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15 Famous Hoaxes And The Minds Behind Them

TruTV.com | Posted 03.27.2012

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Looking for some April Fools' Day inspiration? From the Taco Liberty Bell to the origins of the word "Idaho" to the infamous "Balloon Boy," TruTV h...

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Tim Burton Balloon Revealed

Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: B. Boy, Video, Tim Burton Balloon, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons, Balloon Boy, Thanksgiving Day Parade Floats, Tim Burton B. Boy Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon, Tim Burton B. Boy Balloon, Tim Burton, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thanksgiving Parade, Tim Burton Thanksgiving Balloon, Tim Burton Balloon Boy, Tim Burton Macy's Parade, Culture News

Tim Burton's stitched-up, outcast of the balloon crowd made its way across Manhattan Thursday in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Burton first caug...

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The Greatest Hoaxes of All Time (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: The Beatles, Greatest Hoaxes, Orson Welles, Balloon Boy, Greatest Hoaxes of All Time, Bslide-Sony-Pictures2, Aliens, Bslide-Sony-Pictures, Entertainment News

Hoaxes, urban legends and rumors have been prevalent in society since the early days of man. They can be seen at the office, at home, at school and, m...

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Balloon Boy Saucer To Go On Display In Colo. Store

AP | Posted 09.20.2011

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DENVER -- A Colorado man who bought the balloon boy saucer says he plans to display it at his sports card store in the Denver suburb of Aurora, then c...

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Balloon Boy's Parents Auction Off Balloon, Will Donate Money To Japan

AP | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Falcon Balloon Boy, Richard Heene, Japan Earthquake, Japan Relief, Charity, Falcon Mayumi, Balloon Boy, Perry Rauscher, Balloon Boy Japan, Mayumi Heene, Good News, Impact News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A silver, UFO-like helium balloon that gripped the country's attention when a couple said their son had floated away in it is b...

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WATCH: Balloon Boy Dad Introduces Bizarre Pickup Truck 'Transformer'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Balloon Boy Dad Richard Heene, Hollyweird, Video, Wife Swap Participant Richard Heene, Weird Videos, Bearscratch, Balloon Boy Dad, Balloon Boy, Falcon Heene, Mayumi Heene, Weird Florida, Weird News News

Richard Heene has come a long way since October 15, 2009, when he hit what would be the bottom by anyone's standards. On that day, Heene, a part-ti...

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Balloon Boy Parents Extend Auction Deadline

AP | Posted 08.13.2011

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The former Colorado couple who told authorities their son floated away in a silver helium balloon say they're re-opening the au...

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Will Texas Psychic Meet Balloon Boy Fate?

Turnstyle | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Texas, Law, Richard Heene, Mass Grave, Houston, Hoax, Psychic, Angel, Balloon Boy, Fbi, U.S., Media News

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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Balloon Boy's Parents Say They'll Auction The Balloon

AP | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Richard Heene, Colorado Balloon Boy, Denver News, Japanese Tsunami, Balloon Boy, Richard and Mayumi Heene, Balloon to Be Auctioned, Colorado-Balloon-Boy-Parents-Plead-Guilty, Mayumi Heene, Balloon Boy Found, Tsunami Relief, Denver News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The former Colorado couple that told authorities their son floated away in a helium balloon have made a video saying they'll au...

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Real-Life Balloon Boy: 9-Year-Old Preps For Solo Flight

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: 9-Year-Old Balloon Flight, Bobby Bradley Balloon, Bobby Bradley, Bobby Bradley Balloon Flight, Balloon Boy, Travel News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bobby Bradley is ready. He has been training for about five years and learned from some of the most experienced and decorate...

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Ballon Boy Dad Still Won't Admit Hoax, Plans To Sue 'Corrupt Cops'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heene Family, Richard Heene, Larimer County, Balloon Boy Dad, Falcon Heene, Tim Masters, Balloon Boy, Denver News

Richard Heene, the father who orchestrated the infamous Balloon Boy Hoax in 2009, is remaining defiant almost a year and a half after he pleaded guilt...

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'Balloon Boy' And Brothers Forming Boy Band

The Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Balloon Boy, Falcoone Heene Band, Balloon Boy Band, Falcon Heene, Balloon Boy Brothers Band, Video, Denver News

The 'balloon boy,' otherwise known by the awesome name of Falcon Heene, is forming a boy band with his brothers because, well, who really knows why. ...

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Blind Anger: Balloon Boy Dad is Full of Hot Air (VIDEO)

Monique Zimmerman-Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Heene, St. Petersburg Times, Balloon Boy, Health Care Reform, Monique Zimmerman-Stein, Blind Anger, Healthcare Reform, Huffington Post, Health Care, Arianna Huffington, Impact News

The shamelessly self-promoting father of the "Balloon Boy" Hoax is making another grab at the limelight. He is doing it by trying to sell us painted sticks for charity.

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Douglas Bruce Hires Lawyer David Lane

The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Heene, Ward Churchill, David Lane, Balloon Boy, Douglas Bruce, Denver News

Anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce has hired noted Denver lawyer David Lane to represent him in a contempt-of-court case. Bruce, who has represented h...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 9/11, Iraq, Koran Burning, Afghanistan, September 11th, 9/11 Anniversary, Balloon Boy, Politics News

This week we learned that, when it comes to inflating a non-story into a leads-the-news story, the media has learned nothing since Falcon Heene's transformation into Balloon Boy. But, of course, Balloon Boy's saga didn't put American lives at risk, as did the elevation of the nutty ramblings of a certain Florida-based pastor whose name I've promised to never mention again. Since when do we give a national platform to the delusional ranting of a screw-loose extremist with fewer than 50 followers? There's a guy in Belleview who thinks he's Napoleon, but no one was leading the political chat shows with his plans for 9/11. With an unnecessary war raging in Afghanistan, Americans still being killed in Iraq, and millions struggling to make ends meet here at home, it's time for the media to beam back from bizarro world and put the spotlight where it belongs.

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Yosemite Sam Hacks the Media

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birther-Movement, Virus, Pastor Terry Jones, Balloon Boy, General David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Today Show, New York Times, Shirley Sherrod, Hate Speech, Burn a Quran Day, Secretary of Defense, Terry Jones, Media, Koran Burning, Media News

Why did Terry Jones get media exposure? Media coverage is the oxygen that keeps these people alive and makes them seem to matter.

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Arianna Challenges The Media Coverage of Quran Burning Pastor: It's the New Balloon Boy

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terry Jones, Situation Room, Balloon Boy, Arianna, Quran Burning, Media News

Arianna appeared on CNN's "Situation Room" Thursday evening to push back against the media's round-the-clock coverage of the Terry Jones Quran-burning...

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Balloon Boy Family Leaves Fort Collins For Florida

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heene Family, Richard Heene, Florida, Fort Collins Colorado, Falcon Heene, Balloon Boy, Denver News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The family at the center of the balloon boy hoax has moved out of the house where the fateful trip began, leaving Colorado...

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Balloon Boy Family Mocked By Larimer County

The Coloradoan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Heene, Larimer County Sheriff, Falcon Heene, Mayumi Heene, Balloon Boy, Denver News

The Heenes have retrieved from the Larimer County Sheriff's Office the balloon that captured the world's attention on a fall afternoon last year. T...

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David Lane Strikes Again, Forces University Of Wyoming To Allow Bill Ayers Speech

AP | BOB MOEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Ayers, William Ayers Speech, University of Wyoming, David Lane, Bill Ayers, Balloon Boy, Denver News

CASPER, Wyo. — A judge who served as a Marine in Vietnam ruled Tuesday the University of Wyoming must allow William Ayers to speak on campus, bu...

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Kids + Reality TV = Bad Combination

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Coogan Act, Laurence Sunderland, Abby Sunderland, Balloon Boy, Falcon Heene, Gosselin Children, Pennsylvania Representative Thomas Murt, Jackie Coogan, Children Reality Tv, Media News

As a country we are hesitant to legislate how parents raise their kids but certainly we can legislate how television treats our children, can't we?

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Balloon Boy Family Agrees To Pay 36,000

AP | Trevor Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larimer County, Balloon Boy Parents, Falcon Heene, Richard Henne, Mayumi Heene, Balloon Boy, Balloon Hoax Restitution, Denver News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The parents who pleaded guilty in the balloon boy hoax have agreed to pay about $36,000 in restitution to authorities who ...

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Lawyer Threatens To SUE University Of Wyoming For Canceling William Ayers Speech

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Lawyer, William Ayers, University of Wyoming, Ward Churchill, Balloon Boy, Denver News

LARAMIE, Wyo. — A Denver lawyer says he'll sue the University of Wyoming unless it lets former 1960s radical William Ayers speak on campus. Dav...

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Mayumi Heene, Balloon Boy's Mom, Begins Community Service

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sentence, Community Service, Richard Heene, Fort Collins, UFO Balloon, Balloon Boy, Nonprofit, Mayumi Heene, Denver News

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado mother who, along with her husband, told authorities that her son had flown away in a runaway balloon will be...

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Mayumi Heene: Balloon Boy Mother To Begin Community Service

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado mother who, along with her husband, told authorities that her son had flown away in a runaway balloon will be...

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