The parents of Falcon Heene, the ‘Balloon Boy’ who was thought to have floated away in a homemade balloon, will plead guilty tomorrow to charges related to one of the most elaborate hoaxes in modern times.
The Heenes called police in October and told them that Falcon, 6, had been taken into the sky by a [...]

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You knew it had to happen sooner or later, right? Unlike the Balloon Boy saga, this is no hoax.
You can now actually buy a Balloon Boy Halloween Costume Kit.
Now you too can enjoy all the media attention you want with Plantraco’s Balloon Boy Hoax kit. A great flying saucer that is going to put [...]

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Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden told reporters at a press conference that the balloon boy saga was in fact a hoax designed to generate publicity for a reality TV show.
“It has been determined that this is a hoax, that it was a publicity stunt and we believe we have evidence at this point to indicate [...]

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See? Didn’t we tell you this wasn’t over?
The sheriff in the balloon boy saga now says that charges will likely be filed.
Sheriff Jim Alderden indicates that serious progress has been made in the case and that we’re likely to see Class 3 misdemeanor charges filed.
Alderden is also talking things over with the FAA to see [...]

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The Balloon Boy saga continues, as the Heene family appeared on the TODAY show on NBC Friday morning to discuss little Falcon Heene’s harrowing ordeal from Thursday afternoon.
Amid rumors (and seemingly evidence) that the event was an elaborate hoax, the boy’s father, Richard Heene attempts to set the record straight.
It seems, however, that all this [...]

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UPDATE: This has been confirmed as a hoax. Follow along here for the latest updates.
The nation was glued to the TV set on Thursday, as a 6-year-old boy named Falcon Heene supposedly flew through the Colorado skies in a home-made helium balloon…but was it all a hoax?
It turns out that little Falcon was hiding [...]

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It will come as no surprise to you that the video clip that spread like wildfire last week showing Michael Jackson hopping out of the coroner’s van was nothing more than an elaborate hoax.
The clip was produced by a German TV station as part of an experiment, the broadcaster has said.
It’s sole purpose was to [...]

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A Los Angeles judge has delayed the sentencing of Lori Drew, the Missouri woman who orchestrated an elaborate MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor who ended up committing suicide.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge George Wu rescheduled Lori Drew’s sentencing to July 2.
The judge wants more time to review the testimony from prosecution witnesses. He [...]

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“One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear.”
The above quote has [...]

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