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Lifetime pulls balloon boy's 'Swap' episode

Oct. 20, 2009
It's just one thing after another for Richard and Mayumi Heene. They've caused such an uproar after last week's alleged balloon boy hoax that Lifetime won't air a re-run of their "Wife Swap" episode.
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'Balloon Boy' spawns online game

'Balloon Boy' spawns online game

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Falcon Heene, the Colorado "balloon boy," has gone viral with an online video game that begins in a balloon and ends in his parents' attic, a gamer said.
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Balloon boy

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Colorado authorities said they are looking further into the possibility that the tale of a boy on a runaway balloon was a hoax.
Balloon boy: a hoax -- and impossibility

Balloon boy: a hoax -- and impossibility

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- "Balloon boy" could never even have gotten off the ground in the silver, homemade craft that looked like a flying saucer, Colorado authorities said Sunday.

'Balloon boy' parents to be charged

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The parents of the Colorado "balloon boy" will likely face criminal charges over the false alarm that their son had been carried aloft, officials said Saturday.

Parents: 'Balloon boy' episode no hoax

DENVER, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Child protection workers will determine whether the "balloon boy" was used in a publicity stunt by his parents, a Colorado sheriff said Friday.

Balloon boy

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A 6-year-old boy was found safe hours after family members said they feared the child was in a runaway balloon that swept across eastern Colorado.

Teen fined $100 for letting balloon go

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, May 26 (UPI) -- A British woman said police were being "petty and vindictive" when they fined her teenage son about $100 for letting a balloon float away.

'Dora the Explorer' joins Macy's Parade

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A balloon of top-rated preschool cartoon show, "Dora the Explorer," has been added to the 79th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Balloon record attempt is delayed

ST. IVES, England, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- An attempt to break the world altitude record for a crewed balloon flight has been delayed because of fears that ice could interfere with the mission.

Zapper toys recalled

WASHINGTON, Conn., Nov. 28 (UPI) --
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch