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Out of the mouths of babes

Oct. 20, 2009
Were balloon boy Falcon Heene's words a sign of a hoax or a kid's confusion? Child behavior experts say they could be either -- or both. As investigators consider whether to file felony charges against the Colorado couple suspected of crafting the riveting boy-supposedly-in-the-balloon story,...
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Balloon boy

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.

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.

Balloon boy safe, never left the ground

DENVER, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A 6-year-old Colorado boy whose parents feared he had fallen from a runaway balloon said he had hidden in the attic because his dad had scolded him.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler