existed";
annulments.appDeck = "Britney Spears is far from the first celebrity to obtain a get-out-of-marriage-free card. Some other high-profile annulments:";
annulments.appFooter = "Source: Associated Press";
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annulments[i++] = new Array("","Darva Conger and Rick Rockwell","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
annulments[i-1].body = "Back in March 2000, the dawning of TV&#146;s Reality Age, Conger outfoxed 49 other contestants to win a ring from Rockwell on &#147;Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire.&#148; Then it was disclosed that Rockwell&#146;s former fiancee had obtained a restraining order against him, saying he hit her. &#147;He was not honest,&#148; Conger told the judge. Or maybe she just didn&#146;t like him.<br><b>Lasted:</b> Six weeks.";

annulments[i++] = new Array("","R. Kelly and Aaliyah","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
annulments[i-1].body = "Years before his alleged underage sex tape, Kelly produced a 15-year-old Aaliyah&#146;s smash debut album, &#147;Age Ain&#146;t Nothing but a Number.&#148; Keeping it real, Aaliyah then lied about her age to obtain a marriage license in Kelly&#146;s home state of Illinois. Her outraged parents quickly terminated the 1994 union.<br><b>Lasted:</b> About as long as it took for Aaliyah&#146;s mom to find out.";

annulments[i++] = new Array("","Rudolph Giuliani and Regina Peruggi","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
annulments[i-1].body = "The former New York mayor&#146;s first marriage was to his second cousin &#151; a no-no for Catholics without special church dispensation. So when the couple fell out of love, the Catholic Church (which doesn&#146;t sanction divorce) granted an annulment.<br><b>Lasted:</b> 14 years.";

annulments[i++] = new Array("","Janet Jackson and James Debarge","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
annulments[i-1].body = "They met on the set of the TV show &#147;Soul Train.&#148; They wed without her parents&#146; knowledge. But the singer DeBarge was more into drugs and alcohol than Jackson, which proved to be a poor career choice for him.<br><b>Lasted:</b> Three months.";

annulments[i++] = new Array("","Zsa Zsa Gabor and Felipe de Alba","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
annulments[i-1].body = "In 1982, the prolific Zsa Zsa underwent her eighth marriage ceremony, to Felipe de Alba. Since Zsa Zsa was still married to Husband No. 7, and the ceremony was performed by a ship&#146;s captain at sea, the annulment may have been redundant.<br><b>Lasted:</b> One day.";

annulments[i++] = new Array("","King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragorn","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
annulments[i-1].body = "Henry couldn&#146;t persuade the Catholic Church to annul his marriage to Catherine so he could wed Anne Boleyn &#151; so he broke with the pope and ordered the annulment himself, which led to the founding of the Anglican church.<br><b>Lasted:</b> 31 years.";

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