'Balloon Boy' Parents Agree To Pay $36,000 In Fines For Response

The Heenes To Pay Back Restitution Fees For The Stunt 'Balloon boy' parents have now agreed to pay $36,000 in restitution to the authorities who have responded to the 911 call reporting the couple's six-year-old...

Balloon Boy Dad Richard Heene Denies The Incident Was A Hoax

Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene declared there was no hoax in the incident involving his six-year-old son Falcon Heene who was believed to have floated away in a home-made balloon. Richard Heene appeared on Larry King...

"Balloon Boy" Parents Richard and Mayumi Heene Sentenced

Richard Heene, the father of the "Balloon Boy" Falcon Heene, was sentenced to 90 days of jail time and four years probation today. Heene will have to serve 30 days of jail time straight. For the remaining time, he can work during daytime, but must be jailed at night. Heene's...

Balloon Boy's Parents, the Heene Family Given $42,000 Bill

Balloon Boy's parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, have been given a $42,000 bill from federal, state, and local agencies who all took part in what they thought was a rescue of Falcon Heene trapped inside a homemade...

Balloon boy parents Richard and Muyami Heene enter guilty pleas

The  parents of Falcon Heene who created a hoax last month with regard to the six year old having taken off in a runaway helium balloon will enter pleas of "Guilty"  in court,  their attorney says,...

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The Forgotten Child The boy you see sitting on the curb waits for his mother...the forgotten boy.The little girl you see dancing on stage looks anxiously around for her father...the forgotten girl.The kids...

Balloon Boy's, Balloon, The Untold Story

While the Balloon Boy story is indeed stale what is still fresh is the secret behind the Balloon itself, revealed now for the first time, see for yourself

Meteorite Hoax In Latvia: Experts Say It Could Have Been A Stunt

A meteorite that fell near a tiny town of Mazsalaca in Latvia has caused quite a bit of stir in the country. A crater measuring 10-20 meters wide was located at a remote field  by locals on Sunday night. Eyewitnesses said they saw a foreign object hit the ground and...

Balloon Boy's Bailout

Having captivated the news media and the lives of hundreds of thousands of observers for over two hours, do the “Balloon Boy’s” parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, deserve a “pass”? Yesterday, October...

Balloon Boy Story: "Who the Hell is Wolf?" Sums Up Hoax

The Balloon Boy story isn't just about a fame-hungry guy willing to exploit his six-year-old boy. It's also about a media industry unable to blink in the face of a spectacle, and so unable to critically assess whether or not they are looking at a real story. Richard Heene...

Balloon Boy: Charges pending in hoax case

Charges are now pending in the case of the Colorado family whose six year old son was supposedly thought to be inside a helium balloon which "accidentally"  launched.   The Larimer County Sheriff's...

Doug and Joanna Abbott's Field Ruined by Balloon Boy Landing

Doug and Joanna Abbott's field was the one that the Heene family's UFO shaped hot air balloon landed in after the ordeal of Falcon Heene who was thought to be inside, but TMZ has learned that the wheat crop...

Balloon Boy Falcon Heene 911 Call: Dad Called TV Station First

The saga of the balloon boy, Falcon Heene, continues with the release of the 911 call that his parents made to police, after they called the FAA and a local TV station 9NEWS, according to the press conference that...

Balloon Boy Falcon Heene Throws Up on Today Show, GMA (video)

The balloon boy, also known as Falcon Heene, appeared to be suffering from his UFO shaped flying saucer hot air balloon experience this morning when his family appeared on ABC's Good Morning America and then NBC's Today Show as he threw up in front of the entire viewing...

"Balloon Boy Hoax": What If It Is?

Lots of people are wondering if the whole Balloon Boy story was really just a Balloon Boy hoax. What's interesting to me is that this wasn't considered a possibility in the mainstream media from the moment it was...

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