NEWS ABOUT: elopement
elopement stories: 3 news briefs
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6 and 7 years old

AFP Jan 6, 09 6:16 AM CST
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Police in Germany spoiled the nuptial plans of a pair of childhood sweethearts, AFP reports. The 6-year-old boy and his girlfriend, 7, secretly plotted to elope to Africa together. They sneaked out of their houses at dawn on New Year’s Day with suitcases, food, swimming gear—and the girl's 5-year-old sister, to serve as a witness.
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Heidi and Spencer didn't get marriage license before Mexico ceremony

New York Daily News Nov 27, 08 9:58 AM CST
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Publicity-loving Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt—whose love for faking it ranges from photo ops to “reality” TV—aren’t really married. The Hills couple remembered the cameras for their Cabo elopement but forgot the marriage license, the New York Daily News reports. Details are for later, Pratt says, but Los Angeles County says it’s unlikely to recognize their bond without proper documentation.
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Villainous camera-hounds hitched on beach near Cabo

PerezHilton.com Nov 24, 08 2:08 PM CST
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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, the villainous couple many fans of MTV’s The Hills love to hate, got married in a spur-of-the moment ceremony in Mexico last week, PerezHilton.com reports. Montag, 22, and Pratt, 25, tied the knot in a 15-minute ceremony on a beach near Cabo San Lucas, but the celeb blogger is suspicious of the publicity hounds: “They probably hatched this scheme all along as a way to make money by selling the wedding pictures!!!!”
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